Desrochers v. McGinnis, 2024 ONCA 63: Expanding liability on owners of vehicles
By Kris Bonn On July 29, 2014, 24-year-old Megan Desrochers suffered a severe brain injury when the all- terrain vehicle (ATV) she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. At the time of the collision, she was travelling on Young Road in Prince Edward County en route to the home of Grant and Catherine McGinnis. The collision occurred less than one kilometre from the McGinnis home. Patrick McGinnis, Grant and Catherine’s son and Megan’s boyfriend at the time,