Can a party obtain enhanced costs in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from DeSantis v. Hood, 2021 ONSC 5496 (CanLII):
Further, a party may obtain enhanced costs if the party’s conduct of the litigation, including his or her legal position, was unreasonable: Climans v. Latner, 2020 ONCA 554, at para. 92.
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