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Buchanan v Weeres and Bertram Drilling Ltd.

Court Supreme Court
Date 1982-04-26
Other citations (1982) – 36 A.R. 451 (N.W.T. S.C.)
File numbers 3228
Judge(s) Tallis
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) L.R. 3H.L. 330
Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) A.C. 562
Wild and Wild v. Allied Tiling Floors Ltd et al (1967) 60 W.W.R. 181
Hodge & Sons v. Anglo-American Oil Co. (1922) 12 L.L. rep. 183
Read v. J. Lyons & Company Limited (1947) A.C. 156
Ayoubv v. Beaupre and Bense 91964) S.C.R. 44Mortimer et al v.
British American Oil Company Limited (1949) 2 W.W.R. 107
Fenn v. City of Peterborough (1977) 73 D.L.R. (3d) 177
London Guar & Acc Co. v. Northwestern Utilities Ltd. 91935) 4 D.L.R. 737
Dahlberg v. Naydiuk (1969) 10 D.L.R. (3d) 319
Rosetown Service Garage Ltd. v. Canadian Propane (Sask) Ltd. and Smith (1966) 56 W.W.R. 45; aff'd 62 W.W.R. 64
Atlas Service Centre Ltd. v. Spence et al (1968) 66 W.W.R. 95
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Whiteside et al (1968) 2 D.L.R. (3d) 611
Jones v. Shafer (1948) S.C.R. 167
Wright v. McCrea (1965) 1 O.R. 300
Walker Newby & Associates Ltd. and Pault Properties & Developments Ltd. [unreported] March 22, 1982 (AB.C.A.)
Farrell v. Workmen's Compensation Board (1962) S.C.R. 48
Rhodes v. McKee Harvester (Alta.) Ltd. 14 Alta. L.R. (2d) 352
Brink's Express Co. of Canada Ltd. v. Plaisance et al (1977) 1 S.C.R.640
Rossignol and Rossignol v. Hart (1956) S.C.R. 314

Statutes considered:
Fire Prevention Ordinance, R.O.N.W.T. 1974, c. F-5
Worker's Compensation Ordinance, R.O.N.W.T. 1974 c. W-4
Decision information:

Abstract: Trial to determine liability and whether third parties were vicariously liable. Also at issue was whether a portion of the claim was barred as a Plaintiff had received compensation from the Worker's Compensation Board.
Decision: Judgment against the Defendant United Geophysical; claim against Panarctic was dismissed. Claim for contribution and indemnity by United Geophsical against Bertram was dismissed.
Subjects: Negligence - Vicarious liability
Workers' compensation - Compensation - Subrogation

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