This is an important decision involving an injured person’s ability to access justice without delay.
It involves a woman who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when she was hit by a motor vehicle as a pedestrian. The collision happened in Toronto. The case was commenced in Barrie, where trial dates are readily available. The defence brought a motion to transfer the trial to Toronto. The Toronto system is backlogged and a transfer to Toronto would have meant that the trial would be delayed for three years. Justice Vallee found that such a delay would be “shameful” in a case involving a seriously injured plaintiff and dismissed the defence motion.
Ewing v Conte et al,[ 2013] OJ No 3442, Dated Jul 30, 2013
Troy Lehman joined Oatley Vigmond in 2006 and became a partner in 2010. As a personal injury lawyer, his greatest satisfaction comes from helping people through to the other side of a difficult time in their lives. “We’re here to help and relieve stress,” Troy says. “When I walk into a first meeting with a client, people are often scared and anxious. And for me, the best thing that can happen at the end of the meeting is that they say, ‘I feel so much better.’
