A recent decision by Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) on April 29 has now declared certain provisions under the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) related to traumatic mental stress unconstitutional.
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Accident victims at risk at clinics: FAIR
The group for accident insurance reform is calling on Queen’s Park to fix what it calls the province’s ‘broken auto insurance system.’
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/accident-victims-at-risk-at-clinics-fair-182281.aspx
Privacy Law Litigation in Ontario – From the Bank to the Hospital and Beyond
Health information is generally regarded as among the most sensitive of personal information. Even members of the Millennial Generation, who regularly share details of their personal lives on social media, are troubled by the thought of strangers accessing the intimate details of their health histories.
Hepatitis C outbreaks at three Toronto colonoscopy clinics kept secret
The authorities responsible for investigating the spread of infection and inspecting the clinics — TPH and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, respectively — kept the outbreaks secret.
NDP health critic France Gélinas said public awareness of the first outbreak might have prevented the next two.
“It has gone beyond appalling that the same mistakes are being repeated and are not being reported,” she said.
She is calling on the province to remove the CPSO as regulator of such clinics — known as “out-of-hospital premises” — charging that the outbreaks show the organization is failing in its duties to uphold quality of care and to be transparent, and is placing patients at risk.
Aviva head slams car insurance review
The head of insurer Aviva has slammed the Government’s competition watchdog’s attempt to reform the motor insurance market.
Damages on Tap
The typical motor vehicle owner has only $1 million of third-party liability insurance, Painter says. If, for example, a younger passenger, through no fault of his own, is catastrophically injured and requires 24-hour attendant care, there could easily be a $20 million to $30 million claim for damages, he explains.
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/damages-on-tap/1003271471/?type=Print%20Archives
Attacking Fraud
It has been nearly two years since the Ontario Auto Insurance Anti-Fraud Task Force delivered its final report, with 38 recommendations. A number of regulatory changes were made and with the Liberals re-elected with a majority, it is expected that adoption of the remaining recommendations will accelerate.
Liability rule costing taxpayers: county
Pine said Ontario’s civil courts are ordering municipalities to pay an unfair share of compensation to victims of traffic collisions and other incidents and causing “skyrocketing” insurance premiums. http://www.intelligencer.ca/2014/09/26/liability-rule-costing-taxpayers-county
News Release Auto Accident Victims at Risk When Attending Clinics and Assessments FAIR Calls for Better Oversight of Ontario’s For-hire Physicians and Medical Assessors
FAIR is concerned that the victims and survivors of car accidents are exposed to significant risk when attending medical assessments and treatment clinics when regulatory oversight and enforcement is virtually non-existent.
Media Release Auto Accident Victims at Risk When Attending Clinics and Assessments Sept 25 14
Pain clinic doctor faces disciplinary hearing after outbreak
An anesthesiologist alleged to have infected patients during an outbreak at a Toronto pain clinic that was kept secret from the public has been ordered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to face a disciplinary hearing.