Samms v Moolla

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeFairburn J.A.,Alexandra Hoy A.C.J.O.,Robert J. Sharpe J.A.
CounselErica J. Baron and Shane C. D'Souza, for the respondent,Ronald Manes, Barbara MacFarlane and Nicholas Sampson, for the appellants
Citation2019 ONCA 220
Docket NumberC64032
Date20 March 2019
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)

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14 practice notes
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 18-22, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 4, 2019
    ...v. Ali, 2018 ONCA 680, Hill v. Church of Scientology, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co., 2002 SCC 18 Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220 Keywords: Torts, Negligence, MedMal, Jury Instructions, Standard of Care, Expert Evidence, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 13......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 3-7, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 10, 2021
    ...Pereira v. Hamilton Township Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (2006), 209 O.A.C. 127, Ross v. Bacchus, 2015 ONCA 347, Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Donleavy v. Ultramar Ltd., 2019 ONCA 687, Athey v. Leonati, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458, R. v. Marquard, [1993] ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 22 ' 26, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 1, 2020
    ...Act, RSO 1990, c I 8, s. 129, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C 43, and s. 98, R. v. Grandine, 2017 ONCA 718, Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, Little v. Floyd Sinton Limited, 2019 ONCA 865, Johnson v. British Canadian Insurance Co., [1932] S.C.R. 680, Wolfe v. Western General Mutual Insur......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 20 ' 24, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 28, 2021
    ...ter Neuzen v. Korn, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674, Kaiman v. Graham, 2009 ONCA 77, Whitby (Town) v. G&G, 2020 ONCA 654, Samms Estate v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, Nattrass v. Weber, 2010 ABCA 64, McCann v. Hyndman, 2004 ABCA 191, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Hajgato v. London Health Association (19......
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9 cases
  • Noddle v. The Ontario Ministry of Health,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 17, 2019
    ...exception to this general principle is where the practice prevalent in the profession is found to itself be negligent: Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, at paras. 26-32; Crits v. Sylvester, [1956] O.R. 132 (C.A.), at para. 28. [51] Dr. Levy tendered the expert opinion evidence of Dr. Kirk Ger......
  • Zoerb v Saskatoon Regional Health Authority,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • October 5, 2022
    ...is found to be negligent in this way, the trier of fact can determine the standard of care on the basis of common sense: Samms v Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220; ter Neuzen at para 52. [48]           In Gerald B. Robertson & Ellen I. Picard, Legal......
  • The Estate of Kevin John McMullan v The Estate of Dr. Nashwan Albeer Ibrahim Naom,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 13, 2025
    ...Dr. Shawn Soon, 2018 ONSC 3809, 50 C.C.L.T. (4th) 83, at para. 28. 11 Wilson v. Swanson, [1956] S.C.R. 804, at p. 812; Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, at paras. 73 and 79. 12 Samms v. Moolla, at para. 73. 13 St.-Jean v. Mercier, 2002 SCC 15, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 491, at para. 53. 14 Lapointe v. ......
  • Pinder Estate v. Farmers Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • June 25, 2020
    ...review is whether the charge provided the jury with adequate assistance to determine the questions it had to decide: Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, at para. 48; Little v. Floyd Sinton Limited, 2019 ONCA 865, 149 O.R. (3d) 38, at para. 18. The adequacy of the trial judge’s response to the j......
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5 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 18-22, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 4, 2019
    ...v. Ali, 2018 ONCA 680, Hill v. Church of Scientology, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co., 2002 SCC 18 Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220 Keywords: Torts, Negligence, MedMal, Jury Instructions, Standard of Care, Expert Evidence, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 13......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 3-7, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 10, 2021
    ...Pereira v. Hamilton Township Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (2006), 209 O.A.C. 127, Ross v. Bacchus, 2015 ONCA 347, Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Donleavy v. Ultramar Ltd., 2019 ONCA 687, Athey v. Leonati, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458, R. v. Marquard, [1993] ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 22 ' 26, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 1, 2020
    ...Act, RSO 1990, c I 8, s. 129, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C 43, and s. 98, R. v. Grandine, 2017 ONCA 718, Samms v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, Little v. Floyd Sinton Limited, 2019 ONCA 865, Johnson v. British Canadian Insurance Co., [1932] S.C.R. 680, Wolfe v. Western General Mutual Insur......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 20 ' 24, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 28, 2021
    ...ter Neuzen v. Korn, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674, Kaiman v. Graham, 2009 ONCA 77, Whitby (Town) v. G&G, 2020 ONCA 654, Samms Estate v. Moolla, 2019 ONCA 220, Nattrass v. Weber, 2010 ABCA 64, McCann v. Hyndman, 2004 ABCA 191, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Hajgato v. London Health Association (19......
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