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August 20th, 2018

An Injury Sustained While Clearing Snow off a Vehicle Is an “Automobile Accident”, the Court of Appeal Decides

This article is a modified version of a case comment initially published by Éditions Yvon Blais (Thomson Reuters) in August 2018 (EYB2018REP2523). As two recent court cases show, getting injured while clearing snow from a car does not immediately bring to mind the concept of an automobile accident. The Court of Appeal, however, in its […]
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August 9th, 2018

The Post-Loss Investigation: the Insured’s Obligation to Come Clean

The law provides that following a loss, the insured is obliged to cooperate with the insurer during the latter’s investigation, to answer its questions and to inform it of all circumstances surrounding the loss1.  The law also provides that any deceitful representation by the insured entails the loss of the right to be indemnified for […]