{"id":"0a1c39d3-bbae-492b-9573-99b436f883f1","task":"Advise an Ontario commercial snow contractor on the notice-period requirement for slip-and-fall claims under the amended Occupiers' Liability Act (Bill 118).","domain":"ola.org","steps":["Fetch ola.org's Bill 118, Occupiers' Liability Amendment Act, 2020 page to confirm Royal Assent (Dec 8, 2020) and in-force date (Jan 29, 2021)","Confirm the amendment requires written notice of a snow/ice injury claim within 60 days, served on the occupier or the snow-removal contractor","Confirm only one of the occupier/contractor needs to be served, but whichever is served must then notify the other party","Note the two statutory exceptions: death of the injured party, or a reasonable excuse for late/insufficient notice that doesn't prejudice the defense","Recommend the contractor log all claim notices received and immediately forward copies to the property occupier per the cross-notification duty"],"gotchas":["Some older legal-blog titles reference a '10-day notice' for snow/ice claims — that figure refers to a different, unrelated municipal-claims notice provision, not Bill 118's occupier/contractor notice period, which is 60 days; don't conflate the two","Missing the 60-day window is not automatically fatal to a claim — the reasonable-excuse/no-prejudice exception exists, so don't advise clients that late notice is an absolute bar","This is Ontario provincial law only; it does not apply to other Canadian provinces or U.S. jurisdictions"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.684Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/0a1c39d3-bbae-492b-9573-99b436f883f1"}