Personal Injury firm to pay an estimated $4 million to settle class-action with former clients
A personal injury law firm has agreed to pay an estimated $4 million to settle claims that the firm double-dipped from the settlements of nearly 1,800 accident victims it represented.
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Brampton MPP Says Ford Is “Stalling” With Car Insurance Review
Brampton East NDP MPP Gurratan Singh wants the Ford government to cut to the chase when it comes to lowering Ontario’s cost of auto insurance.
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Drivers using a phone four times more likely to crash: Haté
The tough new penalties that recently came into effect for distracted driving are a positive development, Toronto personal injury lawyer Rohan Hatétells AdvocateDaily.com.
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Whatever Happended to Vision Zero?
Seventeen pedestrians were injured in separate incidents in the Toronto area on a rainy night in early November of 2018. After two years of press conferences, millions in infrastructure improvements, and repeated promises by the city of Toronto, pedestrian safety still goes out the window every time mother nature has a bad day.
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Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Jury Cases in Ontario
Insurance companies automatically file Jury Notices to accompany their Statements of Defence because they know that jurors don’t like sitting through long personal injury cases. A disengaged and disgruntled juror will be less likely to side with the Plaintiff.
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Long-term disability insurance part 2: denials
Employees should act quickly following an insurer’s denial of long-term disability (LTD) benefits, Toronto personal injury and disability lawyer Nainesh Kotak tells AdvocateDaily.com.
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ICBC’s Secret “Meat Chart” for Pain and Suffering and the Actual Law
As reported last week by the Vancouver Sun, ICBC’s top brass have handed out directives to all adjusters to withdraw settlement offers on existing claims and re-assess claims not by the law but by an internal meat chart.
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FSRA appoints executive leadership team