Newmarket Superior Court Justice, Mary Vallee, ruled against the Ministry of Education to block a $3.5-million lawsuit from the family of Eva Ravikovich, a toddler who died in an illegal home daycare north of Toronto in July 2013.

The province argued it has no “duty of care” to the toddler’s parents because Eva died in an unlicensed daycare. The decision means the civil suit can now go to trial.

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