Is a plaintiff entitled to sue his automobile insurance company at trial?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gemeinhardt v Babic, 2016 ONSC 4707 (CanLII):

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently noted in the context of automobile insurance in Ross v. Bacchus (2015) ONCA 347: "Insurers, like any other defendant, are entitled to take cases to trial." (para. 51).

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