Is a successful plaintiff required to pay the costs of the unsuccessful Defendant in a personal injury action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gardner v. Hann, 2012 ONSC 2006 (CanLII):
A Sanderson order is a more direct solution; it requires the unsuccessful Defendant(s) to pay the costs of the successful Defendant(s), leaving the Plaintiff out of the process entirely: Rooney v. Graham at para. 6.
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