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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JULY 15 – 19, 2019)

By John Polyzogopoulos on July 20, 2019

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Good afternoon,

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

In Stegenga v Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 615, the Court had to interpret s. 280 of the Insurance Act. This section relates to the administration of Statutory Accident Benefits under the License Appeal Tribunal. The appellant was seriously injured in a MVA and felt the insurance company acted in bad faith while administering the policy and so the appellant filed a statement of claim to commence a lawsuit. The motion judge struck the statement of claim finding that the dispute fell under the jurisdiction of the Licence Appeal Tribunal and so was statute barred in the Ontario courts. On appeal, the Court interpreted the Act similarly to the motion judge and dismissed the appeal.Continue Reading BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JULY 15 – 19, 2019)