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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (AUGUST 26-30 2019)

By John Polyzogopoulos on August 30, 2019

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Good afternoon.

Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

In Andros v. Colliers Macaulay Nicolls, the court upheld the motion judge’s decision that the termination clause in the parties’ employment contract was void for attempting to avoid minimum benefits payable under the Employment Standards Act, and that therefore common law damages for wrongful dismissal were payable.

In Solomon v. Abughaduma, the Court dismissed a doctor’s appeal from a finding of negligence for failure to obtain informed consent before conducting surgery on a golf instructor’s wrist that left him unable to swing a golf club. The golf instructor’s $60,000 damages award was therefore upheld. He represented himself on the appeal.Continue Reading BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (AUGUST 26-30 2019)