McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto, in Canada

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeStrathy,Benotto,Roberts
Citation2019 ONCA 213
Docket NumberC63950
Date19 March 2019

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30 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 18 - 22, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 26, 2022
    ...Cosmetics Inc., 2021 ONSC 1428, Khashaba v. Procom Consultants Group Ltd., 2018 ONSC 7617, McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp., 2019 ONCA 213, Tadayon v. Mohtashami, 2015 ONCA 777, Brad-Jay Investments Ltd. v. Szijjarto (2006), 218 O.A.C. 315, Hobbs v. Hobbs, 2008 ONCA 598, Pinder Esta......
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 18-22, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 4, 2019
    ...Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation, 2017 ONCA 827 McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto, in Canada, 2019 ONCA 213 Keywords: Torts, Sexual Assault, Damages, Punitive Damages, Civil Procedure, Jury Trials, Grounds for Mistrial, Inflammatory Remarks, Jury Instr......
  • Hearsay
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...]. 291 Trang v Alberta (Edmonton Remand Centre) , 2006 ABQB 824 at para 11 [ Trang ]. 292 McCabe v Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation , 2019 ONCA 213 at para 23 [ McCabe ]. THE L AW OF EVIDENCE 218 10.2) Business Records Legislative reform followed in the wake of the decision in Myers v D......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...BCCA 473 ......................................................................... 278 McCabe v Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation, 2019 ONCA 213 .............................................................................. 217, 220–21 McConnell v R (1968), 4 CRNS 269 (SCC) ...................
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  • Saskatchewan v Racette
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • January 3, 2020
    ...reiterated by the Ontario Court of Appeal in McCabe v Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto, in Canada, 2019 ONCA 213, 433 DLR (4th) [25] The appellant submits that the comments by the respondent’s counsel were inappropriate and would have inflamed the jury such t......
  • R. v. Lam
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 6, 2025
    ...v. Attalla, 2015 ONSC 7556 , at para. 30; R. v. Kennedy, 2019 ONSC 3303 , at para. 48; McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation, 2019 ONCA 213, 146 O.R. (3d) 607 , at para. 23; R. v. Wentworth, 2022 ONSC 5319 , at para. [15]        There is ample......
  • Render v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator (Canada) Limited
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 20, 2022
    ...by 50%, and awarded $73,696.66 in costs payable by the appellant. (1) Punitive Damages [86] In McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp., 2019 ONCA 213, 146 O.R. (3d) 607 , this court confirmed that litigation misconduct can be an independent actionable wrong that can give rise to an award ......
  • Sjostrom Sheet Metal Ltd. v. Geo A. Kelson Company Limited
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 29, 2025
    ...v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 , [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653 , at para. 102. [11] See, for example, McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation, 2019 ONCA 213, 146 O.R. (3d) 607 , at para. 72 (“A defendant is under no obligation to admit liability and, subject to attracting the elevated costs conseq......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 18 - 22, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 26, 2022
    ...Cosmetics Inc., 2021 ONSC 1428, Khashaba v. Procom Consultants Group Ltd., 2018 ONSC 7617, McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp., 2019 ONCA 213, Tadayon v. Mohtashami, 2015 ONCA 777, Brad-Jay Investments Ltd. v. Szijjarto (2006), 218 O.A.C. 315, Hobbs v. Hobbs, 2008 ONCA 598, Pinder Esta......
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 18-22, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 4, 2019
    ...Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation, 2017 ONCA 827 McCabe v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto, in Canada, 2019 ONCA 213 Keywords: Torts, Sexual Assault, Damages, Punitive Damages, Civil Procedure, Jury Trials, Grounds for Mistrial, Inflammatory Remarks, Jury Instr......
  • Lessons From Gopie v. Ramcharran: A Case Comment And Review Of Issues On Appeal In Civil Jury Trials
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 19, 2019
    ...at para 59. For under the common law doctrine see: McCabe v Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto, in Canada, 2019 ONCA 213 at para 23. [iv] See for example Lurtz v Duchesne, [2003] O.J. No. 1541 at para 17. [v] R. v. Burnett, 2015 ONCA 790 at paras 148 & 149. ......
  • Liability Admissions In Sexual Abuse Claims
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 25, 2019
    ...failure to admit liability in a timely fashion. In McCabe v. The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto (2019 ONCA 213), the majority of the Court of Appeal overturned a jury's award of $15,000.00 for punitive damages against the Diocese of Toronto. The award was ba......
2 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...BCCA 473 ......................................................................... 278 McCabe v Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation, 2019 ONCA 213 .............................................................................. 217, 220–21 McConnell v R (1968), 4 CRNS 269 (SCC) ...................
  • Hearsay
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...]. 291 Trang v Alberta (Edmonton Remand Centre) , 2006 ABQB 824 at para 11 [ Trang ]. 292 McCabe v Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation , 2019 ONCA 213 at para 23 [ McCabe ]. THE L AW OF EVIDENCE 218 10.2) Business Records Legislative reform followed in the wake of the decision in Myers v D......