Lawsuits allege insurance companies bilked Ontario drivers out of billions
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Class-action over insurance settlements grows to $1.4-billion
Windsor law firm, Greg Monforton and Partners, has added another five insurance companies to a series of class-action lawsuits over HST charged to accident victims.
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One in three Canadians surveyed haven’t read their insurance policy: Sonnet Insurance
One in three Canadians haven’t read their home or auto insurance policy, according to new research from
Sonnet Insurance,
Canada’s only national online home and auto insurance company. Those who do attempt to read it are traditionally greeted with lengthy descriptions and jargon, making it difficult to understand coverage and common terms.
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Experts who act for both sides more attractive to personal injury counsel
Counsel are less likely to hire experts who exclusively testify for either plaintiffs or defendants following a recent decision which addressed the witnesses’ apparent lack of impartiality, Toronto personal injury and disability lawyer
Nainesh Kotak tells
AdvocateDaily.com.
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Treatment of age issues contradictory
Why do the insurance industry, the Ontario government and the medical profession reach different conclusions about the same issues? I can cite two examples; doubtless there are plenty more.
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Motor Mouth: Are self-driving cars the brothels of the future?
Self-driving cars will become the brothels of the future. So say two academics from the universities of Surrey and Oxford, professors Scott Cohen and Debbie Hopkins, predicting that autonomous automobiles will replace “hotels-by-the-hour” rooms as the no-tell-motels of the Digital Age.
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Homeowner sued by victims of impaired driving accident
A recent Court of Appeal for Ontario ruling shows judges disagree on how the 2006 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Childs v. Desormeaux should apply to lawsuits against owners of homes where motorists got drunk before driving.
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“People Think I Have it Easy” in the November Issue of Hope Magazine
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Understanding ICBC’s “Minor Injuries” For Crashes After April 1, 2019
First and foremost it should be emphasized that the term ‘minor injury’ is misleading. It is a political term used to make the public ok with having your rights stripped. In short many injuries that no-one should consider minor (
such as brain injuries) are caught in this definition. With the regulations now in force, however, British Columbians now have a better understanding of what the future will hold. Here is the rundown.
