Royal Insurance Co. v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co., [2004] O.T.C. 611 (SC)

• Judge: Stach, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: February 20, 2004
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2004] O.T.C. 611 (SC)

Royal Ins. v. Wawanesa Mutual, [2004] O.T.C. 611 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2004] O.T.C. TBEd. JL.043

Royal Insurance Company (applicant) v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (respondent)

(Thunder Bay Court File No. 03-0762)

Indexed As: Royal Insurance Co. v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Stach, J.

June 23, 2004.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Arbitration - Topic 8705

Judicial review - Practice - Appeals - Standard of review - See paragraphs 10 to 17.

Insurance - Topic 5006.10

Automobile insurance - Compulsory government schemes - General - Trailer defined - See paragraphs 22 to 23.

Insurance - Topic 5006.11

Automobile insurance - Compulsory government schemes - General - Gross vehicle weight defined - See paragraphs 18 to 21.

Insurance - Topic 5010.7

Automobile insurance - Compulsory government schemes - General - Loss transfer indemnity - See paragraphs 1 to 34.

Words and Phrases

Gross vehicle weight - The Ontario Superior Court discussed the meaning of this phrase as found in s. 9(1) of the Insurance Act Regulations, Regulation 664, R.R.O. 1990 - See paragraphs 18 to 21.

Words and Phrases

Trailer - The Ontario Superior Court discussed the meaning of this word as found in the Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990 and the Insurance Act Regulations, Regulation 664, R.R.O. 1990 - See paragraphs 22 to 33.

Cases Noticed:

Derksen et al. v. 539938 Ontario Ltd. et al., [2001] 3 S.C.R. 398; 277 N.R. 82; 153 O.A.C. 310; 205 D.L.R.(4th) 1; 33 C.C.L.I.(3d) 1, refd to. [para. 5, footnote 3].

Voice Construction Ltd. v. Construction & General Workers' Union, Local 92 (2004), 318 N.R. 332; 346 A.R. 201; 320 W.A.C. 201 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 10, footnote 5, Appendix A].

Director of Investigation and Research, Competition Act v. Southam Inc. et al., [1997] 1 S.C.R. 748; 209 N.R. 20; 144 D.L.R.(4th) 1, refd to. [para. 11, footnote 6, Appendix A].

Lombard Canada Inc. v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance et al., [2002] O.T.C. 870 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 13, footnote 7, Appendix A].

887574 Ontario Inc. v. Pizza Pizza Ltd., [1995] O.J. No. 936 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 13, footnote 7, Appendix A].

Copley et al. v. Kerr Farms Ltd. (2002), 159 O.A.C. 66; 59 O.R.(3d) 346 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 14, footnote 8, Appendix A].

Fraczek et al. v. Pascual et al. (2003), 170 O.A.C. 363; 64 O.R.(3d) 437 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 17, footnote 10, Appendix A].

R. v. Vulcan Asphalt & Supply Co. (1964), 42 C.R. 365 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 26, footnote 13, Appendix A].

Thompson v. Sharpe (1977), 77 D.L.R.(3d) 55; 16 O.R.(2d) 24 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 29, footnote 15, Appendix A].

Levesque and Levesque v. Smith and Co-Operative Fire & Casualty Co. (1979), 25 N.B.R.(2d) 560; 51 A.P.R. 560; 104 D.L.R.(3d) 452 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 30, footnote 16, Appendix A].

Bapoo v. Co-operators General Insurance Co. (1997), 36 O.R.(3d) 616 (C.A.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Cartaway Resources Corp. et al., Re (2004), 319 N.R. 1; 195 B.C.A.C. 161; 319 W.A.C. 161 (S.C.C.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Cartaway Resources Corp. v. Hartvikson and Johnson - see Cartaway Resources Corp. et al., Re.

Chisholm v. Liberty Mutual Group (2002), 163 O.A.C. 129; 60 O.R.(3d) 776 (C.A.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Derksen et al. v. 539938 Ontario Ltd. et al. (1998), 75 O.T.C. 133; 37 M.V.R.(3d) 59 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Fortin v. Laplante, [1999] O.T.C. 227 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

GAN General Insurance Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., [1999] O.T.C. 165; 19 C.C.L.I.(3d) 266 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Highway Victims Indemnity Fund, Bouchard and Foster v. Federal Fire Insurance Co. of Canada, [1979] 2 S.C.R. 289; 28 N.R. 601, refd to. [Appendix A].

Housen v. Nickolaisen et al., [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235; 286 N.R. 1; 219 Sask.R. 1; 272 W.A.C. 1; 211 D.L.R.(4th) 577, refd to. [Appendix A].

Jevco Insurance Co. v. Pilot Insurance Co., [2000] O.T.C. 446; 49 O.R.(3d) 760 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Jevco Insurance Co. v. York Fire & Casualty Co. (1996), 89 O.A.C. 155; 27 O.R.(3d) 483 (C.A.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Kreitzman Estate, Re, [2003] O.T.C. Uned. 739 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Ryan v. Law Society of New Brunswick, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247; 302 N.R. 1; 257 N.B.R.(2d) 207; 674 A.P.R. 207, refd to. [Appendix A].

Levesque and Levesque v. Atlantic Rentals Ltd. and Smith and Co-Operative Fire and Casualty Co. (1978), 23 N.B.R.(2d) 711; 44 A.P.R. 711 (Q.B.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Commerce Insurance Co., [2001] O.T.C. 978 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Morton v. Rabito et al. (1998), 120 O.A.C. 169; 43 O.R.(3d) 161 (C.A.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Ontario (Minister of Finance) v. Co-operators General Insurance Co., [2002] O.T.C. 997; 62 O.R.(3d) 755 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Petrolon Distribution Inc. et al. v. Petro-Lon Canada Ltd., [1995] O.J. No. 1142 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Pezim v. British Columbia Securities Commission et al., [1994] 2 S.C.R. 557; 168 N.R. 321; 46 B.C.A.C. 1; 75 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [Appendix A].

Pezim v. Superintendent of Brokers - see Pezim v. British Columbia Securities Commission et al.

Pinto v. Allstate Insurance Co. of Canada, [2002] O.T.C. 463 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Regele v. Slusarczyk et al. (1997), 100 O.A.C. 39; 33 O.R.(3d) 556 (C.A.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Wedekind v. Director of Income Maintenance (Ont.) (1994), 75 O.A.C. 358; 21 O.R.(3d) 289 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [Appendix A].

Wedekind v. Ontario (Minister of Community and Social Services - see Wedekind v. Director of Income Maintenance (Ont.).

Authors and Works Noticed:

Driedger, Elmer A., Construction of Statutes (3rd Ed. 1994), generally [Appendix A].

Counsel:

John J. Aikins, for the applicant;

S. Alexander Zaitzeff and Nancy M. Erickson, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard at Thunder Bay, Ontario, on February 20, 2004, before Stach, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following decision on June 23, 2004.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.