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Publications

• No Costs for the Defendant, Who Is Successful at Trial – February 2020
• Can There Be Liability for an Injury Sustained During Hockey? – January 2020
• Battle of the Experts and What Is Reasonable Under the Occupiers' Liability Act – January 2020
• Duty to Defend; But There Is Another Policy Responding and Did the Pleadings Go Far Enough? – November 2019
• What Is Required to Transfer an Action to a Different Jurisdiction? – September 2019
• Coping with Foreseeable Events – September 2019
• Sudevi Mukherjee-Gothi Appointed Treasurer of the Ontario Insurance Professionals Association – September 2019
• Bill 118 –Proposed Amendment to the Occupiers’ Liability Act – July 2019
• Is There Coverage for a Cancelled Policy? – July 2019
• Couple v. Vendor – Who Was Right? – June 2019
• Skateboards, Malls and a Lot of Litigation! – June 2019
• Is Risk Insurance Enough? What Are the Limits of Insurance Coverage for Builders? – June 2019
• When an Accident Is Just That – an Accident – May 2019
• Excluding Parties from attending Examinations for Discovery – May 2019
• Eggs thrown from a vehicle - does that mean that the accident was occasioned by a motor vehicle? – April 2019
• Part Two of Four: Pallett Valo Women Leadership Interviews – March 2019
• Does the Tort of Harassment exist? – March 2019
• Households, cottages and insurance! – February 2019
• What Is a Mary Carter Agreement and When to Use It? – February 2019
• Underinsurance Coverage – January 2019
• Case law on social host liability continues to evolve – January 2019
• The Consumer Protection Act vs. The Occupiers' Liability Act - which prevails when dealing with a waiver of liability? – December 2018
• Consequences for not having a matter placed into Simplified Procedure – October 2018
• Oakville Hospital Foundation’s Diwali Gala – September 2018
• What are your requirements under the Occupier’s Liability Act? Does it apply to you? – September 2018
• Should cost protection insurance be mandatory? – July 2018
• Insuring your big day – July 2018
• Sudevi Mukherjee-Gothi Featured in SAWL for International Womens Day – March 2018
• Welcome to the Insurance Law Group at Pallett Valo LLP – March 2018
• New Litigator Enhances Leading Law Firms Capabilities – November 2017

Other Publications and Presentations

• Canada: Home Insurance Coverage for a Workplace Injury? – January 2018
• Ontario Clarifies Rules Around Additional Insureds – January 2018
• Setting Aside a Jury’s Verdict- A Heavy Burden – November 2016
• Deductibles, Interest, Remedial Penalties; Oh My! – July 2016
• Due Diligence and Discoverability: Is a Plaintiff Required to Follow-up With Their Doctor for Test Results? – June 2016
• Considerations of Negligence and Contributory Negligence: Did the Trial Judge Get it Wrong? – May 2016
• Assumption of Defence Agreement; Is It Enforceable? – May 2016
• Overturning a Jury’s decision? – April 2016
• Waivers – Another One Upheld! – January 2016
• Withdrawing an Admission; No Consent When $23 Million is in Question – December 2015
• Does Adverse Costs Protection Insurance negate requiring Security for Costs? – November 2015
• Sports liability waiver holds up in court – The Lawyers Weekly – November 2015
• Insurers Have to Explain the Basis for Denial of Coverage; But What About Privilege? – Ontario Bar Association Insurance Section – October 2015
• Contracting Out of the Insurance Act for Property Damage to a Vehicle? – October 2015
• The Efficacy of Waivers in Sports – Levita v. Alan Crew et al – September 2015
• The success of Summary Judgment Motions, presented to prominent Insurance Company – September 2015
• When Does the Limitation Period Start Running for Uninsured Coverage? – August 2015
• Vicarious Liability of Vehicle Owner – What if the Vehicle Owner Provided Limitations on the Use of the Vehicle? – August 2015
• Insurers Have to Explain the Basis For Denial of Coverage; But What About Privilege? – August 2015
• The Right to a Jury Trial – July 2015
• Court of Appeal’s Decision on Assessments by Someone Other Than a Health Practitioner – July 2015
• Parents of Bullies – Your Insurer Has No Duty to Defend You! – July 2015
• Threshold Motions – a recap on the factors the Court considers – June 2015
• The Court of Appeal’s Decision in Iannarella v. Corbett – May 2015
• Fordam vs. Dutton-Dunwich – Important Municipal Liability Case of the Court of Appeal – December 2014
• Proposed Changes to Joint and Several Liability Law for Municipalities – July 2014
• Limitation Periods, presentation to an insurance company – October 2012
• Allies, Influence, Power and Politics in the Office, Panel member, American Bar Association’s Seminar – August 2011
• Spoliation of Evidence, for Insurance Company and Engineering Company audience – May 2011
• Keam v. Caddey, OBA Insurance Section Newsletter – December 2010
• Does LSUC target small firm lawyers, Law Times – November 2010
• Mary Carter ruling could have chilling effect, Law Times – January 2010
• Expect the Unexpected with Mary Carter Agreements, Lawyer’s Weekly – August 2009
• Facebook and Litigation, International Alliance of Law Firms Newsletter – 2009