by XPolice | Nov 15, 2018 | News, Provincial
A host liability lawsuit, arising from a fatal drunk driving accident, is proceeding to trial in Ontario. A recent Court of Appeal for Ontario ruling shows judges disagree on how the 2006 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Childs v. Desormeaux should apply to lawsuits...
by XPolice | Oct 17, 2018 | News, Ottawa & Area
Deinsberg St-Hilaire was driving 80 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, according to court testimony Tuesday, when his truck struck and killed Andy Nevin, a father of two who was cycling along Leitrim Road on June 28, 2015. St-Hilaire, now 42, pleaded not guilty to dangerous...
by XPolice | Aug 30, 2018 | Kingston & Area, News
A Kingston man is on trial this week, facing 25 charges arising from a March 2017 collision between a Dodge Ram truck and a Kingston Transit bus at the intersection of Kingscourt and Third avenues. But Aaron J. Richards, 29, claimed from the start that he didn’t do...
by XPolice | Nov 16, 2017 | News
An OPP constable’s testimony at the trial of a Pembroke dentist convicted drunk driving causing death was “bias” and should have been excluded, the Ontario Court of Appeal heard Tuesday. Christy Natsis was sentenced to five years in prison in 2015,...
by XPolice | May 5, 2017 | News, Sudbury & Area
A Sudbury man has lost a bid to have drunk driving charges tossed because they took too long to be resolved at trial. Ontario Court Justice Andre Guay ruled he did not find any unreasonable delay in the case against Michael Mahaffy, 55. As a result, Justice Guay...
