In 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc., 2018 ONCA 407 [Maple Leaf], the Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) evaluated whether a duty of care arose in the well-publicized case of listeria outbreak involving Maple Leaf Foods, which resulted in 22 deaths across Canada back in August 2008. The novelty facing the court was that […]
In Stilwell v World Kitchen Inc, 2014 ONCA 770, the appellants, World Kitchen Inc. ("World Kitchen") and Corning Inc. ("Corning") appealed a jury award of $1,157,850 for negligence relating to product liability. In the result, the Court of Appeal affirmed that a significant degree of deference is owed to civil jury awards.
In Arora v Whirlpool Canada LP, 2013 ONCA 657 [Whirlpool], a decision released by the Ontario Court of Appeal on October 31, 2013, the court upheld the denial of a class action certification claim by the motion judge (2012 ONSC 4642). The claim stemmed from the alleged poor design of front-loading washing machines manufactured by […]