Court of Appeal for Ontario

Date: April 18, 2019 Docket: C65347

Judges: Doherty, Paciocco and Zarnett JJ.A.

Between

Dominic Vetro Plaintiff (Appellant)

and

Karmel Sakran, Earl Taylor, Karmel Sakran Law Office and Green Germann Sakran Defendants (Respondents)

Counsel

Dominic Vetro, self-represented

Geetha Philipupillai and Daniel Iny, for the respondents

Heard: April 17, 2019

On appeal from the orders of Justice Woollcombe of the Superior Court of Justice, dated April 9, 2018 and June 22, 2018.

Appeal Book Endorsement

[1] The appellant, who is self-represented, has not appeared. Attempts by counsel for the respondents and the court to contact him today at the phone number he provided have proved futile.

[2] The appeal was listed on or about February 25 and the parties were advised by the court. It is now 12:25 p.m. Counsel for the respondents ask that the appeal be dismissed or abandoned in light of the appellant's unexplained non-attendance.

[3] So ordered. The appeal is dismissed as abandoned. Costs to the respondents in the amount of $5,000, "all in".