Snow is measured in centimeters. So too is the progress to correct the Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways. Unfortunately, determining the standard of the care remains a game of point and counter-point between the judiciary, who hear the specific and insist on reasonableness…

The first Ontario case to consider Facebook goes back to June 2007. Since then, 1025 decisions are now available on the Quicklaw database which reference the term Facebook. The Supreme Court of Canada, various courts of appeal, and a multitude of judges of the Superior Court have considered its influence…

No amount of money can ever compensate a family who has lost a loved one to negligence. However that does not mean that the defendant should pay less than full amount permitted by law….

No amount of money can ever compensate a family who has lost a loved one to negligence. However that does not mean that the defendant should pay less than full amount permitted by law….

In this action, the plaintiffs allege the County of Simcoe was negligent in relation to its winter maintenance operations on County Road 88, a Class 1 roadway, which resulted in the collision in which Ms. Wasylyk was catastrophically injured. The collision occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. on January 12, 2011.