The Ontario Court of Appeal last fall ordered a new trial in the case in which Linda Hunt had sued her employer for letting her drink too much at an open-bar office holiday party, contributing to her later car crash (see Feb. 7-8, 2001). The employer defendant, a realty company, “appealed on a number of grounds but succeeded on only one, which was that the trial judge had [incorrectly] discharged the jury on the grounds that the case was too complex.” (case summary by James Thomson and Gerard Chouest, Paterson McDougall LLP, Oct. 1, 2002; Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti, case summary, undated (PDF)). Further update: executive editor Michael Fitz-James of Canadian Lawyer magazine writes to inform us that the parties settled the case last winter after the appellate ruling.
Update: new trial in Ont. you-let-me-drive-drunk case
The Ontario Court of Appeal last fall ordered a new trial in the case in which Linda Hunt had sued her employer for letting her drink too much at an open-bar office holiday party, contributing to her later car crash (see Feb. 7-8, 2001). The employer defendant, a realty company, “appealed on a number of […]
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