PROVEN RESULTS IN
INSURANCE LITIGATION
Automobile Tort Claims
We have significant experience litigating complex liability and damages issues across the province. We defend the simplest to the most complicated automobile litigation claims. The diversity of our lawyers’ experience ensures that we provide qualified and experienced lawyers for every claim, ensuring cost-effective service for our clients.
Municipal Liability
With decades of experience, we are routinely retained by municipalities and their insurers in a variety of claims including large loss, road and infrastructure maintenance, engineering and construction issues, procurement, Building Code, Drainage Act, Fire Department, parks, facility and Occupiers’ Liability Act, and more. We are routinely retained with respect to allegations of bad faith and misfeasance in public office.
SABS and First Party Disputes
We represent insurers across the province with respect to all accident benefit matters, from complex catastrophic disputes to single treatment plan disputes. We offer quick turnaround time on exposure opinions, LAT responses, case conferences, and hearings, and our competitive rates and highly skilled lawyers and staff provide our clients with confidence that insurers’ interests are protected. We also offer our expertise in priority disputes and loss transfer issues.
Public Entity Liability
Public entities such as EMS first responders, hospitals, health units, long term care facilities, daycares, school boards, and recreational facilities are staffed with highly trained professionals with specific public duties and standards of care. Shillington McCall is particularly skilled in defending public entities against all claims, including negligence, malpractice, accidents, and spread of infectious diseases. We are proud of the trust we have built with our clients in this practice area and the caselaw that we have created.
Commercial General Liability Claims
We have extensive experience with claims covered under a CGL policy, including occupiers’ liability, slips and falls, property damage, commercial host liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, and brokers’ liability. We frequently provide opinions on CGL policy wordings. We are proud to act for several large national retailers with respect to their CGL needs.
Sexual and Physical Abuse Claims
Claims involving sexual and physical abuse require highly specialized and comprehensive experience to properly defend. Our sexual and physical abuse defence team has over 20 years of experience representing Children’s Aid Societies, schools, school boards, daycares, service clubs, and religious and other institutions. We provide our clients with confidence that these claims will be handled with sensitivity and exceptional judgment.
Property Claims/Fire Loss/Subrogated
We handle the defence and prosecution of property damage claims, including subrogated claims related to fire damage, infrastructure or building failure, regulatory compliance, and operational failure.
Police Services
Police Services and their members serve our communities in many ways: preventing harm in communities through patrols and other community interactions, assisting people in distress, being dispatched to dangerous situations, investigating crimes, apprehending criminals, and protecting the community from those who represent a danger. Shillington McCall lawyers have extensive experience defending claims against police and police service boards, including use of force, negligent investigation, Charter claims, and civilian oversight. We know police services and we know the law.
Class Actions and Mass Torts
Municipalities and public entities are at risk for losses that can lead to multiple lawsuits and even class actions. Such claims come with extra layers of procedural and technical complexity. We understand the technicalities of the class action regime, and our lawyers have considerable experience defending class actions and mass tort claims, including personal injuries, property damage, and economic losses, and particularly claims arising from public transit accidents.