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Workers Killed/Injured On The Job Mourned Today
Both the CN Tower and the TORONTO sign will be lit yellow Thursday evening in tribute to all workers who have been killed on the job, or have been injured. April 28 is a National Day of Mourning. The one-week campaign also calls attention to workplace safety.
Ontario Health Coalition holding unofficial referendum on healthcare funding
Group aims to spread and fill their ballot boxes across province to pressure government
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v.Aslan, 2016 ONSC 2725 (CanLII)
[1] The applicant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) moves for an order that the respondents attend an Examination Under Oath pursuant to s. 33 of the Statutory Accident Benefit Schedule – O. Reg 34/10 (the schedule) in order to answer questions relevant to their entitlement to benefits under the schedule and an order allowing State Farm to withhold payment of Statutory Accident Benefits to each respondent until they attend the examination.
[2] There are seven respondents. They were each injured in motor vehicle accidents occurring in Ontario between 2011 and 2013. They were involved in separate accidents and do not know each other. However, they are all represented by the same counsel, Ms. Gorelashvili.
Ontario car insurance injury benefits poised to change
If you get injured in a car accident in Ontario after June 1, the amount of medical costs that your insurance company will cover may be a lot lower than before.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
The Lawyers Weekly: Minor accident policy decried
Personal injury lawyers say a recent decision by the Toronto Police Service to stop investigating minor car accidents at the scene increases the onus on drivers to collect information immediately after a crash and could make it more difficult for injured parties to win civil damages claims against insurance companies.
http://www.gluckstein.com/
Raising Court Fees and Nudging Litigant Behaviour
Scholars Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein explain a “nudge” as something that alters people’s behaviour in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing economic incentives. An example of a nudge would be putting fruit at eye level in a grocery store.
Can Herniated Discs Heal on Their Own?
You may get different answers to this question, depending on who you ask.
It is true that herniated disc symptoms can subside over time even without medical intervention. But does that mean the herniated disc has healed on its own?
http://www.spine-health.com/
Auto Insurance Rates for the First Quarter of 2016
This notice provides an overview of the private passenger automobile insurance rate changes approved or ordered by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) for filings reviewed in the first quarter of 2016. The number of filings reviewed by FSCO and the overall average rate change for the Ontario market may vary from quarter to quarter, based on updated information about claims costs, market conditions and other financial factors and the resulting impact that these factors have on the adequacy of an insurance company’s current rates.