Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis-Don Ltd.
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Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis-Don Ltd. Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1990-03-01 Report [1990] 1 SCR 275 Case number 21228 Judges Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley On appeal from Saskatchewan Subjects Torts Notes SCC Case Information: 21228 Decision Content Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis‑Don Ltd., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 275 Westeel‑Rosco Limited/Westeel‑Rosco Limitée, Robert Seipp, Brian Fiddler, William Rozell, Gary Ashton, Phillip Wellings, Kent Glasier, Cory Berg, Sidney Stechoski, Lee Cannon, Dan Brooks, Jim Greginsky, Tom Rice, Brian Murphy and Kevin Lowe Appellants v. Kerrybrooke Development Limited/La Société immobilière Kerrybrooke Limitée and Simpsons‑Sears Limited/Simpsons‑Sears Limitée Respondents and Ellis‑Don Limited, Brian Kirk and Daryl Zorn Respondents Indexed as: Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis‑Don Ltd. File No.: 21228. 1990: March 1. Present: Lamer, Wilson, La Forest, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and McLachlin JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan Negligence ‑‑ Building contracts ‑‑ Liability of contractor and subcontractor. APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (1988), 67 Sask. R. 304, affirming a judgment of Scheibel J. (1986), 46 Sask. R. 47, 18 C.L.R. 20. Appeal dismissed. Leonard D. Andrychuk and Jeffrey M. Lee, for the appellants. No one appeared for the respondents Kerrybrooke Development Lt…
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Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis-Don Ltd. Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1990-03-01 Report [1990] 1 SCR 275 Case number 21228 Judges Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley On appeal from Saskatchewan Subjects Torts Notes SCC Case Information: 21228 Decision Content Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis‑Don Ltd., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 275 Westeel‑Rosco Limited/Westeel‑Rosco Limitée, Robert Seipp, Brian Fiddler, William Rozell, Gary Ashton, Phillip Wellings, Kent Glasier, Cory Berg, Sidney Stechoski, Lee Cannon, Dan Brooks, Jim Greginsky, Tom Rice, Brian Murphy and Kevin Lowe Appellants v. Kerrybrooke Development Limited/La Société immobilière Kerrybrooke Limitée and Simpsons‑Sears Limited/Simpsons‑Sears Limitée Respondents and Ellis‑Don Limited, Brian Kirk and Daryl Zorn Respondents Indexed as: Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. v. Ellis‑Don Ltd. File No.: 21228. 1990: March 1. Present: Lamer, Wilson, La Forest, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and McLachlin JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for saskatchewan Negligence ‑‑ Building contracts ‑‑ Liability of contractor and subcontractor. APPEAL from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (1988), 67 Sask. R. 304, affirming a judgment of Scheibel J. (1986), 46 Sask. R. 47, 18 C.L.R. 20. Appeal dismissed. Leonard D. Andrychuk and Jeffrey M. Lee, for the appellants. No one appeared for the respondents Kerrybrooke Development Ltd. et al. E.R. Gritzfeld, Q.C., and M. T. Megaw, for the respondents Ellis‑Don Ltd. et al. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by Lamer J. ‑‑ We need not hear from you Mr. Gritzfeld and Mr. Megaw, we are ready to give judgment now. Our colleague Justice La Forest will pronounce the judgment of the Court. La Forest J. ‑‑ The courts below found that the damages in this case resulted solely from the appellants' negligence. There was no finding of negligence against the contractor, although it was liable in contract to the owners for the damage to the roof. Under these circumstances, we are all of the view that the courts below arrived at the proper decision. The appeal is dismissed with costs. Judgment accordingly. Solicitors for the appellants: MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman, Regina. Solicitors for the respondents Ellis‑Don Ltd. et al.: Gritzfeld & Associates, Regina.
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