Does s.29(1) of the Civil Code of Civil Procedure preclude vicariously liable actions from being brought by a plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kandavanam Maria-Antony v. Sritaran Selliah, 2014 ONSC 4264 (CanLII):
[33] Contrary to the obiter dicta in Ling v. TransAmerica, because s. 29 does not specifically restrict or remove statutorily available vicarious liability claims, such actions must remain actionable.
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