Linda is a trial and appellate lawyer focusing on advocacy and insurance litigation for over 20 years. She has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience and appellate experience. She has expertise in catastrophic claims and has represented insurers in arbitrations at the Licence Appeal Tribunal, Financial Services Commission, private arbitrations and loss transfer matters.
She has numerous reported appeal and trial decisions with her most recent successes reported in Sanofi Pasteur Limited v. UPS SCS, Inc., 2015 ONCA 88 affirming 2014 ONSC 2695 (a subrogation/liability dispute on an $8 million claim) and Debruge v Arnold, 2014 ONSC 7044, a successful threshold motion after a jury verdict. She has also been the successful moving party on numerous summary judgment motions including most recent victories in Njai v. Njai [2016] O.J. No. 1073; Sanofi Pasteur Limited v. UPS SCS, Inc., 2015 ONCA 88 affirming 2014 ONSC 2695 (a subrogation/liability dispute on an $8 million claim); Ferrier v. Hubbert, 2015 ONSC 5286 (social host defence on a $6 million claim); and Gohm v. York et al, 2013 ONSC 7118 (occupiers’ liability claim on a farm policy). She conducts private arbitrations with a most recent decision in The Co-operators v. AXA Insurance relating to a priority dispute on a catastrophic claim.
She provides advice and representation to clients on a broad spectrum of insurance issues, including insurance coverage issues, CGL policies and litigation, tort motor vehicle litigation, statutory accident benefits/catastrophic claims, medical malpractice claims, property claims, loss transfer/priority arbitration disputes, occupiers liability claims, homeowners’ property and liability claims, product liability matters, fraud and subrogation claims. She provides lectures and seminars to lawyers and insurance professionals on trial advocacy and various insurance issues. She is a member of the Advocates Society, Canadian Bar Association, the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto and the Canadian Defence Lawyers.
