Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Judge | PERELL, J. |
Citation | 2021 ONSC 1114 |
Date | 11 February 2021 |
Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
Docket Number | CV-19-00632915-00CP |
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Price v Smith & Wesson Corporation,
...submissions within a further twenty days. Perell, J. Released: March 5, 2024. 1 S.O. 1992, c. 6. 2 Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114. 3 Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 4 Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2023 ONSC 6062 . 5 Rentway Canada Ltd. v. Laidlaw Trans......
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Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd., 2022 ONSC 4690
...(Man. C.A.); Rylands v. Fletcher (1866), L.R. 1 Ex. 265, aff’d (1868), L.R. 3 H.L. 330. [76] Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114 St Isidore Co-Op Limited v. AG Growth International Inc, 2019 ABQB 763 at para. 38; McCluskey v. Ford Motor Co., 2017 PEISC 17 at para. 26; D......
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Raponi v. Olympia Trust Company, 2022 ONSC 4481
...Inc., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 441; A-G. Canada v. Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 735. [37] Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114 at para 51; Das v. George Weston Ltd., 2017 ONSC 4129 at paras. 14–29, aff’d 2018 ONCA 1053, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A.......
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Del Giudice v. Thompson, 2021 ONSC 5379
...Inc., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 441; A-G. Canada v. Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 735. [47] Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114 at para 51; Das v. George Weston Ltd., 2017 ONSC 4129 at paras. 14–29, aff’d 2018 ONCA 1053, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A.......
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Price v Smith & Wesson Corporation,
...submissions within a further twenty days. Perell, J. Released: March 5, 2024. 1 S.O. 1992, c. 6. 2 Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114. 3 Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 4 Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2023 ONSC 6062 . 5 Rentway Canada Ltd. v. Laidlaw Trans......
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Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd., 2022 ONSC 4690
...(Man. C.A.); Rylands v. Fletcher (1866), L.R. 1 Ex. 265, aff’d (1868), L.R. 3 H.L. 330. [76] Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114 St Isidore Co-Op Limited v. AG Growth International Inc, 2019 ABQB 763 at para. 38; McCluskey v. Ford Motor Co., 2017 PEISC 17 at para. 26; D......
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Raponi v. Olympia Trust Company, 2022 ONSC 4481
...Inc., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 441; A-G. Canada v. Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 735. [37] Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114 at para 51; Das v. George Weston Ltd., 2017 ONSC 4129 at paras. 14–29, aff’d 2018 ONCA 1053, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A.......
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Del Giudice v. Thompson, 2021 ONSC 5379
...Inc., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 441; A-G. Canada v. Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 735. [47] Price v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 2021 ONSC 1114 at para 51; Das v. George Weston Ltd., 2017 ONSC 4129 at paras. 14–29, aff’d 2018 ONCA 1053, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A.......
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7 firm's commentaries
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Are Gun Manufacturers Liable for Mass Shootings?
...Superior Court judge has accepted, in a preliminary decision in Price v Smith & Wesson Corp, 2021 ONSC 1114, that gun manufacturers may have civil liability in Canada for losses caused by mass shootings when feasible safety measures could have prevented the harm but were not The Danforth Sh......
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Certification Denied In Proposed Class Proceeding Against Gun Manufacturer For Mass Shooting
...had caused the plaintiffs' injuries. Justice Perell's decision followed an earlier determination in Price v Smith & Wesson Corp, 2021 ONSC 1114 (Price), that the plaintiffs' negligent design claim, based on the lack of certain safety features in the handgun's design, was not bound to fail b......
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Are Gun Manufacturers Liable For Mass Shootings?
...Superior Court judge has accepted, in a preliminary decision in Price v Smith & Wesson Corp, 2021 ONSC 1114, that gun manufacturers may have civil liability in Canada for losses caused by mass shootings when feasible safety measures could have prevented the harm but were not The Danforth Sh......
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Product Liability Class Actions: Ontario Court Rules On The Duties Owed By Manufacturers Of Inherently Dangerous Products
...v. Smith & Wesson, 2021 ONSC 1114 ("Price") victims of the 2018 Danforth Avenue mass shooting in Toronto successfully defended their proposed $150 million negligent design class action against a handgun manufacturer's motion to Key Take-Aways For the first time in Canada, a court has recogn......
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2 books & journal articles
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Injunctions to Enforce Public Rights
...properties, 13 odour, 14 looding, 15 and the control of soliciting for the purposes of prostitution. 16 6 Price v Smith & Wesson Corp , 2021 ONSC 1114 at para 115. 7 Valeant Canada LP/Valeant Canada SEC v British Columbia , 2022 BCCA 366 at para 200 and paras 175–218 generally. 8 See the di......
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Table of cases
...Ltd, 2018 BCSC 1150 Premium Real Estate Ltd v Stevens, [2009] 2 NZLR 384 (SC) .................. 665, 672 Price v Smith & Wesson Corp, 2021 ONSC 1114 .............................................. 338 Price v Strange (1977), [1978] Ch 337, [1977] 3 WLR 943, [1977] 3 All ER 371 (CA) ..............