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In this week’s case (Ferguson v. McLaughlin) the Plaintiff was injured in a 2009 collision caused by the Defendant. The Defendant’s insurer hired a physician who presented evidence largely discounting the connection of the Plaintiff’s complaints to the collision.
http://www.ilstv.com/icbc-
This persistent problem has eroded public trust in doctor self-regulation. But now both the College and the province are poised to make long-overdue improvements in this area. The College recently proposed several reforms, while the government has appointed a task force to examine patient abuse. It’s a good start, but more needs to be done.
“In dollar terms, we can anticipate based on historical data, the average Canadian household will spend $8,631 on food, of which $2,416 will be outside the household (restaurants),” stated the study. “This means our forecast predicts the average household could spend up to $345 more on food in 2016.”
The action is based on allegations unproven in court that it entered into improper fee arrangements, took unauthorized fees, failed to obtain required court approval, and improperly charged interest rates on disbursements in Hodge v. Neinstein.
Bad science is an alarming thread that runs through almost two dozen Canadian wrongful murder convictions exposed in recent years.
What’s new for 2016? Well, Ontario has a set of laws which have just kicked in pursuant to the aptly named “Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act“. As an aside, Ontario along with other jurisdictions have a tendency of giving grandiose names to acts which make the public think that they are not only AMAZING, but also do what they say they do. The reality is that within these incredibly named acts, there are sometimes provisions which have little or nothing to do with the name of the Act as well. Sometimes, it’s a way for legislature to pass laws under the rug, without the public or media catching on. We often see this with car insurance and the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule and the Insurance Act.
In November 2015, there was a surprising announcement from the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne: The U.K. plans to reform auto insurance injury claims and proposes instituting a threshold that sounds similar to Ontario’s, except that England is going further.
St. Mark’s, Port Hope hosted a community dinner on Christmas Day as is the Salvation Army in Cobourg. Also, I see no mention of Community Works in Hamilton Township, located in the Bewdley Arena. Those volunteers operate a food bank as well as providing clothing and household goods each Thursday morning. They distributed over 70 Christmas hampers to needy families; some of these same volunteers were on hand to serve dinner at St. John’s.
http://www.northumberlandnews.
THUNDER BAY – For many Canadians, food plays a central role in the holiday festivities. But for those experiencing food insecurity, a bountiful feast will not be in the cards this year. Over 4 million Canadians, including 1.15 million children experience some level of food insecurity.
A term that is often heard in the context of auto accidents, insurance, and lawsuits is “catastrophic injury”. As you’d imagine, a catastrophic injury is very serious, but there’s an actual definition in Ontario legislation, found in section 3 (2) of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule – Effective September 1, 2010, which is a regulation under the Insurance Act.
http://www.vandykelaw.ca/2015/