Lawyers can't serve insurers with auto claims just because they can't find the defendants: court

Lawyers can't serve insurers with auto claims just because they can't find the defendants: court

iStock.com/Richard Villalonundefined undefined Counsel for car crash claimants can’t simply serve their lawsuits on the defendants’ insurance companies just because it’s ‘inconvenient’ to serve the defendants with the claim, Ontario’s Superior Court has confirmed. “The three most important words in [Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure regarding service of a lawsuit] are ‘impractical,’ ‘prompt’ and ‘may.’ These are not synonymous with ‘inconvenien…