First Case to deal with Bill 198 Threshold

Case Comment – Nissan v. McNamee, (Apr 30/2008) Ont SC per Morissette, J.

Although the plaintiff did not attract a damage award from the Jury (plaintiff appears to have suffered from credibility issues), the Trial Judge on the threshold motion indicated this was the first known Bill 198 threshold case. She embarked on an analysis of whether the Bill 198 regime changed the threshold test as interpreted under Bill 59 or whether Bill 198 was simply an attempt to codify the existing caselaw. The ruling found that Bill 198 doesn’t impose a higher test.

Gregory Chang

Toronto Insurance Litigation Lawyer