Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company

JurisdictionOntario
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
JudgeCenta
Citation2022 ONSC 5230
Date15 September 2022
Docket NumberCV-20-650903

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  • McPherson v. Global Growth Assets Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 12, 2025
    ...595, at paras. 111-16. [97] Halupa v. Sagemedica Inc., 2019 ONSC 7411, at para. 31; Galea, at para. 282; Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, 2023 C.L.L.C. 210-016, at paras. 118-20. [98] Whiten, at para. 36. [99] McPherson v. Global Growth Assets Inc., 2020 ONSC 1828. [100] Giacom......
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    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • April 17, 2025
    ...Mr. S: 20 Mr. A: 24 Not specified Wilkinson v Valgold, 2021 BCSC 572 12 - President and CEO 68 18 $210,000 Pohl v Hudson’s Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230 28 - Sales Manager (8 years) - Interviewing and hiring new sales associates - Creating schedules for staff - Supervising sales associates, p......
  • Giacomodonato v. PearTree Securities Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 29, 2023
    ...111 to 116. [35] Halupa v. Sagemedica Inc., 2019 ONSC 7411; Galea v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp., 2017 ONSC 245; Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, at paras. 118 to 120. [36] Whiten, at para. 36. [37] M & P Drug Mart Inc. v. Norton, 2022 ONCA 398, 79 C.C.E.L. (4th) 171, at para. 32......
  • Lachapelle v. St. Laurent Automotive Group Inc.
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    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 31, 2025
    ...salesperson dismissed during the second week of March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: see also Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, 83 C.C.E.L. (4th) 45, at paras. [41] Here, similar to the above decisions, the plaintiff was terminated at the onset of the COVID-19 pand......
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  • McPherson v Global Growth Assets Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 12, 2025
    ...595, at paras. 111–16. 97 Halupa v. Sagemedica Inc., 2019 ONSC 7411, at para. 31; Galea, at para. 282; Pohl v. Hudson's Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, 2023 C.L.L.C. 210-016, at paras. 98 Whiten, at para. 36. 99 McPherson v. Global Growth Assets Inc., 2020 ONSC 1828. 100 Giacomodonato v. PearT......
  • Wilds v 1959612 Ontario Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 14, 2024
    ...distress and hurt feelings resulting from dismissal, which are not compensable. 117 Ms. Wilds relies on Pohl v. Hudson's Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230 (“ Pohl”) in support of her position that she should be granted mental distress damages. However, in that case, the employee had adduced evide......
  • Stride v Syra Group et Al
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 24, 2024
    ...that medical evidence is not required for a moral damage award: Saadati v Morehead, 2017 SCC 28. 86 In Pohl v Hudson's Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, the court held as follows: Moral damages are available where the employer engages in a breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing at the......
  • Chan v NYX Capital Corporation
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 6, 2025
    ...in the gut” and experienced “feelings of humiliation, diminished self-worth, anxiety, and depression” ( Pohl v. Hudson's Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, at paras. 61–63). I am not satisfied, based on the record before me, that Mr. Chan has experienced the type of distress required by law to gr......
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