
Court upholds award for car crash victim against Ontario municipality
Friday, June 02, 2017 @ 9:35 AM | By Tom Venetis
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that a municipality was negligent for failing to ensure a road was snow free and affirmed a $12 million damage award to a woman who lost control of her car and suffered devastating injuries in a crash.
On Nov. 22, 2000, Lisa Marie Belanger was driving on the two-lane Regional Road 35 (RR35) in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. Belanger’s car lost control and crossed the centre lane to then collide with an oncoming school bus. Belanger...
On Nov. 22, 2000, Lisa Marie Belanger was driving on the two-lane Regional Road 35 (RR35) in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. Belanger’s car lost control and crossed the centre lane to then collide with an oncoming school bus. Belanger...