Levac v. James
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
| Judge | E.M. MORGAN, J. |
| Neutral Citation | 2021 ONSC 5971 |
| Citation | 2021 ONSC 5971 |
| Date | 15 September 2021 |
| Docket Number | CV-14-511333-00CP |
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The Ontario Court Of Appeal Upholds The Use Of "Powerful" Epidemiological Data To Infer Causation In The Absence Of Scientific Certainty
...the relatively modest 2.0 risk ratio benchmark applied in Andersen could be appropriate in another case. Footnotes 1 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971, at para 113 2 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971 , at para 126 3 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971 , at para 134 4 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971 , at......
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...motion. He also adopted the same approach to causation at the common issues trial, which was upheld on appeal: see Levac v. James, 2021 ONSC 5971, aff'd Levac (C.A.). Referencing this same approach in Pugliese, at para. 223, Morgan J. stated: The causal question here is whether a Defendant'......
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The Ontario Court Of Appeal Upholds The Use Of "Powerful" Epidemiological Data To Infer Causation In The Absence Of Scientific Certainty
...the relatively modest 2.0 risk ratio benchmark applied in Andersen could be appropriate in another case. Footnotes 1 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971, at para 113 2 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971 , at para 126 3 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971 , at para 134 4 Levac v James, 2021 ONSC 5971 , at......