It’s no secret that professional sports is big business, but the pressures put on some team doctors to nurse high-priced star players back to health is leading to the over-prescription of drugs and ultimately harming the athletes in the long run, an investigation by the fifth estate reveals.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pro-sports-doctors-may-be-over-prescribing-drugs-to-players-1.2991961
George Glumac is expected to come before the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in about a year’s time to answer to allegations against him.
Editor’s note: The following is the second installment of a story featuring local insurance advocate Jokelee Vanderkop and her efforts to help legitimate claimants ensure they receive their rightful benefits.
Palmerston – After a life-altering motor vehicle collision and more than a decade of battling to receive the insurance benefits she paid for, Palmerston resident Jokelee Vanderkop said she refocused her anger into an energetic effort to expose “what goes on for the majority of motor vehicle accident claimants.”
In today’s case (Tambosso v. Holmes) the Plaintiff was involved in two collisions. The Plaintiff claimed significant injuries and sued for damages. Mr. Justice Jenkins accepted the Plaintiff suffered some injury in the collisions but largely rejected the Plaintiff’s claim. In doing so the Court relied heavily on the Plaintiff’s postings on Facebook which the Court found were “completely inconsistent with the evidence the plaintiff gave at trial”.
Clients frequently believe that because a car accident happened, and they’re not at fault, that they’re automatically entitled to compensation for pain and suffering.
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1003518218
A new study commissioned by Aviva indicates whiplash-type claims, which have returned to near-record levels in the United Kingdom, are adding an estimated £93 to the average motor insurance premium there.
“IBC believes that teaching new drivers about road safety is very important,” said Ralph Palumbo, Vice-President, Ontario, IBC. “That’s why we launched this new road safety app. It not only encourages drivers to be safe on the road but raises awareness about a serious type of fraud that happens all too often in the Greater Toronto Area – staged collisions.”
Uber has taken plenty of heat from opponents since setting up shop in various cities across Canada. The company offers an alternative service to standard taxis by connecting ordinary drivers, who use their own vehicles to riders by way of a mobile ride sharing app.
http://www.lowestrates.ca/news/uber-too-secretive-about-their-car-insurance-plan-1599