The results for the latest Law Times online poll are in.
The right to sue in the personal injury field is always controversial, and in the latest poll the majority of respondents took issue with the Ontario government’s plan to remove the right to sue auto insurers for accident benefits under bill 15.
In July, Finance Minister Charles Sousa introduced bill 15, the fighting fraud and reducing automobile insurance rates act. If passed, the bill would eliminate the right to sue an insurer for accident benefits through the Ontario Superior Court. Such disputes would instead go to the Licence Appeal Tribunal, a move the government says will promote efficiency and resolve matters faster.
But for 58 per cent of those who responded to the Law Times poll, forcing people to launch separate accident-benefits and tort proceedings will complicate the system.
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