FAIR Press Release:
Positive News for Ontario’s Injured Car Accident Survivors
For further information: Rhona DesRoches, FAIR, Board Chair at fairautoinsurance@gmail.com
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The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has high hopes that the Ontario government’s plan to fix the province’s “broken” auto insurance can help reduce premiums for drivers.
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Whether insurance companies can cancel an auto policy if your address isn’t updated
Your insurance company can make you update your information any time, even if you haven’t moved or suddenly become an Uber driver.
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How the industry is tackling insurance fraud
Insurers need to work with regulators and other carriers to help fight the growing problem of insurance fraud, industry professionals say.
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Ontario PCs want to make it next to impossible to sue the government
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Common Limitation Period Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
There are numerous “pitfalls” that can lead to missed limitation periods and other limitation period problems. Some of these pitfalls are relatively easy to avoid whereas others can trip up even the most skilled and careful of lawyers.
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Province launches new personal support worker registry
The province has launched a new registry to track personal support workers, in what some experts are calling a move to create more regulation for one of Ontario’s largest groups of frontline healthcare providers.
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How Does Music Affect Your Brain? Every Imaginable Way
Waking up. Working out. Riding the bus. Music is an ever-present companion for many of us, and its impact is undeniable. You know music makes you move and triggers emotional responses, but how and why? What changes when you play music, rather than simply listen? In the latest episode of Tech Effects, we tried to find out. Our first stop was USC’s Brain & Creativity Institute, where I headed into the fMRI to see how my brain responded to musical cues—and how my body did, too.
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Injured veterans turning to medical marijuana in increasing numbers
The number of injured veterans using medical marijuana has skyrocketed, according to Veterans Affairs Canada, while opioid use has decreased.
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‘Barely hanging on to life’: Roger Foley shares his fight for home care with UN envoy
A United Nations disabilities advocate says “systemic change” is desperately needed after she toured Canada to review cases of people with disabilities, including a complaint from a terminally ill man who has been in a London, Ont., hospital while fighting to get self-directed care at home.
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3] The Plaintiff submits that the Proposed Plaintiff’’s injuries could only be discovered after the full impact of the Plaintiff, her husband’s injuries and impairments had set in and impacted her life and the safety of their living environment, which occurred on or about October 1, 2018. As a consequence it is submitted that the evidence shows reason to add Cinzia as a Plaintiff pursuant to the
Family Law Act to the within action, on the basis of discoverability.
[37] I am satisfied that there is a reasonable possibility that the Proposed Plaintiff could not have known the full extent and severity that her husband’s injuries would have upon her. It was not until the Proposed Plaintiff began to experience health concerns on account of the mold growing in her house, that the full extent of her own injuries became apparent, as well as the extent of her expenses incurred for the benefit of the Plaintiff, housekeeping services performed in place of the Plaintiff, and losses in care, guidance and companionship became apparent.
[38] A consideration of the relevant factors as outlined above leads me to only one conclusion. The Court should grant the leave sought by the moving party.
