In my post earlier this year about Childs v. Desormeaux, a decision by the SCC which denied social host liability, I wrote that in our current legal system, access to compensation for those injured by the negligence of others is often based on the chance that the wrongdoer has insurance coverage. When the wrongdoer is [...]

During his yearly deer-hunting party, Fred Wolfe was driving to a hunting stand when he spotted what he believed to be a deer. He emerged from his truck, and with the aid of his car’s headlights, shot at the object in question. It was, in fact, the respondent Harold George Herbison, who suffered significant injuries [...]

Now that spring has arrived and the academic year has grinded to a halt, it might be a good time to reflect back on some recent SCC cases that remain as of yet undecided. One intriguing case is Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company v. Harold George Herbison, et. al., which was heard in December of 2006. [...]