David Andre Morin

A Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation focused on municipal liability, personal injury and insurance, recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2027 for Insurance Law.

David Morin is the Managing Partner of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP and is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation. His practice is civil litigation, with a particular focus on personal injury, municipal liability, product liability and professional negligence. He has acted for property owners in leading building-inspection appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, including Breen v Lake of Bays (Township) and Tokarz v Selwyn (Township) , and he represents seriously injured people in personal injury and insurance matters. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2027 for Insurance Law in Huntsville, a listing decided entirely by confidential peer review.

Beyond his own practice, David is a past president of the Muskoka Law Association and has chaired both the Audit Committee and the Paralegal Regulation Sub-Committee of the Ontario Bar Association. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Advocates' Society and the American Association for Justice.

David acts across the firm's plaintiff-side and litigation work. His main areas are:

A selection of David's reported decisions. Each links to the full judgment on CanLII.

Does a title insurer have to pay to repair a home, or can it demolish the offending work and pay the lost value instead? In a $1.1M TitlePLUS dispute over unpermitted construction on a Winnipeg home, the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba answered (2025 MBKB 131). The decision is persuasive only in Ontario and is now under appeal.