Debbie restricts her practice to litigation and insurance defence work including defending personal injury,
automobile, accident benefits, property and casualty, educational malfeasance, professional liability,
commercial general liability, life and disability and defamation claims;
She represents higher educational institutions on insurance and other related matters;
Debbie has acted as trial counsel on catastrophic losses and has provided coverage opinions on insurance
matters including, inter alia, complex jurisdictional issues which involve the interaction of the Accident
Benefit scheme in Ontario with the WSIB as well as the interplay of Ontario’s S.A.B.S’ without province
first party benefits.Debbie successfully defended a representative property damage claim arising out of the natural disaster of
the 1998 ice storm; She has successfully argued and resolved at either private mediations or at arbitration significant matters
relating to, inter alia, loss transfer, priority of payment and first party claims.
Debbie is a recognized advocate in the field of insurance and insured services. She has been asked to write
papers and speak on various matters of interest to trial lawyers, insurers, reciprocal insurance exchanges
and self-insured corporations as well as universities and professional associations. She is a frequent lecturer
for the Canadian Society of medical Evaluators, local provincial and national insurers and professional
organizations including Canadian Defense lawyers.
Debbie has argued clients cases successfully before the Ontario C.A., the Divisional Court of Ontario and
in the Ontario Superior Cou