Chesnie v. Snider et al., [2004] O.T.C. 958 (SCM)

• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: November 02, 2004
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2004] O.T.C. 958 (SCM)

Chesnie v. Snider, [2004] O.T.C. 958 (SCM)

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Temp. Cite: [2004] O.T.C. TBEd. NO.036

Henrietta Chesnie v. Ted Snider et al.

(98-CV-160450CM)

Indexed As: Chesnie v. Snider et al.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

MacLeod, Master

November 2, 2004.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Limitation of Actions - Topic 15

General principles - Discoverability rule - Application of - See paragraphs 1 to 27.

Limitation of Actions - Topic 9305

Postponement or suspension of statute - General - Discoverability rule - See paragraphs 1 to 27.

Practice - Topic 666

Parties - Adding or substituting parties - Adding or substituting defendants - Application of limitation periods - See paragraphs 1 to 27.

Cases Noticed:

Plante Estate v. Industrial Alliance Life Insurance Co., [2003] O.T.C. 715; 66 O.R.(3d) 74 (Sup. Ct. Master), refd to. [para. 6].

Mota et al. v. Hamilton Wentworth (Regional Municipality) Police Services Board (2003), 170 O.A.C. 28; 63 O.R.(3d) 737 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

Atlantic Steel Industries Inc. v. Cigna Insurance Co. of Canada (1997), 31 O.T.C. 184; 33 O.R.(3d) 12 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 6].

Belsat Video Marketing Inc. v. Astral Communications Inc. (1999), 118 O.A.C. 105; 86 C.P.R.(3d) 413 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

National Trust Co. v. Furbacher, [1994] O.J. No. 2385 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 6].

MacRae v. Lecompte (1983), 143 D.L.R.(3d) 219 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 6].

Langman et al. v. Luhowy, [2003] O.T.C. 936; 67 O.R.(3d) 428 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 7, footnote 2].

Daniele v. Johnson (1999), 123 O.A.C. 186; 45 O.R.(3d) 498 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 7, footnote 2].

Transamerica Life Insurance Co. v. Canada Life Insurance Co. (1995), 25 O.R.(3d) 106 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 8].

Mota et al. v. Hamilton-Wentworth (Regional Municipality) (2003), 170 O.A.C. 28; 63 O.R.(3d) 737 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

Basarsky v. Quinlan, [1972] S.C.R. 380, refd to. [para. 8].

Kings Gate Developments Inc. v. Colangelo et al. (1994), 70 O.A.C. 140; 17 O.R.(3d) 841 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

Wong et al. v. Adler, [2004] O.T.C. 336; 70 O.R.(3d) 460 (Sup. Ct. Master), folld. [para. 8].

Jack v. Canada (Attorney General), [2004] O.T.C. 706 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 8].

R.S. v. A.W.T., [2002] O.J. No. 5053 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 10].

Central Trust Co. v. Rafuse and Cordon, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 147; 69 N.R. 321; 75 N.S.R.(2d) 109; 186 A.P.R. 109, refd to. [para. 11, footnote 3].

Peixeiro v. Haberman, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 549; 217 N.R. 371; 103 O.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 11, footnote 4].

Consumers' Glass Co. v. Foundation Co. of Canada Ltd. (1985), 9 O.A.C. 193; 51 O.R.(2d) 385 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 11, footnote 4].

Zapfe v. Barnes (2003), 174 O.A.C. 211; 66 O.R.(3d) 397 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 14].

Wong v. Sherman (1998), 60 O.T.C. 174 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 18].

Jensen et al. v. Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada et al., [1997] O.T.C. Uned. 516 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 18, footnote 6].

Robertson v. O'Rourke (1997), 40 O.T.C. 29; 14 C.P.C.(4th) 182 (Gen. Div.), affd. (1998), 110 O.A.C. 167; 35 M.V.R.(3d) 252 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 19].

Branche v. McArthur (1986), 56 O.R.(2d) 51 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 20, footnote 7].

Varcoe v. Sterling (1992), 7 O.R.(3d) 204 (Gen. Div.), affd. (1992), 10 O.R.(3d) 474 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 21, footnote 8].

Blackburn v. Midland Walwyn Capital Inc., [2003] O.T.C. 142 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 21, footnote 8].

Hunt et al. v. TD Securities Inc. (2003), 175 O.A.C. 19; 66 O.R.(3d) 481 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 21, footnote 8].

Bartucci et al. v. John Doe et al., [2003] O.A.C. Uned. 527; 68 O.R.(3d) 599 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 26].

Counsel:

Peter R. Jervis and Pamela Foy, for the plaintiff;

Craig Coleraine, for the defendants;

Mervin D. Abramowitz, for the proposed defendant, Hildyard;

Gail Goodman, for the proposed defendant, Equinox.

This motion was heard by MacLeod, Master, of the Ontario Superior Court, who endorsed the following decision on the record on November 2, 2004.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.