by Donald Lapowich | Jul 28, 2015 | Legal Issues
Here is a decision from New Haven in the United States that I am reporting here just to illustrate the amount of damages that can result from a professional error involving negligence. This is a case in which the plaintiff lost the use of his left shoulder after a...
by Donald Lapowich | Jul 2, 2015 | Legal Issues
The plaintiffs sued the defendants when they failed to close on a deal for a preconstruction condominium unit in British Columbia. The defendants alleged they did not receive a disclosure statement before signing the agreement and did not have the opportunity to...
by Donald Lapowich | Jun 2, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
A property owner who was landlocked and whose access to a municipal roadway was through a right-of-way over the next door neighbour’s property used the land easement for his vehicle ingress and egress. The neighbour objected to a vehicle going over the easement and...
by Donald Lapowich | May 5, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
In an interesting Alberta case, a chartered accountant was involved in disputes with both the builder of her residential condominium and the condominium’s property management company. During the disputes the chartered accountant sent threatening emails to the...
by Donald Lapowich | Apr 1, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
I note a very interesting case in Arizona called Desert Palm v. Petta. At the trial stage a disgruntled patient was found liable in defamation and libel for an article she posted online about alleged unprofessional behaviour and incompetence of the plaintiff doctors....
