An Ontario judge has ruled that a former Equestrian Canada director dismissed after roughly 15 months on the job was entitled to four months' reasonable notice, not the four weeks her employer ultimately provided, in a decision that leaves open whether the employer could be on the hook for long-term disability benefits the insurer has refused to pay.
In Eastwood-Fisher v. Equine Canada et al., released May 7, 2026, Regional Senior Justice C. MacLeod of the Superior Court of Justice granted partial summary judgment, awarding the plaintiff salary and the value of her benefits package for the four-month notice period, less amounts already paid. The plaintiff alleges she became totally disabled either before her February 8, 2019, termination or during the notice period, an issue the court sent to trial.
Jennifer Eastwood-Fisher was hired in November 2017 on a one-year contract, which became indeterminate around November 2018. By that time, she held the position of Director of Technical Development, earning $81,600 plus benefits, including LTD coverage. She had previously been injured in a December 2016 motor vehicle accident, with alleged ongoing impacts including traumatic brain injury, mild neurocognitive disorder, chronic pain syndrome, persistent depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance and an inability to regulate her emotions.
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