Andrea LeDrew
Tel: 416.594.4698 Email: aledrew@sblegal.caAndrea always focuses on exceeding her clients' expectations and is a strong believer that a reasoned approach to litigation results in both time and cost savings.
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Biography
ANDREA LEDREW takes a tenacious but practical approach to her litigation practice. She has a wide array of experience in complex litigation matters involving municipal claims, class actions and defending corporations against claims of negligence and vicarious liability for sexual assault. A significant portion of Andrea’s practice is devoted to acting for municipalities in road authority claims.
Andrea always focuses on exceeding her clients’ expectations and is a strong believer that a reasoned approach to litigation results in both time and cost savings. She uses her strong negotiation skills to settle difficult claims, but will seek to resolve matters in court when appropriate.
Andrea mentors both summer and articling students and is pleased to have created the job shadowing program at the firm. The program allows students to gain better insight into the various practice areas at Stieber Berlach.
Representative Work
- Successful dismissal of certification motion against independent owners/licensees of long-term care homes in class actions arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pugliese v. Chartwell, 2024 ONSC 1135
- Successful dismissal of certification motion against municipality in proposed roadway design class action. Klassen v. City of Hamilton, 2022, ONSC 3660
- Acted as counsel for a ballet company in a class action claim for alleged vicarious liability. Doucet v. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 2022 ONSC 976
- Successful motion to strike claim without leave to amend on the basis that the claim was a collateral attack on an administrative decision, and an abuse of process. Nathalie Xian Yi Yan v. Shanna Christine Yee, 2021 ONSC 6957
- Successful dismissal of application against security company for alleged violation of Human Rights Code. Dwyer v. J.S. Pharmacy Services Ltd., 2018 HRTO 1265
- Acts for upper-tier road authorities in numerous claims alleging negligence and failure to comply with obligations as set out in regulations to the Municipal Act, 2001
- Acts for municipality in a class action arising out of alleged deficiencies in road conditions leading to increased incidence of motor vehicle accidents.
- Acts for various winter maintenance contractors in bodily injury claims arising out of slip and falls.
- Acts for various security companies in claims of bodily injury arising from alleged negligence under the Occupiers’ Liability Act. Also acts for security companies in claims of bodily injury arising from alleged excessive use of force.
Speaking Engagements
- Let’s Talk: Brokers’ Negligence, In-House Presentation of Insurance Company, 2024
- The Tort of Defamation: Ongoing Developments in our Digital World, Stieber Berlach Client Webinar, 2023
- Punitive Damages, Stieber Berlach Client Seminar, 2017
Publications
- “Ontario Court of Appeal Validates Liability Waivers,” Stieber Berlach Case Commentaries, 2018
- “Punitive Damages,” with Murray Stieber and Christian Breukelman, Stieber Berlach Client Seminar, 2017