Butterworths Ontario Motor Vehicle Insurance Practice Manual

The Honourable Justice Stephen E. Firestone, B.A., LL.B., was called to the bar in 1988 and was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in 2013. Prior to his appointment, he practiced civil litigation with an emphasis on personal injury, accident benefits and professional negligence. Justice Firestone is currently the Regional Senior Judge for the Toronto Region. He is the past Civil Team Lead-Toronto Region and past Chair of the Toronto Region Civil Bench and Bar Committee. He is a past director of the Advocates Society and past president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association. He is a general editor of Ontario Courtroom Procedure, Fifth Edition, author of Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Motor Vehicles (2015 Reissue), (2019 Reissue) and (2023 Reissue), editor of Ontario Motor Vehicle Insurance Law & Commentary, and co-author of Ontario Superior Court Practice: Annotated Rules & Legislation, all published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.

The late Honourable Allen M. Linden, O.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.B., LL.M., J.S.D., was a Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal from 1990 to 2009. Previously, he was a Professor of tort law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto from 1961 to 1978, and acted as Founding Executive Director of the Canadian Institute on the Administration of Justice from 1974 to 1978. He was appointed as a Trial Judge on the Superior Court of Ontario from 1978 to 1990, and served as President of the Law Reform Commission of Canada from 1983 to 1990. Mr. Linden was a member of the American Law Institute. He taught law in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, and taught part-time at the University of Ottawa and at Pepperdine University, School of Law in California. In 1965, he authored a statistical study on Compensation for Auto Accidents, which led the Province of Ontario to adopt a no-fault auto insurance plan in 1969, which influenced other provinces to follow. He has written several books and many articles about torts, which led to the award of the Professor John G. Fleming Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Tort Law. In 2011, he received the David Walter Mundell Medal for his distinguished contribution to law and letters. On July 1, 2015, Justice Linden was inducted to membership in the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston. He is co-author, with Bruce Feldthusen, of the Torts and Negligence volumes of Halsbury's Laws of Canada and of Canadian Tort Law, 11th Edition and Canadian Tort Law, 11th Edition - Student Edition. He is also co-author, with Stephen E. Firestone, of Butterworths Ontario Motor Vehicle Insurance Practice Manual. Mr. Linden passed away after completion of Canadian Tort Law - Cases, Notes & Materials, 15th Edition but before publication.

As an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, Joseph Campisi has taught civil litigation and insurance law. He also teaches tort law in the Internationally Trained Lawyers Program of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Joseph's academic training has served him well in litigating claims and representing his clients. He has a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in tort and Insurance Law and he has written academic literature on auto insurance law and access to justice.

Joseph has appeared before several courts and tribunals including: The Court of Appeal for Ontario, The Superior Court of Justice, The Financial Services Commission of Ontario, the Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals - Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal.