Selected Judicial Citations

Jonathan de Vries’ “Before Kamloops: The Canadian Law of Public Authority Liability That Might Have Been,” in J.W. Neyers, Andrew Botterell, and Zoë Sinel, Gerald Fridman and The Law of Obligations: Past, Present and Future (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2019) received considerable discussion in Taylor v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONSC 1192 (CanLII), at para 546, https://canlii.ca/t/j5st8#par546

HB Construction Co v Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc, 2020 NBQB 180. Neyers, “Rights-based Justifications for the Tort of Unlawful Interference with Economic Relations” (2008) 28 Legal Studies 215 

NEP Canada ULC v MEC OP LLC, 2021 ABQB 180. Botterell, Chamberlain, McInnes, Neyers, Pitel, and Sinel, Fridman’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 4th ed (2021) on the tort of conspiracy. 

Ontario (Attorney General) v Clark, 2021 SCC 18. Chamberlain, Misfeasance in a Public Office (2016) on the elements of the tort of misfeasance in public office and their proper interpretation. 

Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation No. 160 v Goodtrack, 2020 SKCA 10, citing Fridman et al., The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. on the damages available for trespass to land.

Lahti v Chateauvert, 2019 BCSC 1081, citing Fridman et al., The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. on the elements of trespass to land.

Cheema v Hamide, 2019 BCSC 962, citing Fridman et al., The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. on vicarious liability.

CMT v Government of PEI, 2019 PESC 40, citing Chamberlain, Misfeasance in a Public Office.

Tiger Calcium Services Inc v Sazwan, 2019 ABQB 327, citing Fridman et al., The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. on conversion.

Sound Stage Entertainment Inc v Burns, 2019 SKCA 18, citing Fridman et al., The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. on contribution.

Seyom v TTC, 2018 ONSC 6848, citing Andrew Botterell in Fridman et al., The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. on the onus of proof in a negligence action.

Probilt Industries Inc. v. City of Miramichi et al, 2018 NBQB 228 (CanLII), citing Jason Neyers, “Rights-based justifications for the tort of unlawful interference with economic relations” (2008) 28 L.S. 215 and G. H. L. Fridman, The Law of Torts in Canada (3rd ed. 2010), at pp. 773-75

Wagner & Ors v Nine Network Australia & Ors, [2019] QSC 284, citing Kit Barker, ‘Private and Public: The Mixed Concept of Vindication in Torts and Private Law’ in Stephen G. A. Pitel, Jason W Neyers and Erika Chamberlain (eds), Tort Law: Challenging Orthodoxy (Bloomsbury, 2013) at 59-93.

Jones v. Canada (RCMP), 2018 NBCA 86 cited Erika Chamberlain, “What is the Role of Misfeasance in a Public Office in Modern Canadian Tort Law?” (2009) 88 Can Bar Rev 575 on the definition of misfeasance in a public office.

D’Agnone v D’Agnone, 2017 ABCA 35, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the requirements of being found a party to a conspiracy.

Isaac Estate v Matuszynska, 2018 ONCA 177, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the requisite elements for the doctrine of emergency.

Laursen v British Columbia (Director of Crime Victim Assistance), 2017 BCCA 8, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the lost earning capacity head of loss.

Arbutus Bay Estates Ltd v Canada (AG), 2018 BCCA 259, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the no damage requirement for trespass to goods.

JK v Ontario, 2017 ONCA 902, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the difference between authorizing a wrongful act and authorizing an employee or agent to do something, in the course of which the employee or agents commits an improper act.

Stefanyk v Sobeys Capital Incorporated, 2018 ABCA 125, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on occupier’s liability.

Rutman v Rabinowitz, 2018 ONCA 80, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the requirements of concerted action liability.

Bent v MacFarlane, 2018 NBCA 17, cited Fridman et al’s The Law of Torts in Canada, 2d ed, on tort law’s “take your victim as you find him or her” principle.

Ledcor Construction Ltd v Northbridge Indemnity Co, 2016 SCC 37, cited Craig Brown, Insurance Law in Canada (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2002) (loose‑leaf updated 2016, release 2).

Saadati v Moorhead, 2017 SCC 28, cited Gerald Fridman, The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on psychiatric harm, and Jason W Neyers, Erika Chamberlain and Stephen GA Pitel, eds., Emerging Issues in Tort Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2007).

Solis v Workers’ Compensation Board (Millard Health), 2015 ABCA 227, cited Jason Neyers, “Vicarious Liability,” in GHL Fridman, The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed.

Daneluzzi v Daneluzzi, 2015 ONSC 229, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the onus of proof in negligence.

Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Sovereign General Insurance Company, 2015 ONCA 702, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on malicious prosecution.

Coady v Quadrangle Holdings Ltd., 2015 NSCA 13, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on conversion.

Hope v Gourlay, 2015 SKCA 27, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on defamation.

Steadman v Corporation of the County of Lambton, 2015 ONSC 101, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on nuisance.

A.I. Enterprises Ltd. v Bram Enterprises Ltd., 2014 SCC 12, cited Jason Neyers on the tort of unlawful interference with economic relations.

Matheson v CIBC Wood Gundy, 
2014 NSSC 18, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on negligent misrepresentation.

Malton v Attia, 
2013 ABQB 642, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the standard of care.

Good v Toronto Police Services Board, 
2013 ONSC 3026, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on assault, conversion and trespass to goods.

Johansson v General Motors of Canada, 2012 NSCA 120, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the standard of care and customary practice in negligence.

Kasperson v Halifax (Regional Municipality), 2012 NSCA 110, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the difference between joint and several tortfeasors.

Durling v Sunrise Propane Energy Group Inc, 2012 ONSC 6570, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, on the definition of private nuisance.

Bajwa v British Columbia Veterinary Medical Assn, 2012 BCSC 878, cited Solomon et al's Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts regarding the tort of abuse of process.

JGE v The Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust, [2012] EWCA Civ 938, cited Jason Neyers's "A Theory of Vicarious Liability" (2005) 43 Alberta Law Review 287, and Gerald Fridman's "The Course of Employment: Policy or Principle?" (2002) 6 Newcastle Law Review 61.

Aldo Group Inc v Moneris Solutions Corp, 2012 ONSC 2581, cited Solomon et al's Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts on the tort of intentional interference with contractual relations.

Meady v Greyhound Transportation, 2012 ONSC 657, cited Andrew Botterell in Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, Chapter 15, regarding the onus of proof in a negligence action.

Olszewski v Ottawa (City) Police Board, 2012 ONSC 1209, cited Fridman et al's The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, regarding trespass to property in the law enforcement context.

Albionex (Overseas) Ltd v Conagra Ltd, 2011 MBCA 95, cited Fridman et al'sThe Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed, regarding reasonable reliance in claims for negligent misstatement.