Danielle DiPardo

Jul 23, 2024 | law360.ca | Jeremy Martin |Danielle DiPardo |Catherine Litinsky |Terell Parredon Rhooms

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Jeremy Martin, Danielle DiPardo, Catherine Litinsky, Terell Parredon Rhooms (July 23, 2024, 11:15 AM EDT) -- The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a plaintiff’s product liability claim based on negligent manufacture and the duty to warn, for damages totalling $250,000. The decision of Pelton v.

Jul 15, 2024 | mondaq.com | Danielle DiPardo |Catherine Litinsky |Terell Parredon Rhooms

In the recent decision of Pelton v. Maytag, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a plaintiff's product liability claim based on negligent manufacture and the duty to warn, for damages totalling $250,000.1 This decision clarifies evidentiary requirements necessary to establish a manufacturing defect claim, as well as the scope of a manufacturer's duty to warn of foreseeable risks.

May 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jeremy Martin |Danielle DiPardo |Luke Casburn

On April 30, 2024, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision denying an Ontario-based mutual fund standing to initiate a class action in British Columbia, affirming that the proposed representative plaintiff did not meet the residency requirements specified in the Class Proceedings Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 50 (the Act). The case of MM Fund v.

May 3, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jordanna Cytrynbaum |Jeremy Martin |Danielle DiPardo |Shermaine Chua

On April 23, 2024, only three weeks after its second reading, the British Columbia provincial government (the Province) has announced a pause on Bill 12, the Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act (Bill 12), while the Province engages in ongoing negotiations with social media companies.1 In particular, the Province has cited the formation of the new BC Online Safety Action Table (the Action Table), which includes representatives from the Province as well as Meta, Snap, TikTok, and...

Apr 24, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jordanna Cytrynbaum |Jeremy Martin |Christopher Horkins |Danielle DiPardo

Can consumers subject to an increased risk of harm from a product successfully certify a product liability class action even though the harm has not yet, and may never, come to pass?