Is there any case law in which an insurance company has been found to be responsible for the breakdown of a relationship?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cornerstone Select Properties Inc. v. Matthews and Matthews v. Varcoe, 2018 ONSC 679 (CanLII):
It is impossible to say that the treatment of the Matthews, by Varcoe and his company caused their break-up on a balance of probabilities. No doubt his behaviour contributed to their angst but we have to look to the bigger picture as Whiten v. Pilot Insurance challenges us to do.
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