What is the test for a judge to consider a motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zachariadis Estate v. Giannopoulos, 2019 ONSC 6505 (CanLII):
The evidence must be such that the judge is confident that he or she can fairly resolve the dispute: Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014, SCC 7, at paras. 50 and 57.
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