416.860.0001

Our services include:

1.    Litigation

We regularly assist clients in the following transportation areas:

• motor Vehicle
  • long-haul trucking
  • automobiles and recreational vehicles
  • corporate/commercial/agricultural fleets
  • rental and leasing companies
  • dealerships and couriers
  • personal lines
• Rail (Primary and Excess Insurance)
• Inland/Dry Marine 

Our lawyers frequently act for municipalities in connection with their duty to maintain roads, and their use of vehicles and equipment such as graders, sanders, stone slingers, and snow ploughs. We also act for road repair professionals, including engineers and contractors retained by municipalities or the Province. 

Many of our files involve catastrophic personal injury claims, fatalities, and significant property damage claims, as well some cases deal in fraudulent claims. The Transportation Law Group understands the importance of quick action in a catastrophic loss. To this end, we maintain a 24-hour emergency response team to attend at the scene of any catastrophic loss to secure witness statements and photographs, marshal the evidence, and arrange for immediate accident reconstruction by one of our experts. 

We also assist our clients in the following matters that can arise in a transportation context:

• Environmental claims
• Warehouse claims
• Cargo claims
• Subrogation
• Coverage issues
• Excess, umbrella, and reinsurance disputes
• Breach of contract disputes

2.    Risk Management

Our Transportation Law Group also provides risk management services to industry clients, including:

• drafting and interpreting insurance policies
• drafting and interpreting bills of lading, lease agreements, and other transportation contracts
• assisting and advising on claims that are in excess of insurance limits
• coordinating claims between insurer and insured where there is a significant deductible or self-insured retention

• Van Krkachovski

  416-860-0034

  vkrkachovski@mccagueborlack.com
• Alan S. Drimer

  705-481-0235

  adrimer@mccagueborlack.com