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Insurance Defence

Our insurance defence team has broad, in-depth experience in a wide range of insurance defence cases. There are two sides to every dispute and insurers must vigorously defend themselves against inappropriate claims. We have the experience and knowledge to defend against all types of insurance claims.

At PDCS we recognize that insurers need strategic advice and the best counsel available to defend against claims and to ensure that the injuries and damages are accurate and payments are appropriate. Experienced lawyers are vital partners in identifying fraudulent claims and quantums that fall outside the realm of reality. We provide thoughtful, knowledgeable and highly capable advice to assist our insurance clients on a variety of matters, including the interpretation of complex contractual terms, statutory requirements and limitation periods and the options and strategies available to clients throughout the litigation process.

Professional Liability

Our litigation team has extensive experience in professional liability and insurance defence. Partner, Dan Dooley is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Civil Litigation and has restricted his practice to professional liability, insurance defence as well as appeal work.

Mr. Dooley has developed an expertise in appeals and has successfully argued numerous appeals throughout his career and has appeared in the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Divisional Court, Superior Court of Justice. He has also sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Dan Dooley’s reported cases include:

Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. (2005) 40 C.C.E.L. (3d) 258 (S.C.J.)

Langman v. Luhowy (2003) 67 O.R. (3d) 428 (S.C.J.)

Hunt v. Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc. (2002) 60 O.R. (3d) 665 (C.A.).

Rankin v. Menzies (2002) 47 R.P.R. (3d) 265 (S.C.J.)

White et al. v. Daffern et al. (2001) 55 O.R. (3d) 765;  47 R.P.R. (3d) 250 (S.C.J.).

 Snaak (Litigation Guardian of) v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, [2001] I.L.R. 4000 (S.C.J.).

Lefor (Litigation Guardian of) v. McClure (2000) 49 O.R. (3d) 557 (C.A.).

Morton v. Rabito (1998) 42 O.R. (3d) 161 (C.A.); application for leave to appeal dismissed (1999) 43  O.R. (3d).

Verney v. Great-West Life Assurance Company (1998) 40 O.R. (3d) 249 (Div. Ct.).

Whittle v. The Queen:

• (1997) 31 O.R. (3d) 573 (C.A.)
• (1996) 31 O.R. (3d) 16 (O.C.J.G.D.)
• (1995) 24 O.R. (3d) 394; (1995) 16 M.V.R. (3d) 226 (O.C.J.G.D.)

Severn (Township) v. 934335 Ontario Ltd. (1994) 23 M.P.L.R. (2d) 301.

Pan-Abode Distributors (Eastern) Limited v. Lindal Cedar Homes Inc. (1993) 27 C.P.C. (3d) 177 

Forbes v. Thurlow (1993) 23 C.P.C. (3d) 107;  leave to appeal refused 49 A.C.W.S. (3d) 706.

Johnstone v. Harlequin Enterprises Limited (1991) 36 C.C.E.L. 30; (1991) 91 C.L.L.C.,
             para. 14,025 at 12223.