In some cases, Courts have held that the Plaintiffs only «discovered» the negligence
giving rise to a claim after retaining legal counsel or after legal counsel has obtained an expert opinion that a doctor's care is substandard.
Not exact matches
Member agrees that a Member must bring or assert all
claims arising out of or relating
to the Program or any element or portion of it, including these Terms and Conditions, within one year,
to the extent legally permissible,
after the facts
giving rise to such
claim occur.
Whereas the cl 6.1 (e) exclusion provides: ``... a
claim which is made in respect of a relevant liability described in para (2) by a claimant who, at the time of the use
giving rise to the relevant liability was voluntarily allowing himself
to be carried in the vehicle and, either before the commencement of his journey in the vehicle or
after such commencement if he could reasonably be expected
to have alighted from it, knew or ought
to have known that --
1992)(«Section 15 operates as an eligibility requirement which bars from arbitration
claims submitted more than six years
after the event which
gave rise to them.»)
Furthermore, the
claim was statute barred, having been brought more than two years
after the plaintiff had knowledge of the facts
giving rise to the
claim.
Then if he reported it, it should be covered as long as it was the date of loss, the act, error, or omission that
gave rise to that
claim occurred on or
after that retroactive date.
The Court upheld a decision of The Law Society of Manitoba's Discipline Panel finding a lawyer guilty of professional misconduct for, inter alia, failing
to give notice
to the Director of Insurance of the Law Society as soon as practicable
after becoming aware of any acts or omissions that might
give rise to a
claim.
In addition
to the aforementioned exception for cases when the injured victim was a child, there is also an exception for circumstances in which fraud was employed
to conceal the injury; in those cases, the timeline is extended by 2 years, but even then, a
claim can not be brought more than 7 years
after the incident
giving rise to the
claim.
All insured lawyers in Nunavut are required
to report
to the Alberta Lawyers Insurance Association (ALIA) as soon as possible
after learning of a
claim or becoming aware of circumstances that might
give rise to a
claim.
Yet the decision in Stubbings
gives rise to the anomalous — indeed arguably absurd — result that the perpetrator of abuse is immune from proceedings
after the expiry of the six - year limitation period, whereas a person who negligently allows the abuse
to take place, and is thus less culpable than the abuser himself, remains open
to a
claim by reason of the discretion available
to the court under LA 1980, s 33.
If an application overcomes the hurdles in CA 2006, s 263 (2) the court will then take into account the discretionary factors set out in s 263 (3) which states: «(3) In considering whether
to give permission (or leave) the court must take into account, in particular --(a) whether the member is acting in good faith in seeking
to continue the
claim; (b) the importance that a person acting in accordance with section 172 (duty
to promote the success of the company) would attach
to continuing it; (c) where the cause of action results from an act or omission that is yet
to occur, whether the act or omission could be, and in the circumstances would be likely
to be --(i) authorised by the company before it occurs, or (ii) ratified by the company
after it occurs; (d) where the cause of action arises from an act or omission that has already occurred, whether the act or omission could be, and in the circumstances would be likely
to be, ratified by the company; (e) whether the company has decided not
to pursue the
claim; (f) whether the act or omission in respect of which the
claim is brought
gives rise to a cause of action that the member could pursue in his own right rather than on behalf of the company.»
In the event of an accident that may
give rise to a
claim on the policy the Parent / Guardian should notify AIG as soon as possible but in all cases no later than 30 days
after the incident.