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Outdoor Event Liability Basics
Overview With spring and summer just around the corner, many Bow Valley businesses are starting to plan outdoor events. But before you set up tents or book vendors, there are a few important things to consider. Canmore-based lawyer Austin Ward sat down with Anthony Burden and Jill Bishop to discuss what business owners should know before hosting an outdoor event. What’s the first thing business owners should think about when planning an outdoor event? Start with where the event is taking place.
BC Supreme Court Finds Municipality 70% Liable for Crosswalk Vegetation in $3.6M Injury Award
The BC Supreme Court found a municipality 70% liable for a serious pedestrian injury caused by obstructive vegetation at a crosswalk, resulting in a $3.6 million damages award. The ruling reinforces that municipalities have a clear duty to maintain safe roadways, including ensuring visibility at pedestrian crossings. In this case, overgrown vegetation significantly impaired sightlines, contributing directly to the accident.
SCC Confirms Limits on Coverage for Regulatory Compliance Costs
The Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that a guaranteed rebuilding cost endorsement does not override a clear policy exclusion for regulatory compliance costs. Even where the cost to rebuild increases due to zoning or construction requirements, insurers are only required to pay what the policy expressly allows. Insurance policies must be read as a whole, and where the language is clear, courts will enforce exclusions as written.
A Defence Perspective: Leveraging Expert Limits In Personal Injury Actions
Section 558.1 of the Insurance Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. I-3 limits the number of experts that a party may tender at trial in a personal injury action commenced on or after January 1, 2021. If the plaintiff claims for damages of $100,000 or more in their Statement of Claim, they are limited to three experts, with each tendering one report. If the claim value is less than $100,000, the limit is one expert and one report.
Political Column
Political Column Posted 8/10/24 EDITOR'S NOTE: In each weekend edition of the Daily Times, there will be a political column written by Boone County residents. Political parties will alternate weeks with their editorials. Each column will be under 500 words and will be a positive column for their party. The Daily Times will not edit the columns in any matter, but maintains the right to not publish the column if the rules that were given to each political party are violated.
Letter: Letter about tourism potential for the Kirkbride was insensitive
I was disturbed to see this letter to the editor was even published because it is this type ignorance that causes shame and stigma and that causes those who need help not to seek it.In reality we lose many lives every day to mental illness. To make light of people's pain and suffering with illness is cruel and, to say the least, very insensitive.There are still people today that were at the Kirkbride for treatment.
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