According to provincial health data, more Ontarians died after using opioids than in car accidents in 2014, and opioid use and abuse continues to climb in Ontario with deaths increasing by 94 per cent between 2003 and 2015.
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Durham’s Lakeridge Health introduces new rules for opioid prescriptions to combat overdoses and deaths
‘Silent epidemic’: How a doctor is changing the way we treat pain
In the province of B.C. alone, it’s estimated there will be 1,300 opioid deaths by the end of this year.
New guidelines say doctors should only prescribe opioids in very specific cases of chronic pain and they should also try to wean their patients off opioids altogether.
Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario releases critical report of WSIB
NORTHUMBERLAND – A skyjack accident in Port Hope sent two men in their 30s to hospital last week on the same day the Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario, including the Northumberland Community Legal Clinic, released a critical report of the WSIB and the way it is denying victims suffering from work-related accidents.
Kapoor v Kuzmanovski, 2017 ONSC 1709 (CanLII
[3] At the heart of the plaintiff’s motion is the assertion that prospective jurors in civil motor vehicle accident cases, who drive motor vehicles and are insured under the Ontario provincial motor vehicle insurance legislation, are inherently in a conflict of interest as they have a personal interest at stake adverse to a plaintiff and as such cannot carry out their duties as jurors in an impartial manner. The alleged personal interest giving rise to the conflict of interest is each prospective juror’s financial obligation to pay motor vehicle liability insurance premiums.
June 1st is Injured Workers’ Day
Injured workers and supporters will rally at Queen’s Park on June 1st to commemorate Injured Workers’ Day. This year, our voices are raised to fight back against the epidemic of precarious, unsafe and toxic work, coupled with the severe austerity agenda that has taken over the administration of the workers’ compensation system.
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Ontario’s independent review of auto insurance misses the mark
A recent report on auto insurance fails to adequately address the gap in services faced by injured accident victims, says Toronto personal injury and employment lawyer Kevin Marshall.
Marshall agrees with the premise of Fair Benefits Fairly Delivered: A Review of the Auto Insurance System, which explains how auto insurance premiums in Ontario are the highest in the country even though the province doesn’t have a high accident rate compared to some provinces. Ontario drivers paid an average annual premium of $1,458 per vehicle in 2015 while the national average was $930, the report says.
Aviva reports huge jump in fraud detection
Improvements in its ability to detect fraud have resulted in major insurer Aviva rejecting 9.5% more fraudulent claims in the past year.
The company reported that it detected more than £85 million (approximately C$146 million) of insurance fraud last year, which means it rejected £232,000 (approximately C$400,000) of bogus claims every day.
Road accidents biggest global killer of teenagers
In 2015, more than 1.2 million adolescents died. Road injuries were to blame for about one in 10 of these deaths.
Most of the road fatalities involved males between the ages of 10 and 19.
Applicant Not Credible – Injuries Fall within the MIG – Ganal and Coseco/HB Group FSCO A14-010070
Angel Ganal was injured in a car accident on October 2, 2013. He applied for and received some SABs Schedule, but when Coseco determined that Mr. Ganal’s injuries fell within the Minor Injury Guideline they declined payment of additional medical benefits beyond $3500.
WSIB spending cuts come at expense of workers’ health, report says
Ontario’s injured workers have seen “substantial, harmful cuts to health care benefits” since 2010, said a newly released report from a Toronto legal clinic.