Lorne P. S. Folick

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Lorne P.S. Folick

Lorne Folick, a senior partner at Dolden Wallace Folick LLP, has a practice dedicated exclusively to insurance defence litigation. Lorne currently acts for many of Canada's largest commercial and personal lines insurers as well as several underwriters at Lloyds of London. He has defended both first and third party claims. Lorne has a wide range of experience; he is particularly well-regarded in the fields of liquor liability and is a leader of the firm's Complex Injury Team.
Lorne's range of experience and expertise includes:

Liquor Liability

Lorne has been appointed as counsel on behalf of national programs offered to commercial providers of alcohol. In this capacity, Lorne has spoken to commercial liability insurers that underwrite programs for restaurants, hotels, pubs and cabarets. Recently, Lorne authored a paper entitled "Civil Liability of Commercial Providers of Alcohol to Intoxicated Patrons: Past Experience and Emerging Trends". Lorne has defended claims brought by employees against employers relating to the provision of alcohol to employees by employers. In addition, Lorne has defended individuals who have been sued in the "social host" context in circumstances where the host has served alcohol to a guest who has subsequently injured themselves or others.

Lorne's experience includes coverage issues and claims for "bad faith". To that end, Lorne has provided seminars to claims examiners which address, on a practical level, how to properly "paper" your file and conduct yourself not only to avoid a bad faith claim but also to properly defend such a claim.

Lorne has defended all manner of professional liability claims on behalf of lawyers, insurance brokers and accountants. In particular, Lorne has defended a multitude or large complex cases on behalf of lawyers including allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and conflicts of interest between lawyer and client.

Lorne has been called upon to provide coverage advice in the context of liability policies in the energy and technology sectors. In addition, Lorne recently provided an opinion relating to whether a first party property policy need respond to a mould contamination claim.

Lorne has defended all manner of first party property claims, including situations where the insured has exaggerated or wilfully overvalued the amount of the claim. In addition, Lorne has handled several large arson defence cases from investigation to trial or settlement.

Lorne recently presented a paper relating to the practical and substantive aspects of subrogation, including bars to subrogation created by the obligation to insure and the operation of hold harmless agreements. Lorne has experience in resolving subrogated claims at a very early stage to minimize legal costs and maximize recovery for the subrogating insurer.