The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) recently issued a release that revealed that about one in five road crashes that occur in the region involve large commercial vehicles.
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Our System Does More To Protect Doctors Than Patients They’ve Harmed
Canadians who experience medical harm at the hands of the health-care system they pay for are often chagrined to learn that, if they pursue their legal remedies in court, they are also footing the bill to defend the very physicians they claim have harmed them. Now it seems that Canadian taxpayers have been victimized by this system, too.
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Ontario pharmacists to be required to report errors
Pharmacists in Ontario will be required to report medication errors to an independent third party following the March 2016 death of an 8-year-old Mississauga boy who was allegedly administered the wrong drug.
https://www.thestar.com/news/g
Cycling Accidents Without Insurance, Who Pays?
Have you ever been sitting in your vehicle during a traffic jam, bumper to bumper, with no way to escape the street-turned-parking lot? If so, you probably looked on with envy as cyclists passed you by. You may have even joined the ranks of cyclists yourself!
http://www.hshlawyers.com/blog
Jury awards $2,309,413 to Pedestrian who sustains Traumatic Brain Injury
In a 2016 trial, Cadieux v. Saywell, the jury awarded a severely injured plaintiff $2,309,413 in damages. The plaintiff commenced the civil action after he was pushed onto the road by another man and then struck by a truck. The driver of the truck and Mr. Saywell, the man who pushed the plaintiff, were named as defendants in the lawsuit.
https://www.ilolaw.ca/blogpost
Judge rules that Plaintiff’s PTSD and Depression Symptoms meet Threshold for Non-Pecuniary Damages
While the jury was deliberating at the conclusion of a 2017 trial, Nemchin v. Green, the defendant brought a threshold motion, seeking a declaration that the plaintiff had not suffered a permanent and serious impairment of an important physical, mental or psychological function as a result of the car accident and was therefore not entitled to non-pecuniary damages. The defendant’s argument centered on the issue of causation and the “but for” test for causation; specifically, the defendant asserted that the plaintiff’s PTSD and depression was not directly caused by the collision.
Saaditi v Moorhead: Case Comment
In Medieval Europe, deciding guilt or innocence was sometimes decided by trial by ordeal. It was believed that the holy water would reject a liar. So they would tie up an accused person and throw him in the water. If you floated, you were guilty. If you drowned, you were innocent.
Ontario doctors go to court to keep billing information secret
The information and privacy commissioner last year ordered the public disclosure of the top billers’ identities, along with amounts each receives in payments from the taxpayer-funded insurance plan. The information is business-related, not personal, and should be public because of the importance of transparency of government expenditures, the ruling said.