The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident. He commenced a claim for the injuries he sustained as a result of the collision. His matter went to trial and he was awarded $35,000 for general damages, $20,000 for past loss of income, $30,000 for future loss of income and $15,000 for cost of future care. Prior to trial, the plaintiff had settled his accident benefits claims and signed a Settlement Disclosure Notice which allocated $77,500 for past/future income replacement benefits; $37,500 past/future medical benefits: $35,000 for past/future rehabilitation benefits and $25,000 past/future attendant care, for a total settlement of $175,000.00.
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Wynne Says Jobs Will Be Top Priority When Ontario Legislature Resumes Tuesday
“You will see in our budget that our focus is on how we can work across the province to make decisions that will allow for growth in communities and to work with businesses to allow us to continue to lead the country,” she said last week.
Mapping the Causes of Depression and Discovering Paths to Recovery
Depression is simultaneously the most common and the most disabling mental illness we treat. It can be life altering: it can damage relationships and careers, and often leaves people feeling without hope. When I began at CAMH 10 years ago, I had many questions about this mental illness, which affects a striking 1 in 10 Canadians. What causes depression? What treatments work best? How can we improve our services to make our patients’ lives better?
http://camhblog.com/2016/02/
ICBC turns to Facebook to root out bogus claims
The bureau opened 2,350 cyber cases last year, and case managers say they’ve been able to make busts just by trawling personal Facebook and Twitter profiles.
WSIB and auto insurance: Birds of a feather
At the same time that the WSIB is under fire, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association has called on the Ontario government to conduct a public inquiry into the state of independent medical examinations of injured auto accident victims. The OTLA refers to medical experts who “distort evidence … in a bid to satisfy insurance company clients” which causes “unconscionable delays and unfair denial of coverage.” http://www.torontosun.com/2016/02/13/wsib-and-auto-insurance-birds-of-a-feather
Solving Ontario’s Auto Insurance IME Problem
Saying that the Ontario auto insurance system is in crisis, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association recently called on the provincial government to “establish a commission to conduct a public inquiry to examine the current state of independent medical assessments of injured auto accident victims.”
http://www.vandykelaw.ca/2016/
Ontario’s Insurance Payer of Last Resort
Most discussions about personal injuries in auto accidents tend to assume that all of the involved drivers are insured, and their identities are known. But what if somebody is driving without insurance, leaving no insurance company to provide compensation? Or, even worse, what if you are a pedestrian injured in a hit-and-run, or struck by a stolen vehicle, and there is no way to identify the driver?
Insurance body using web to snare fraudsters
More and more fraudsters are being caught out by information publically accessible on social media sites. Authorities like the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) are even giving agents special training to catch insurance claim fraud in cyberspace.
FAIR comment on Ontario AIDRS Proposal
According to the Financial Services Commission there were over 3,000 applications for mediation and arbitration hearings every month or 136 applications for hearings every business day in 2015 (Jan-Sept). This is an extremely high number of unresolved disputes and denied claims and likely more than a newly created system would be able to accommodate efficiently. According to these numbers Ontario’s auto insurance disputes are on the same trajectory as discussed in the Ontario Ombudsman 2011 report with half of all claims denied and a system bogged down and bottlenecked.
OTLA Submission To CPSO Transparency Phase 2 Feb 12 2016
It has been and continues to be OTLA’s position that public protection and safety are the cornerstones for transparency and accountability.
It was this belief in transparency and accountability that lead OTLA to call for a public inquiry into the quality of medical evidence used in court. Too many motor vehicle accident victims find that they are victims as well of a system of medical assessments that are tailored for partisan purposes and permitted to flourish in a climate of secrecy and a lack of accountability.
OTLA Submission to CPSO Transparency Phase 2 Feb 12 2016