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Travelers Canada Corp. and Jennifer Polak<\/em><\/strong>, 2022 ONSC 712<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc712\/2022onsc712.html\">https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc712\/2022onsc712.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Divisional Court upheld the Ontario Small Claims Court ruling that dismissed a claim by a car owner who was seeking to recover the loss in value of their car following a collision with the vehicle operated by the at-fault defendant.\u00a0 The Ontario Insurance Act bans owners and their insurers from commencing lawsuits to recover&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360mediations.com\/en\/cant-sue-for-diminution-in-value-of-a-vehicle-following-a-collision-with-an-at-fault-driver\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can\u2019t Sue for Diminution in Value of a Vehicle Following a Collision with an At-Fault Driver<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[158],"class_list":["post-7966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance-coverage","tag-vehicle-damage-claims","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can\u2019t Sue for Diminution in Value of a Vehicle Following a Collision with an At-Fault Driver - 360Mediations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ontario appellate court confirms that the statutory ban on lawsuits to recover vehicle damages extends to diminution of value claims as well.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/360mediations.com\/en\/cant-sue-for-diminution-in-value-of-a-vehicle-following-a-collision-with-an-at-fault-driver\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can\u2019t Sue for Diminution in Value of a Vehicle Following a Collision with an At-Fault Driver - 360Mediations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ontario appellate court confirms that the statutory ban on lawsuits to recover vehicle damages extends to diminution of value claims as well.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/360mediations.com\/en\/cant-sue-for-diminution-in-value-of-a-vehicle-following-a-collision-with-an-at-fault-driver\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"360Mediations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/360Mediations-120028596572318\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/360Mediations-120028596572318\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-04T12:08:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-04T12:08:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.360mediations.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/COURT-DECISIONS-360MEDIATIONS-1x1-1.png?fit=406%2C322&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"406\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"322\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David M. 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