Court of Appeal for Ontario

Citation: Empire Life Insurance Company v. Arnold, 2010 ONCA 38

Date: 2010-01-22

Docket: C49718

Between:

The Empire Life Insurance Company

Plaintiff (Respondent)

and

Krystal Holdings Inc., Donna Arnold, Robert Arnold, Joseph Atherton, Jody Atherton, John E. Atkinson, Jacqueline Atkinson, John W. Baber, Douglas Beer, Marlene Beer, Harry Berholz, Arthur Biffis, Ronald Blais, Pauline Blais, Angelo Bonomo, James Bonter, Cheryl Bonter, Hagob Boyrazian, Louis J. Brisson, Arthur Brook, Leonard Bujokas, Glenda Bulzgis, Addie Bulzgis, George Butcher, G.C. Butcher Ltd., David W.C. Chan, David Cheifetz, Sam C. Cheung, Robert Childs, Bonnie J. Childs, Alan Christie, B. Elizabeth Clark, Douglas F. Clark, John Gary Cook, Barbara E. Cook, Peter D. Copeland, Aldo Cundari, Livian Cundari, Tony J. Desanti, John C.W. Dodds, Mary Ellen Dodds, John Dorsay, Mildred Dorsay, Flavia Dos Remedios, Joseph Drago, Sylvia Drago, Michael Emond, Joan Euler, Donald James Euler, Allan Olsen as litigation administrator for The Estate Of Margaret Fawcett, Allan Olsen As Litigation Administrator For The Estate Of Allison Fawcett, Claudette Goulet The Executrix Of The Estate Of Marcel J. Goulet, Claudette Goulet, George Harrap, Stuart Hayward, Ruth I. Hayward, Norman R. Heitbohmer, Herbert Herman, Geraldine Berholz As Executrix of The Estate Of Jack Hilf, John Hohner, Arthur G. Hubert, Margaret Jones, Margaret Jones as litigation administrator for The Estate of Walter Jones, Bruce King, Dennis King, Jules Kroeker, Andrew Ihor Kuchtaruk, Jerry Kuhlmann, also known as Jerry Kuhlman, Denis Lacroix, Luc Lalonde as litigation administrator for The Estate Of Ivan Lalonde, Irene Lawrence, Therese Lecours as litigation administrator for the Estate Of Laurent Lecours, Wayne Levine, Alec Li, Ann Li, Sam Louli, also known as Sami Louli, Patricia Werner as litigation administrator for The Estate Of Eric Malling, James G. Matthews, Alex Douglas Mcgregor, Michael H. Mclafferty, Melvyn Merker, Donald F. Miller, Murray B. Naiberg, John R. Nephew, Sherril A. Nephew, also known as Sherri Nephew, Harold Niman, Gilda Niman, William O'connor, Park Creek Estates Inc., John Paul Prevett, Henry Proulx, Marjorie Proulx, Frances Quarrington as Executrix of The Estate of George Ross Quarrington, Brock H. Rutledge, M. Dale Rutledge, Stephen L. Sandler, Steven Sharpe, Joseph Shaw, John A. Smith, Kenoth Spreen, Donald Steel, Lina Steel, Elizabeth Thorn, Joseph Tortolo, Carol Ann Walmsley, Patricia J. Werner, Robert Westhaver, David W. Whetham, Robert M. Willson, Amy C. Wong, Graeme Young, And Jean Mclafferty as litigation administrator for The Estate Of Hugh Mclafferty, Jesse Winters as litigation administrator for The Estate Of Dorothy Winters, And Jesse Winters as litigation administrator for The Estate Of Eric John Winters

Defendants (Appellants)

Before: MacFarland, Rouleau and Watt JJ.A.

Counsel:

Thomas J. Corbett and Kelly L. Webster, for the defendants (appellants) except for Krystal Holdings Inc., David Cheifetz, John Dorsay, Mildred Dorsay, Sami Louli, also known as Sam Louli, Harold Niman, Gilda Niman, Elizabeth Thorn, David W.C. Chan and Sam C. Cheung

Wendy H. Greenspoon-Soer and Ronald Birken, for the plaintiff (respondent)

Heard: December 14, 2009

Released: January 8, 2010

On appeal from the judgment of Justice Todd L. Archibald of the Superior Court of Justice dated November 18, 2008.

ADDENDUM

[1] The appeal in this matter was dismissed for reasons released January 8, 2010. As a result the costs of the appeal are to the respondent fixed in the sum of $40,000.00 inclusive of disbursements and GST. The cross-appeal is dismissed without costs.

"J. MacFarland J.A."

"Paul Rouleau J.A."

"David Watt J.A."