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Police caught colluding with tows
Three Peel Region officers have been busted in recent years for colluding with the same tow truck driver and accused fraudster, an ongoing Star investigation into police misconduct has found.
http://www.thestar.com/news/
Personal Injury Lawyers Cannot “Stack” Contingency Fees After Being Fired
In today’s case (Holness Law Group Professional Law Corporation v. Mann) the client was injured in 4 vehicle collisions and retained a lawfirm to advance her claims. Before conclusion she discharged her initial lawyer and hired new counsel. The claims were subsequently settled and a contingency fee of 30% was charged. The client took no issue with the reasonableness of the global fee but a disagreement arose as to how much the first lawyer was entitled to.
http://bc-injury-law.com/blog/
Limitation Periods in Long Term Disability Claims challenged by RBC Life Insurance at Ontario Court of Appeal
Not too long ago, the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog focused on limitation periods in the context of Long Term Disability Claims, and how insurers will delay, delay, delay such that enough time has passed that they could ask the Court to dismiss your claim. Delay is the enemy of a Plaintiff and the friend of an insurer.
Auto claim season arrives … behind schedule
Canadian insurers may have spoken too soon, with winter storms in the Prairies spike claim numbers overnight and ruining industry hopes for a slow season from coast to coast to coast.
http://www.insurancebusiness.
Ontario’s traumatized first responders are still waiting for recognition
Three years after a report on workplace PTSD, and almost a year after promising swift action during a provincial conference on the crisis, Ontario has yet to pass or even bring forward a promised bill recognizing the importance of ensuring people get recognition, coverage and treatment for mental illness.
New Ontario vehicle storage lien rules take effect July 1
Currently, when there is a dispute over an auto insurance statutory accident benefits claim, both the insurer and claimant can apply for mediation with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO). If after mediation there are still issues in dispute, the claimant may either apply for arbitration with FSCO or launch a lawsuit.
Doctors seek input in Ontario’s health-care overhaul
Ontario doctors are concerned the province will push ahead with a new plan to overhaul its “unco-ordinated,” $50-billion health-care system before physicians can get a deeper read of the proposals.
Another New ONSC Decision on Deductible, PJI
Another Superior Court Judge has weighed in on whether the recent deductible/prejudgment interest changes for non-pecuniary damages will have a retroactive application in motor vehicle accident tort cases.
http://samislaw.com/wp/2015/
Insurance group defends using federal funds to pay disability claims
The decades-old practice of using the Canadian Pension Plan Disability Benefit to offset insurance payouts keeps costs down, says the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, amid calls to change the system.
http://www.ilstv.com/