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My BeST: Trauma Survivors’ Network
St. Michael’s Hospital has created a peer support group for survivors of traumatic injury, such as a car crash, fall, gunshot wound or work-related injury. Called My BeST (Beyond Surviving, to Thriving), the program connects survivors of physical trauma—including patients, their families and their caregivers—and helps them rebuild their lives after serious injury.
http://www.stmichaelshospital.
Molecule discovery may lead to new drugs for brain and spinal cord injury
A new study reveals that a small molecule produced by a fungus may stimulate the regeneration of axons – the slender, “thread-like projections that carry electrical signals” between nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The researchers believe that the discovery could lead to much needed new drugs that repair damage to the central nervous system.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.co
Bill 103 Personal Injury and Accident Victims Protection Act, 2017
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/b
Official Records for 8 March 2017
Mr. Colle moved first reading of the following bill:
Bill 103, An Act to amend the Law Society Act and the Solicitors Act with respect to matters related to personal injury claims and client agreements / Projet de loi 103, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Barreau et la Loi sur les procureurs à l’égard de questions liées aux demandes d’indemnisation pour lésions corporelles et aux ententes avec les clients.
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): Is it the pleasure of the House the motion carry? Carried.
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): The member for a short statement.
Mr. Mike Colle: If passed, this bill would ban the use of referral fees by personal injury lawyers. It would require that all advertising by personal injury lawyers be cleared by the Law Society of Upper Canada, that all fees must be in prescribed plain English and standardized, and that contingency fees be capped at 15% and no double-dipping allowed in regard to fees.
Personal injury case not a class action, lawyers argue at Ontario Court of Appeal
The accident victim at the centre of a case into alleged “double-dipping” by a prominent Toronto law firm is in a class by herself — and what happened in her case didn’t happen to any other former clients, an appeal court has been told.
Fraud by Auto Insurers under the Media Radar
Every day, we hear news of serious accidents involving fatalities and those of accident victims who have non life-threatening injuries. Listeners or readers breathe a sigh of relief when there isn’t a fatality. However, unless someone has been in a serious auto accident with non-life threatening injuries, or knows someone who has, the public doesn’t realize that many of these accident victims have life-changing circumstances that include loss of careers, due to such injuries as traumatic brain injuries, severe soft tissue injuries, chronic pain, that are not visible but real, which alter their former active lifestyles to permanently dealing with health issues.
Ask A Lawyer – Disability Insurance Claim Insurance Law
Can I record my Independent Medical Examination (IME)?
Pre-Litigation
If you have been requested to attend an Independent Medical Examination (IME) by your disability insurance company, in most cases, the examiner will not allow the session to be recorded. You can certainly request it and they may permit it. If you refuse to participate in the assessment on the basis that you were not permitted to record the session, the insurance company will probably treat that as non-cooperation and may suspend or terminate your disability benefits on that basis.
Legal Fees in Personal Injury Cases & The Solicitors Act Ontario
Recently, the Ontario Divisional Court released their decision in Gilbert’s LLP v. David Dixon Inc., 2017 ONSC 1345. The Honourable Justice Nordheimer, speaking for the Court had some pointed commentary with respect to the Solicitors Act and its application in 2017. The Solicitors Act goes back to 1909 England. The language contained therein is antiquated, and hard to understand; even for the most astute personal injury lawyer or Judge.
15 most famous cases of insurance fraud
HCA/Medicare: In 2000 and 2002, HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies, including fraudulently billing Medicare as well as other programs. HCA had inflated the seriousness of diagnoses, filed false cost reports, and paid kickbacks to doctors to refer patients. HCA had to pay the US government $631 million plus interest, as well as $17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, on top of $250 million already paid to Medicare for outstanding expense claims. It was the largest fraud settlement in US history, with law suits reaching $2 billion in total.
MPs reject Liberal government’s attempt to gut genetic discrimination bill
An attempt by the Liberal government to gut the genetic discrimination bill was defeated by a coalition of MPs from across party lines Tuesday evening, despite constitutional concerns raised by Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politic