Injured workers: It’s the kind of story journalists hear about a lot and sometimes dread, because if you look into one case, you’ll hear from 10 more people in the same or more serious situations. Did I say 10? It’s sometimes 20. And the sheer number means not only is there something clearly wrong, but that it’s systemic.
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Google Compare to include insurer reviews, agent support
Google Compare for Auto Insurance (“Google Compare”), the comparison tool for auto coverage introduced to the market in March, announced that it is adding several new features to its site, including user assessments of insurance companies and support for contacting a local agent, reports Insurance Journal.
Drone manufacturers likely to face potential product liability issues: A.M. Best
A.M. Best suggested that commercial property and homeowner insurers have the most to benefit from this new technology, as “these insurers would be able to speed up payments to their policyholders, have access to digital imaging unlike ever before, and be able to accomplish this with far fewer personnel on the ground. This will save on the high expenses associated with having adjusters and catastrophe teams transported to, and housed at, the site of the loss.” Instead, drones could capture remote aerial digital images that could be collected and submitted to claims adjusters “anywhere in the world.”
Crash victims slam auto insurance rule changes
In the blink of an eye and the twist in a road 11 years ago, the lives of two young sisters changed for ever.
Shannon and Erica Deering were teenagers looking ahead to full and active lives.
Shannon, now 29, had won a scholarship to play softball in Florida. Erica, now 26, was still in high school but had hopes of becoming a lawyer.
All that changed in a horrific crash when both sisters suffered dreadful spinal injuries that left them quadriplegic.
Ontario auto insurance changes slash benefits to seriously injured, critics say
Critics say the Ontario Liberal government’s proposed auto insurance changes mean people suffering debilitating injuries from car accidents are going to suffer even more.
Auto Insurance: The Hidden Costs of the Provincial Budget
Last month, the Ontario Liberal government revealed its latest budget entitled “Building Ontario Up” but what it does to our auto insurance benefits is actually the opposite by significantly slashing benefits available to accident victims.
Lawyers facing charges named under legislation
The Manitoba government has introduced legislative amendments that would give the Law Society of Manitoba greater regulatory oversight of the province’s lawyers and the law firms where they work.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/lawyers-facing-charges-named-under-legislation-303036111.html
Doctor’s licence revoked for sleeping with 3 patients
He sexually abused vulnerable patients, forged medical records to cover it up and pressured patients to drop their complaints against him. For this, Burlington family doctor Sharif Tadros will never practice medicine again
Evidence found on social media increasingly deciding factor in personal injury cases
After being involved in two car accidents, Sarah Tambosso testified that her life completely changed — she was depressed, a “homebody,” and her only friends were on the Internet.
Plaintiff Ordered To Produce Past Settlement Details in Potential Indivisible Injury Claim
In last week’s case (Dholliwar v. Yu) the Plaintiff was injured in three collisions. The Plaintiff settled his first two claims. In the third claim the Defendants requested details of the previous settlements and the Plaintiff did not produce these arguing the details were privileged. The Court found the claims had overlapping and possibly indivisible injury claims and thus the details needed to be produced.