Pereira v. Hamilton Township Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Posted March 4, 20162006 CanLII 12284 (ON C.A.), 2006 CanLII 20680 (ON C.A.), (2006), 267 D.L.R. (4th) 690, (2006), 209 O.A.C. 127; Lerners obtained a new trial for an insurer hit by a “runaway” jury with a punitive damages award of $2.5 million. Until it was reversed, this was the largest punitive damages award against an insurer in Canada.