Month: August 2018

THE TORONTO SUN – ‘Carnage in a turf war’: Victims of Mississauga restaurant bombing launch lawsuit

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Personnel running an establishment full of diners should have known they would be bombed?

That is what the lawyer representing six victims of the May 24 attack on the Bombay Bhel in Mississauga told reporters Tuesday.

“The owners of the Bombay Bhel restaurant knew, or ought to have known, there was an issue with security and that they were targeted,” Darryl Singer, counsel for Diamond and Diamond personal injury law firm, told a news conference.

Personnel running an establishment full of diners should have known they would be bombed?

That is what the lawyer representing six victims of the May 24 attack on the Bombay Bhel in Mississauga told reporters Tuesday.

“The owners of the Bombay Bhel restaurant knew, or ought to have known, there was an issue with security and that they were targeted,” Darryl Singer, counsel for Diamond and Diamond personal injury law firm, told a news conference.

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THE TORONTO STAR – Six Mississauga restaurant bombing victims sue Bombay Bhel for being ‘negligently blind’ to threat

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Six victims of May’s bombing at Mississauga’s Bombay Bhel restaurant are launching a civil suit against the establishment, alleging negligence.

They are each suing for $1 million, alleging the restaurant owners “ought to have known” there was a threat, and should have taken precautionary measures to protect clients.

“The plaintiffs state that the defendant . . . was wilfully, intentionally and or negligently blind to the real and actual threat of the bombing,” the statement of claim read.

The claim was filed Monday in Ontario Superior Court.

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THE LAWYER’S DAILY – Wellness: End of civil dialogue bad for legal profession and your health

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Lately, I find it absolutely necessary for my mental health to give myself a “news free” day. No Canadian or American news. No social media. I’m finding the polarization of political and social viewpoints to be energy depleting and soul sucking. Some commentators have even speculated that it may be a hybrid form of PTSD.

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THE TORONTO SUN – Former student sues teacher charged with sexually assaulting her

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Toronto Police had issued a statement that they’d arrested Wexford Collegiate School of the Arts teacher John Kraft, 57, after a female student alleged she’d been sexually assaulted multiple times between late last year and March.

And on Thursday, she filed a $1-million lawsuit against the teacher and the Toronto District School Board, alleging he groomed her for years and the board did nothing to protect her.

In her claim, she alleges that during her last few years of high school, Kraft would often make inappropriate and sexually suggestive comments and “took every opportunity to touch her in a sexual manner.” She claims he would also make disparaging remarks about her boyfriend not being “man enough” for her.

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