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Slipped and fell in Ottawa and need a top Ottawa slip and fall lawyer? You found him ! Top Ottawa Injury Lawyer Marc Quinn
Property Owner Responsibilities – Slip and fall – Ottawa Falls Lawyer Ottawa Slip and Fall Lawyers Every day we are retained by persons who fell in a store. Store owners may claim that it was just “an accident” and refuse to take responsibility. However, the law requires store owners to take reasonable care in protecting their customers and if they don’t they may be held liable for huge damages to the injured person. If the fall was caused by the negligence of the store owner or their employees, the injury victim can take legal action. In Ontario, this type of claim is based on the Occupiers’ Liability Act. Under this Act, owners and occupiers of property and stores must take reasonable steps to ensure safety of persons visiting …
The issue of mandatory insurance for farm ATVs in Ontario – ATV Accidents in Ottawa, Ontario
On July 11, 2014, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision of great interest to the farming community, as it relates to All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). In Matheson v Lewis, 2014 ONCA 542 (http://canlii.ca/t/g80hl), the Court ruled that unmodified ATVs used in the context of farming must be insured if driven on public roadways. Farm ATVs—often used as a speedy way of surveying large swaths of land—do not fall within the “self-propelled implement of husbandry” exception of the Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, c H.8 [HTA], which otherwise encompasses farm machinery. The story behind this case is quite sad. Arthur Matheson, a farmer from Perth, gated sheep on a parcel of land at the most westerly part of his 900-acre property. To get to this parcel, he …