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On March 26, 2015, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Westerhof v. Gee Estate2015 ONCA 206. Heard at the same time as the recently-released Moore v. Getahun, Westerhof has been championed by members of the Plaintiffs’ bar as a “big win for common sense” in the area of non-expert opinion evidence.
http://otlablog.com/top-five-highlights-from-westerhoff-v-gee-estate/
Ontario’s financial regulator has released an infographic to its website warning about the insurance risks related to ride-sharing programs.
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/fsco-issues-warning-on-ride-sharing-programs/1003549453/
Critics say the technology sounds too Big Brother-ish, or that insurance companies may leverage individual data to hike rather than reduce rates. British insurance analysts quoted in a recent London Telegraph article predicted that drivers who won’t voluntarily install a black-box device will run the risk of being declined insurance.
http://www.ilstv.com/black-box-insurance-users-trade-privacy-for-lower-rates/#.VRwzFI5qRqE
If everything had gone according to plan, the Ontario government would be rolling out a new Employment-Related Benefitfor people with disabilities on April 1.
http://www.mississauga.com/opinion-story/5535047-welfare-recipients-treated-like-guinea-pigs-goar/
“I was driving along the motorway when the police pulled me over onto the hard shoulder. Unfortunately I was in the middle lane and there was another car in the way.” (Thanks M Robson)
http://www.ilstv.com/funny-motor-insurance-claims-part-1-enjoy/#.VRxbY45qRqF
CPSO has often cloaked multiple offenders in secrecy and protected the physician’s interests over that of very vulnerable patients. Some years ago a College investigator recorded that a well-known Insurer Medical Examination (IME) provider said that “in his view, there are three types of patients:
1. Patients with nothing wrong with them who are “pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes”
2. Patients with no problem who think they have a problem. These patients actually believe that there is something wrong with them, even though there is not.
3. Patients with minor problem who have exaggerated this problem into something much bigger than it is.”
Ultimately the physician who had revealed his bias and potential to stand in the way of treatments for Ontario’s MVA victims was only sent for a private and confidential oral caution.
FAIR letter to CPSO regarding Transparency Project Phase 2 Mar 31 2015
Comments to CPSO http://policyconsult.cpso.on.ca/?page_id=5062
A new generation of automobile features are wirelessly connecting our cars to manufactures, insurance companies and marketers. While these high-tech features are making drivers’ lives easier they are also generating a lot of data about them which has privacy advocates concerned.
When motorists become involved in collisions or other automobile incidents, several questions inevitably arise, ranging from inquiring about who is liable, determining whether to contact the police and investigating how a total loss is established.
When you have been injured in a motor vehicle crash it is very important to seek the assistance of a lawyer as soon as possible. There are two main reasons for doing so. Firstly and most importantly, there is legislation in Ontario that limits the time in which a person can bring a law suit. For the vast majority of cases, this time frame is two years.
http://oatleyvigmond.com/why-time-is-important-when-hurt-in-a-collision/#.VRreQY5qRqE
The Ontario government will soon table legislation to clamp down on privacy breaches like alleged violation of former mayor Rob Ford (open Rob Ford’s policard)’s medical records, says Health Minister Eric Hoskins.