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In a study that tracked the life trajectories of more than a million Swedes, young people who sustained a brain injury — including a concussion — before the age of 25 were more likely to have a tougher, and shorter, life than were their uninjured siblings.
http://www.latimes.com/science
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This conference will be of interest to all experts, health care professionals and those who may be called to testify, regardless of the level of experience.
http://www.pialaw.ca/news-even
https://www5.fsco.gov.on.ca/AD/4977
The insurer submitted that the applicant knew or ought to have known that benefits were available to him. On that basis, it is suggested, the delay in claiming them was unreasonable. I am not persuaded that that was the case here. In my opinion, the applicant suffers from an intellectual and emotional incapacity which he credibly testified was caused by the accident of May 2, 2008. The legislation and the Scheduleare remedial in nature. The applicant cannot be denied an opportunity to prove his case simply because, in the nature of his condition, he was unable to function at a level that would have allowed him to comply strictly with the Schedule or to obtain meaningful assistance, at an early date, to help him do so.
In that regard, I was satisfied from the credible testimony of the applicant that the neurologist to whom he was first referred for diagnosis and care was dilatory, evasive and unforthcoming in dealing with the applicant’s injuries and that the applicant’s reliance upon that individual resulted in delay in filing an accident benefits claim for which the applicant should not be held strictly accountable.
I accordingly find that the applicant has provided a satisfactory explanation for his delay in filing and that he was not precluded from filing a claim for mediation by virtue of such delay.
(ShopInsuranceCanada.ca) says Ontario auto insurance rates will decrease further through the second half of 2016 after a solid second quarter from the FSCO. The industry expert says the government is continuing to lower prices and that is only good news for consumers.
Do you know how much a manual wheelchair costs? Not the kind you buy from the Sears catalogue when you break your leg and need someone to push you around for six weeks. I’m talking about the kind that a paraplegic might need, that offers the correct ergonomic support and fits the lifestyle of the person who will rely on it for years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/j
When Statistics Canada asked people about their greatest unmet needs for mental health care, counselling and therapy topped the list.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/
Public drug programs spent $93-million on medications used for addiction to prescription painkillers and illicit opioids in 2014, compared with $57.3-million in 2011, according to figures for every province except Quebec compiled by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) for The Globe and Mail. In four provinces, this class of opioids ranked among the top 10 in spending on all prescription drugs – a group that traditionally includes medications for arthritis, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Join us for 75 minutes of CPD with David Hayward, Martin & Hillyer Associates and Laura Hillyer, Martin & Hillyer Associates in part five of an enlightening seven part NLD Series.
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When Adam Bryk moved from York Mills Rd. and Leslie St. in North York to Danforth and Coxwell Aves. downtown, his car insurance went up $300 a year, while his partner’s dropped by $40.
Technology in the mobility space has made travel safer, faster and more convenient. The results have been incredible: The Insurance Information Institute found a 33 percent decrease in automobile deaths in the past three years. The same survey found that nine models registered zero fatalities per vehicle per million. Mobility has also become more accessible with ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft delivering more than one million rides a day in more than 60 countries.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/08