Product Liability Seminar
SG - October 21, 2024 - Featured Content Area
Buckle Up: Defending Automotive Product Liability Claims in Canada
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Hosted By
Time
12:30 PM ET: Registration
1:00 PM ET: Presentation
2:00 PM ET: Adjourn
Webinar (Virtual) - Zoom Link to be provided
Seminar (In-person) - Cassels, 3200 Bay Adelaide Centre
North Tower, 40 Temperance Street, Toronto
Abstract:
Cassels product liability litigation partners Chris Horkins, Jessica Kuredjian, and Jeremy Martin, will provide attendees with an overview of what manufacturers, distributors, and lessors in the automotive industry should know about defending automotive product liability claims in Canada, including recent trends and developments in:
- Recent amendments to Ontario’s Insurance Act impacting automotive claims;
- Legislative changes and case law trends in automotive class actions;
- Recall and regulatory compliance; and
- The scope of vicarious liability for vehicle owners, lessors, and other third parties.
Speakers
Chris Horkins
Chris Horkins is a partner in the Litigation Group at Cassels. Chris is the Chair of the firm’s Product Liability Group and a key member of the firm’s Franchise Law Group and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration team. Read more
Jessica Kuredjian
Jessica L. Kuredjian is a partner in the Litigation Group at Cassels. She prides herself on being an experienced, practical and efficient advocate who is focused on delivering a high-level of service to her clients. Jessica is known for taking on complex, sensitive and often novel disputes. Her wide-ranging practice focuses on contract disputes, civil fraud, defamation, insurance, product liability, complex personal injury defence and constitutional law. Jessica is an accomplished trial and arbitration lawyer who has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario, the Licensed Appeal Tribunal, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, the Alberta Insurance Council, Health Canada, the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada and the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council. Read more
Jeremy Martin
Jeremy Martin is a class action defence lawyer with a specialty in product liability and mass tort cases. A dedicated and creative litigation strategist, Jeremy is often retained to advise on complex or sensitive files. In each case, Jeremy encourages his clients to think outside the framework of litigation, choosing and winning battles before they are fought. As part of his practice, Jeremy has spearheaded numerous domestic and international product recalls, crisis management situations and ADR frameworks. He has acted on cases involving product liability, drug and medical device regulation, mass torts, institutional abuse, shareholder actions, employment law, consumer protection claims, and more. Read more
CPD Hours:
AB: Please consider including this course as a learning activity in your annual CPD Plan.
BC: This program contains 1 CPD Hours.
ON: This program contains 1 hour Substantive content.