{"id":16760,"date":"2017-09-27T13:43:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T18:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsslex.com\/publications\/the-concept-of-gross-fault-and-the-exemption-of-liability-of-a-city-following-the-re-ignition-of-a-fire\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T16:36:36","slug":"20170927_the-concept-of-gross-fault-and-the-exemption-of-liability-of-a-city-following-the-re-ignition-of-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staging.rsslex.com\/en\/bulletins-en\/20170927_the-concept-of-gross-fault-and-the-exemption-of-liability-of-a-city-following-the-re-ignition-of-a-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"The concept of \u201cgross fault\u201d and the exemption of liability of a city following the re-ignition of a fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- September 27, 2017&nbsp;&mdash; -->In <i>Intact, compagnie d&#8217;assurances c. Ville de Montr\u00e9al<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/h5j1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017 QCCS 3753<\/a>) rendered on June 26, 2017, the Superior Court had to determine whether the City of Montreal firefighters had committed a gross fault, thus preventing the city from invoking the exemption of liability provided for in section 47 of the <i>Fire Safety Act<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/xk6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CQLR c S-3.4<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170927_GrossNegligence.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to read more (PDF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Intact, compagnie d&#8217;assurances c. 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