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There’s something a bit grasshopper-like about Graham. This man-sized sculpture sports a head that melds right into his torso, which is supported by a pair of strong, springy legs. But Graham’s fleshy, if oddly proportioned, body is definitely human. He’s just better adapted to life on the roads than the rest of us.
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Nearly 600 complaints were made to the ombudsman about the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board between last April and March of this year, according to statistics requested by the Star — a spike from 2014/2015, when the watchdog received about 480 grievances about the board. A further 141 complaints have been lodged in the past three and a half months.
Ontario will no longer pay for 24- and 30-milligram capsules of hydromorphone, transdermal patches that deliver 75 and 100 micrograms of fentanyl per hour, and morphine in 200-milligram tablets.
Shop Insurance Canada (ShopInsuranceCanada.ca) says a survey from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) highlights a lack of understanding regarding basic auto insurance coverage. The industry expert says the survey followed other recent studies that show Ontario drivers are not knowledgeable enough. The company says providers, government, and even consumers must do more to understand basic coverage.
I had the privilege of acting as counsel in Allen and Security National, before ADR Chambers Arbitrator Alan Smith and again on appeal to Director’s Delegate Lawrence Blackman. In an important decision, released July 6, 2016, Mr. Blackman clarified the proper way to rate impairments when determining an individual’s whole person impairment,
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In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Aslan et al, 2016 ONSC 2725, the insurer sought s.33 examinations under oath in respect of claimants who had been injured between 2011 and 2013 and had been deemed catastrophically impaired. The claimants were in receipt of attendant care benefits. The s.33 request came after State Farm began an investigation into the validity of the attendant care claims. The s.33 notice consisted of a courtesy letter to counsel for the claimants. The letter simply stated that State Farm “required an examination for the purposes of determining whether State Farm is liable to pay benefits.”
With the advent of automobile technology such as driverless systems and telematics, the personal car insurance industry is at a crossroad. Will personal auto insurers still have a place in an industry where manufacturers not only have better means to price policies, but could also take full liability on their vehicles’ performance?
This report is a study of occupational health and safety conditions at Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) offices in the wake of two sets of changes: The reorganization of work associated with the Modernized Service Delivery Model (MSDM) introduced in 2010 (commonly referred to as Modernization), and the 2014 implementation of the Social Assistance Management System, a new computer system knowns as SAMS. As I crossed Ontario interviewing ODSP workers and read dozens of pages of comments workers added to their online survey, I heard and read numerous stories of frustration and disappointment with the changes, frustrations that were negatively affecting the health of workers. However, I also heard how many ODSP workers had been looking forward to these changes.
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In order to examine the potential long-term consequences of concussion, Nathan Churchhill, PhD, of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, ON, Canada and colleagues used multi-modal MRI to describe abnormalities of structure and function in the brain — including cerebral blood flow, cortical volume, and white matter microstructure — of 43 college athletes (21 male, 22 female). Twenty-one participants had a history of concussion and 22 did not based on baseline assessment with the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3).