Sentences with phrase «commence damages actions»

Under s. 36, civil plaintiffs may commence damages actions or class actions for the violation of any of the criminal offences of the act or the failure to comply with a competition tribunal or court order under the act.

Not exact matches

[2] The appellant tenant commenced an action against a respondent landlord for damages after slipping and falling on the premises.

The employee commenced a civil action for wrongful dismissal, claiming aggravated and punitive damages and damages for intentional infliction of mental shock.

After receiving the defendants» productions, the plaintiffs» allegedly discovered that their signatures were forged on a number of leasing documents, and commenced a fresh action claiming damages arising from the alleged fraud.

In Hughes v. Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the plaintiffs, a restaurant called The Poacher and its owner, had commenced a $ 1.4 billion damages action alleging, among other things, that the defendants divided the market for beer contrary to s. 45 (1)(b) of the Competition Act.

George et al. v. Newfoundland and Labrador 2013 NLTD (G) 170 Evidence — Opinion evidence — Expert evidence — General — When expert evidence required The representative plaintiffs commenced this class action on January 5, 2011, for damages in respect of personal injuries as a result of moose - vehicle collisions in Newfoundland and Labrador (the defendant).

In fact, one of the plaintiffs in Attis took such steps by commencing an action (prior to the motion underlying the appeal) in negligence against plaintiffs» counsel for damages of $ 250,000 — a factor that was considered by the Court in allowing the appeal.

Strosberg Sasso Sutts LLP also commenced a class action seeking $ 1 billion in damages and an additional $ 100 million in punitive damages.

Persons under disability must be represented by a Litigation Guardian before commencing an action for damages.

Forsythe eventually returned to Ontario, where she commenced an action against Westfall for damages.

Tuck v. Supreme Holdings Ltd. et al. 2014 NLTD (G) 131 Evidence — Limitation of Actions — Practice Summary: The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendants on February 28, 2012, to recover damages allegedly sustained in a motor vehicle collision that occurred... [more]

Ian Hu of Oatley Vigmond LLP commenced an action on his behalf for accident benefits and damages for bad faith and mental distress on December 10, 2008 against his insurer, ING Insurance Company of Canada, represented by Deborah Neilson of Carroll Heyd Chown.

On April 1, 2013, plaintiff George Walker (hereinafter «plaintiff») commenced the instant action to recover damages for personal injuries he suffered as a result of slipping and falling on a hole in the sidewalk owned and maintained by the defendant City of New York (hereinafter «defendant»).

Your property damage claim will become a part of your personal injury action if you have sustained serious injuries and choose to commence an action for damages.

Doyle commenced an action for wrongful dismissal and claimed damages for the intentional infliction of mental distress against the AGM personally.

735 ILCS 5/13-213 (c): Alteration, modification or change No product liability action based on any theory or doctrine to recover for injury or damage claimed to have resulted from an alteration, modification, or change of the product unit after the date of first sale, lease, or delivery of possession of the product unit to its initial user, consumer, or other nonseller may be limited or barred by subsection (b) if the action is commenced within the applicable limitation period; and, in any event, within 10 years from the date the alteration, modification, or change was made, unless defendant expressly has warranted or promised the product for a longer period and the action is brought within that period.

TORONTO, Aug. 13 / CNW / — This is to announce that today the law firms of Stevenson LLP and Bogoroch & Associates have been instructed to commence a class action on behalf of the representative plaintiffs, Giuseppina Santoro and Gianfrano (John) Santoro for damages sustained by the residents, homeowners and business persons as a result of the explosions which took place on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at the premises of Sunrise Propane Energy Group Inc..

In the recent decision in Brandley and WJB Developments v Deane and Ors, the Supreme Court ruled that in property damage cases, for the purposes of the Statute of Limitations, the cause of action accrues on the date on which the defect in question commences causing loss, rather than the date on which the defective work was completed.

If this is the case the former employee has the right to commence a wrongful dismissal action and ask the court to order the employer to pay damages for failing to provide proper notice.

Commencing July 1, 2017, persons affected by a CASL contravention will be able to invoke a private right of action to sue for compensation and potentially substantial statutory damages.

[1] The plaintiff, Mahmoud Elfarnawani, has commenced an action against the defendants, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its internal Ethics Commission (EC), claiming damages for the torts of defamation, breach of a duty of good faith, and abuse of process.

Following the referral of that application to a trial of an action, Karl commenced an action in his own name against Peter and the CIBC, in which he sought an accounting from Peter of his exercise of the power of attorney for property and damages from the CIBC.

Mr. Krishnamoorthy refused the offer, commenced an action against Olympus Canada for damages for wrongful dismissal, and subsequently moved for summary judgment.

The landlord's insurer commenced a subrogated action against Red's Pub for the damage.

He then commenced a High Court action for contractual damages for loss of career.

Rodgers also commenced an action for wrongful dismissal against CEVA and sought damages.

34 (4) An individual may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against an organization for damages arising from its failure to

Some years after the murder, Lynn's family commenced an action again Michael Brookes which resulted in him being liable and also awarding damages to the estate.

The applicant commenced an action against the respondent, claiming damages from losses she incurred as a trader.

However, arguably if the insurance company was to commence legal action against you, they would be responsible for proving the amount of the damage claimed.

You might also want to get a legal opinion from an attorney about incurring expenses (your damages) to relocate and then commencing legal action against the «friend.»