Hryniak v Mauldin | |
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![]() Supreme Court of Canada | |
Hearing: 26 March 2013 Judgment: 23 January 2014 | |
Full case name | Robert Hryniak v Fred Mauldin, Dan Myers, Robert Blomberg, Theodore Landkammer, Lloyd Chelli, Stephen Yee, Marvin Cleair, Carolyn Cleair, Richard Hanna, Douglas Laird, Charles Ivans, Lyn White and Athena Smith |
Citations | 2014 SCC 7 |
Docket No. | 34641 [1] |
Prior history | APPEAL from Combined Air Mechanical Services Inc. v. Flesch, 2011 ONCA 764 (5 December 2011), affirming Bruno Appliance v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2010 ONSC 5490 (22 October 2010). |
Ruling | Appeal dismissed. |
Holding | |
The motion judge did not err in granting summary judgment in the present case, as summary judgment motions must be granted whenever there is no genuine issue requiring a trial. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Beverley McLachlin |
Puisne Justices | Louis LeBel, Rosalie Abella, Marshall Rothstein, Thomas Cromwell, Andromache Karakatsanis, Richard Wagner |
Reasons given | |
Unanimous reasons by | Karakatsanis J |
Laws applied | |
Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Reg 194 Rule 20 (Summary Judgment) |
Hryniak v Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7[a] is a landmark case of the Supreme Court of Canada that supports recent reforms to Canadian civil procedure in the area of granting summary judgment in civil cases.
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