Suit Mix
Several recent trends in personal injury litigation could potentially shake up the industry. Among them are the availability of insurance covering opposing parties’ legal costs, a tendency for more personal injury lawsuits to be filed well before the expiry of the limitation period and a tendency for insurers to go to trial rather than settle in cases where they believe a claim for pain and suffering will not meet the verbal threshold or exceed the statutory deductible specified in Ontario auto insurance law.
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Liability risk for private pot retailers
Your retail client could be at risk of a lawsuit if it starts selling cannabis, but the exposure may not be the same as the liability risk of a bar serving alcohol, an insurance defence lawyer suggests.
Whether a retailer selling cannabis or alcohol could be sued is “a question of foreseeability,” Ari Krajden, a partner with law firm Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP, told Canadian Underwriter recently. Krajden co-chairs ZTGH’s coverage practice group.
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