{"id":1191,"date":"2021-12-31T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2021-12-31T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:01:04","slug":"ontario-the-nonimpact-of-patience-on-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Ontario: the (non)impact of patience on discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Superior Court decision in\u00a0Zenner v. Hermanns<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reminds us that patience will not delay discovery of a claim:<\/p>\n

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[<\/a>40]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Zenner\u2019s explanation that he was a \u201cpatient\u201d person is not an adequate, or appropriate, response. Patience may well be a virtue, but patience does not override limitation laws and cannot be used as an excuse for not taking steps to pursue one\u2019s rights. As stated in\u00a0Longo v. MacLaren Art Centre<\/i>,\u00a02014 ONCA 526<\/a>\u00a0at para.\u00a042<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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A plaintiff is required to act with due diligence in determining if he has a claim. A limitation period will not be tolled while a plaintiff sits idle and takes no steps to investigate the matters referred to in\u00a0s. 5(1)<\/a>(a). While some action must be taken, the nature and extent of the required action will depend on all of the circumstances of the case, as this court noted in\u00a0Soper v. Southcott<\/em>\u00a0(1998), 1998 CanLII 5359 (ON CA),\u00a0111 O.A.C. 339<\/a>, at p. 345 (C.A.):<\/p>\n

Limitation periods are not enacted to be ignored. The plaintiff is required to act with due diligence in acquiring facts in order to be fully apprised of the material facts upon which a negligence or malpractice claim can be based\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Superior Court decision in\u00a0Zenner v. Hermanns\u00a0reminds us that patience will not delay discovery of a claim: [40]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Zenner\u2019s explanation that he was a \u201cpatient\u201d person is not an adequate, or appropriate, response. Patience may well be a virtue, but patience does not override limitation laws and cannot be used as an excuse for … Continue reading Ontario: the (non)impact of patience on discovery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9,23,628],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ontario","tag-discovery","tag-ontario-act-s-5","tag-they-say-patience-is-a-virtue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/limitations.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}