negligence

Risk Management Considerations for Contracting with Professionals

Intact Public Entities regularly advises clients that they should, as a matter of policy, contract out of pote...

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Risk Management Considerations for When a Claim Occurs

Incidents that result in harm are unfortunate but they do not necessarily mean that your organization is negli...

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Claim Case Studies & Legislation Home Run Baseball Hits a Pedestrian

As published in Ontario Recreation Facilities Association Inc. (ORFA) Facility Forum Fall 2016 - On a clear sp...

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City Found Not Liable in Skating Injury Leslie v. Mississauga (City), 2003 (ONSC) & 2006 (ONSCDC)

As published in Ontario Recreation Facilities Association Inc. (ORFA) Facility Forum Fall 2016 - This claim in...

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Youth’s Injuries from Fall Not the Fault of City Matthew Pierce and Robert Pierce v. City of Hamilton

This claim involved an action for damages arising from a fall in a wooded area on a dark night. It occurred in...

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Claim Case Studies & Legislation McNulty v. Brampton

The plaintiff slipped on an icy sidewalk owned and maintained by the Municipality. She fell down causing soft...

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Bellefleur v. City of London, 2002

The plaintiff and her two small children were walking along the shoulder of the road because the street didn't...

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Winter Sidewalk Maintenance

A municipality has a duty to keep their sidewalks in reasonably safe conditions for pedestrians who are using...

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Claim Case Studies & Legislation - Hussack v. Chilliwack School District No.33

Devon Hussack, a Grade 7 student at Vedder Middle School in Chilliwack, was hit in the face with a field hocke...

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