Claims

Mechanic barred from suing employer over workplace injury

A Newfoundland and Labrador construction company no longer faces a lawsuit from the estate of an injured worker, after the Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal. Many Canadian corporate clients lack liability insurance covering lawsuits from injured workers because those workers often due not have the right to sue. […]

By Greg Meckbach | August 13, 2018

3 min read

Canadian tech firm flags effect of EU’s new privacy law

New privacy rights for Europeans have changed the way a Canadian multinational business software provider looks at its liability risk. The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25 and makes it mandatory for companies to disclose data breaches. GDPR has placed a number of new obligations on Open Text Corporation, a Waterloo, […]

By Greg Meckbach | August 10, 2018

2 min read

Burning barge sends pall of smoke over Metro Vancouver

SURREY, B.C. – A barge loaded with crushed vehicles is burning in the Fraser River off Surrey, B.C., sending up a towering plume of acrid smoke that is visible over much of Metro Vancouver. The blaze broke out Friday morning in the fully loaded, 76-metre barge as it was moored just north of the Pattullo […]

By Jason Contant | August 10, 2018

1 min read

After a seven-year, $33K insurance settlement, claimant disputes his $5K legal bill

A seven-year lawsuit against a B.C. insurance brokerage that settled for $33,000 ultimately led to a legal dispute between the claimant and his lawyer over a $5,124 legal bill. The claimant, Larry Jones, sued his insurance brokerage, RHC Insurance Agency Ltd. (also known as Rod MacDonald Insurance Agencies Ltd.), after a fire broke out on […]

By David Gambrill | August 9, 2018

3 min read