David Morin

Lawyer David Morin is a Huntsville lawyer who joined MacMillan Rooke Boeckle in 1995, and was a founding partner of Will Barristers LLP in 2000. David practises primarily out of our Huntsville and Toronto Will Davidson LLP offices. He enjoys a diverse practise related to tort and insurance litigation that takes him across the province.

David was born and raised in Toronto, and had the great privilege of attending St. Michael’s College School before pursuing studies in law. He now resides in Huntsville, Ontario, and heads up Will Davidson LLP’s northern Ontario practise group.

David is a Civil Litigation Specialist, who has represented clients’ interests in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice; the Court of Appeal for Ontario; the Federal Court of Appeal; and also before the Financial Services Commission of Ontario; Workman’s Safety Insurance Board Tribunals; Canadian Human Rights Tribunals; and Canada Pension Plan Tribunals, among others. Although David’s practise focuses upon assisting Plaintiffs in insurance related disputes with insurers, he is also uniquely positioned to assist insurers with complex subrogated loss claims.

Practise Areas
All areas of insurance-related disputes, inclusive of:

• Serious Personal Injury;
• Professional Negligence;
• Products Liability;
• Environmental Liability;
• Municipal Liability;
• Social Host Liability; and
• Bad Faith Insurance Litigation.

Contact David Morin for legal issues surrounding insurance or personal injury law – Based in Toronto and Huntsville – (705) 788-3740 or 1 (866) 788-3740.

• Ontario Bar Association
  Audit Committee, Chair
• Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association
  Bad Faith Litigation Group, Past Chair
• Muskoka Law Association
  Past President

• Halliwell v. Lazarus [2011] O.J. No.172
  Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  Barrie
• Professional negligence action against a home inspector and real estate agent
• Varon v. Hopson [2010] Judgment
  Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Parry Sound)
  May 26, 2010
• Breach of trust action against a building contractor
• Hanna v. Abbott, 82 O.R. (3d) 215
  Court of Appeal for Ontario, 2006, with Christopher I.R. Morrison
  Will Davidson LLP
• Historical sexual abuse action and the relationship between a civil action following a criminal conviction
• Sulliman v. Vaughan Estate [2003] O.J. No. 4455
  Court of Appeal for Ontario
  
• Fraudulent misrepresentation action following the purchase of a home
• Boness v. Bishop [2002] O.J. No. 2041
  Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  Bracebridge
• Municipal liability action
• Chapeskie v. Lake of Bays (Township) [1999] O.J. No. 2773
  Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  Newmarket
• Municipal liability action

• "Negotiating with Adjusters Directly:  Why Don't Claims Settle Before They Go to Counsel?", The Canadian Institute's 8th Annual Forum on Personal Injury Settlements, Toronto, January 26, 2010
• "Persuasion Theory and Understanding Juror Bias", The Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course:  Science and Techniques, The Canadian Bar Association, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 6, 2009
• "A Step-by-Step Guide to Discoveries and Examinations of Medical Experts", The Canadian Institute's Litigating Disability Claims Conference, Toronto, October 29, 2008   
• "Remedies in Revolution:  The Doctrine of Concurrency, Punitive Damages in the Commercial Context, and the Advancement of Economic Deterrence in Canadian Law", Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, April, 2005
• "Evolving Municipal Liability under the Ontario Building Code Act", Ontario Bar Association's 2005 Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Municipal Law Section, Toronto, February 4, 2005