{"id":413,"date":"2016-09-09T20:18:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/your-team\/chris-t-j-blom\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:55:11","slug":"chris-t-j-blom","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/your-team\/chris-t-j-blom\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris T.J.  Blom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Blom is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer with a practice that concentrates on insurance work in connection with both tort and accident benefit cases, including out-of-province and cross-border cases. Chris acts on behalf of claimants and insurers with respect to claims across Canada regarding all aspects of general insurance liability, including historical sexual abuse claims, class actions, motor vehicle accidents, fire loss, construction negligence, CGL claims, occupier&#8217;s liability, slip and fall, and social host liability, as well as coverage opinions, accident benefit and bad faith litigation. He regularly represents clients at all levels of the provincial court system, including the Court of Appeal, and is also recognized for his extensive experience with mediation. Chris has also appeared in the Court of Queen&#8217;s Bench and the Court of Appeal in New Brunswick as well as the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is also active in the mediation of cases within his areas of focus.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Canadian Bar Association, Chris Blom has been recognized by several well-respected industry directories. He is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada for his practice in Insurance Law (2014 \u2013 2024), as well as The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Personal Injury Law (2013 \u2013 2024) and Litigation \u2013 Commercial Insurance (2017 \u2013 2024) and is a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18727,"template":"","role":[49],"positions":[53],"spoken-lang":[131],"badges":[],"class_list":["post-413","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chris Blom | Insurance Litigation Lawyer in Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chris is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer with a practice that concentrates on insurance work in connection with both tort and accident benefit cases, including out-of-province and cross-border cases.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/your-team\/chris-t-j-blom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Blom | Insurance Litigation Lawyer in Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer with a practice that concentrates on insurance work in connection with both tort and accident benefit cases, including out-of-province and cross-border cases.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/your-team\/chris-t-j-blom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Miller Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MillerThomsonLaw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-03T13:55:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/chris-t-j-blom.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@millerthomson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ProfilePage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chris Blom | Insurance Litigation Lawyer in Toronto\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/chris-t-j-blom.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-10T00:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-03T13:55:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Chris is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer with a practice that concentrates on insurance work in connection with both tort and accident benefit cases, including out-of-province and cross-border cases.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/chris-t-j-blom.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/chris-t-j-blom.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"Photo of Chris Blom\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/chris-t-j-blom\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Team\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.millerthomson.com\\\/en\\\/your-team\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Chris T.J. 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