Allen Martin Linden, OC, (October 7, 1934 – August 23, 2017) was a Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal[1] and distinguished tort law professor.
Linden was an associate at Levinter, Grossberg, Dryden & Co., until he left to teach at Osgoode Hall Law School from 1961 to 1978.
Linden taught in the U.S., Australia and the U.K. and wrote several books and scores of articles about torts.
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.
Having studied under the late William Lloyd Prosser, universally recognized as the leading torts scholar in the United States, Allen Linden achieved the same recognition in Canada.