The Court of Appeal recently held that an indemnity agreement that was voluntarily signed by a Mexican transport company was the most significant factor in determining whether Ontario Courts had jurisdiction to hear an action brought against the Mexican Company and an Ontario tour operator for negligence arising out of a bus crash that injured two Ontario residents that purchased the bus tickets in Ontario from an Ontario tour operator.

http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2010/october/2010ONCA0634.htm

Ruzbeh Hosseini, B.Sc., J.D., LL.B.

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