Allen Martin Linden, , (October 7, 1934August 23, 2017) was a Justice of the

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and distinguished tort law professor. He was named an

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in 2015. Linden attained a B.A from the

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, a L.L.B from

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and a J.S.D from

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. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1960. Linden was an associate at Levinter, Grossberg, Dryden & Co., until he left to teach at

from 1961 to 1978. In 1978, he was appointed to the Superior Court of Ontario. He became the president of the

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from 1983 to 1990. In 1990, he was appointed to the

. Linden taught in the U.S., Australia and the U.K. and wrote several books and scores of articles about torts. In 1965, he authored a statistical study on Compensation for Auto Accidents which led the Province of Ontario to adopt a no-fault auto insurance plan in 1969. Justice Linden also did a statistical study on compensation for victims of crime (1968) which influenced the Ontario government to enact a public scheme to furnish compensation to victims of violent crime. Prior to his elevation to the Bench, he served as a consultant in the litigation of Canadian

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children seeking compensation from the drug company that produced the drug. Justice Linden acted as Executive Director of the

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from 1974 to 1978. Unable to give up on torts teaching, he continued to teach part-time at the University of Ottawa and at Pepperdine University, School of Law in California. He produced updated editions of his publications, including a 14th edition of his casebook on Canadian tort law. Having studied under the late

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, universally recognized as the leading torts scholar in the United States, Allen Linden achieved the same recognition in Canada. He was married to media executive

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from 1984 until her death in 2013. In July 2015 he married Joanna Maxwell. Linden's brother, Sidney B. Linden, is also a former Ontario judge. Linden has three daughters, Wendy Linden who is a practising lawyer, Lisa Linden who is a lawyer by training, and Robyn Linden who is also a lawyer by training. He has three sons-in-law, Stephen Firestone who is a Superior Court Judge, Andrew Wiseman who is a practicing lawyer, and David Weinberger who is a practising lawyer.

Written works

* Report of the Osgoode Hall Study on Compensation for Victims of Automobile Accidents, (1965) * The Canadian Judiciary, (1976) * La responsabilité civile délictuelle, (1988) * Canadian Tort Law, 6th ed., (1997). * Canadian Tort Law: Cases. Notes and Materials, 11th ed., (1999), co-author.

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