A woman’s success in proving her entitlement to accident benefits following a coffee spill brings good and bad news for plaintiffs, Windsor personal injury lawyer Gino Paciocco tells AdvocateDaily.c
In a recent Court of Appeal decision, the unanimous three-judge panel upheld a motion judge’s ruling that the woman was involved in an “accident” as defined by the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) when the hot drink she ordered at a drive-through spilled all over her lower body, causing serious burns.