Professional Liability
Dolden Wallace Folick is regularly retained by errors and omissions insurers to defend a wide range of professionals. Historically, Dolden Wallace Folick has acted for classes of professionals including architects, engineers, accountants, actuaries, insurance brokers, mortgage brokers, and private health care professionals including dentists and surgical eye care clinics.
As the number of occupations requiring E&O coverage expands (as per the 2006 IBC CGL “professional liability exclusion”) so does the range of professionals Dolden Wallace Folick defends.
Architects
Even as program insurers change we continue to act for architects in British Columbia. Our experience has included the defence of architects in respect of water ingress claims, delay claims, improper estimates and budgeting, inadequate field reviews, improper certification of draws, monetary and time restrictions on suing and a host of other problems that architects can encounter.
Engineers
Our firm has acted for a wide range of structural, mechanical, electrical and civil engineers that encounter problems both during and following the completion of construction. This experience has arisen both in the context of the current “leaky condo” problems and in other settings including settlement cases, inadequate soils cases and B.C. Building Code compliance problems.
Mortgage Brokers
For over a decade we have acted for various broker sponsored programs for mortgage brokers and in that capacity have defended mortgage brokers confronting claims over conflict of interest, “failure to advance” funds, and lack of due diligence on mortgage funding.
Health Care Professionals
Through various programs maintained by wholesale brokers we have defended a wide range of private sector health professionals including dentists, eye surgery clinics, private IME/X-ray clinics, holistic medical clinics and private care retirement facilities. In addition, we have acted for one of the largest Canadian insurers of the manufacturers of medical appliances that can give rise to patient claims.
Insurance Brokers
We currently act for several E&O insurers that specialize in E&O coverage for brokers. The fact that our firm confines its practice to insurance law ensures that we have a wide ranging understanding of the insurance issues that so frequently give rise to claims against insurance brokers. We consider this to be a valuable asset in solving broker claims in a timely and cost effective manner.
Our People in Professional Liability
British Columbia
Partner
Eric Dolden
Partner
Lorne Folick
Partner
Brian Rhodes
Partner
Andrew Breen
Partner
Janis McAfee
Partner
Matthew Bujar
Partner
Tom Newnham
Partner
Brent Rentiers
Partner
Paul Dawson
Partner
Lindsay Nilsson
Partner
Jonathan Weisman
Partner
Shelley Armstrong
PartnerAssociate Counsel
Counsel
Alberta
Partner
Counsel
Ontario
Partner
Counsel
Associate
Suneal Khemraj
Associate
Elka Dadmand
Associate
Elie Goldberg (He/Him)
Associate
Andrea Trozzo (She/Her)
Associate
Dan Cook
Associate
Megan Badenhorst
Associate
Elizabeth Branopolski
Associate
Jonathan Tatner
Associate
Sumeet Sajjan
Associate
Jennifer Wu
Associate
Kiri McDermott-Berryman
Associate