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Precedent Setting CasesRoberts v. Morana: $5.2 million Personal Injury Damage AwardMr. Shekter broke new ground on government liability for road maintenance and set a new bar for personal injury damages judgments. The plaintiff was awarded one of Canada's largest personal injury awards in the amount of $5.2 million against three defendants, including Ontario's Ministry of Transportation. United Services Fund v. Hennessey: Largest Punitive Damages Award $100,000$100,000 in punitive damages was awarded against a lawyer in connection with his conduct in a fraudulent conveyances actions. For its time, this was one of the highest punitive damage awards in Canadian history. Regina v. Kromhout: Novel use of "native sentencing circle"A native sentencing circle format was used with a non-native, Caucasian teenager in a vehicular manslaughter case to save him from almost certain incarceration. Instead, following the "circle" the court ordered the young man to speak to high school students about the dangers and consequences of unsafe driving. Kramer v. Ontario Health Insurance Plan: $300,000US awarded for Out-of-Country Medical CareAs a result of this decision, OHIP was ordered to fund almost $300,000US of a controversial cancer treatment at Johns Hopkins Medical Centre in Baltimore, Maryland which OHIP alleged was experimental. Regina v. Pinnacle Transport: 2nd Largest Criminal Costs Award against the CrownAfter proving a breach of Pinnacle's Charter rights, Mr. Shekter received what at the time was then the second largest cost award in Canada against the Crown following the withdrawal of charges against his client. As a result, the client's entire defence costs were paid for by the prosecution.
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