LeBarr v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 2013 HRTO 2030

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Glen LeBarr

Applicant

-and-

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

Respondent

DECISION

Adjudicator: David Muir

Date: December 6, 2013

Citation: 2013 HRTO 2030

Indexed as: LeBarr v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

1The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”), on June 22, 2012.

2In Interim Decision 2012 HRTO 2288 issued on December 5, 2012, the Tribunal deferred proceeding with this Application pending the conclusion of an ongoing proceeding at the WSIB.

3On September 24, 2013 the Tribunal wrote to the applicant and respondent. The applicant was asked to inform the Registrar in writing within 30 days of the date of the letter whether the other proceedings remained ongoing and, if possible, to indicate when they were expected to be completed. The letter went on to warn the applicant that failure to provide the requested information might result in the Tribunal dismissing the Application as abandoned.

4The applicant did not respond to the Tribunal’s September 24, 2013 letter. The Tribunal’s letter to the applicant was not returned as undeliverable. On November 21, 2013 the Tribunal wrote to the applicant again and directed him to respond within 30 days of the Direction. The applicant has not responded to this correspondence nor communicated with the Tribunal in any way.

5In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application and the Application is dismissed.