Law360 Canada ( July 31, 2025, 2:19 PM EDT) -- Appeal by three Italian companies from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, which unanimously allowed the appeal and held that it would be improper for Ontario to assume jurisdiction of an action seeking damages arising out of a water taxi accident that occurred in Italy. While in Italy, but prior to arriving in Venice, S called the concierge service to book transportation from the airport in Venice to their hotel, including a water taxi ride. The Amex Canada agent with whom S spoke secured an estimated quote and booking reservation for the Venetian water taxi services from a third-party travel service provider. The motion judge found that the fourth presumptive connecting factor listed in Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 572 — whether a contract connected with the dispute was made in Ontario — had been established, on the basis of the card member agreement between Amex Canada and S and of the contract between Amex Canada and the third-party travel service provider for the water taxi transportation, and that the plaintiffs had established a good arguable case for the court in Ontario to assume jurisdiction. The Court of Appeal unanimously allowed the appeal and held that it would be improper for Ontario to assume jurisdiction. A majority held that the motion judge erred in finding that the fourth presumptive connecting factor from Van Breda had been established and that, even if it had, the presumption of jurisdiction had been rebutted....