My colleagues Brian Eberdt and James Stengel have recently written about Legal Aid Ontario’s critical role in criminal and family law, highlighting the gaps and challenges lawyers and clients face because of funding shortages. I will pick up on these themes today as I address Legal Aid’s role in refugee and immigration, tenancy, disability, employment, social assistance and consumer law matters.
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According to the PTSD Association of Canada, the condition can develop after a traumatic event in which a person experiences extreme fear, helplessness, or horror. These events can include a sexual or physical assault, the unexpected death of a loved one, an accident, war, or natural disaster.
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A brain injury can be a precious gift. The existential crisis that more than likely occurs when you have an injured brain is a catalyst that can change your life positively forever.
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In the years after being rear-ended in a car accident, Liese Bruff-McArthur saw a small army of medical professionals. Most agreed the crash had left her with chronic pain, depression, PTSD and other troubles, making a return to work untenable.
The accident occurred on January 20, 2004. In July 2013, the insurer accepted that the insured had sustained a catastrophic impairment as a result of the accident and paid the principal amount owing for attendant care benefits from August 2005 and housekeeping and home maintenance benefits from January 2006 to date with interest from July 2013 to the date of payment.
“A proliferation of personal injury ads in areas where they’ve never been before, including the back of TTC buses and even in public urinals, has left a negative impression among the general population,” says Marshall, principal of Kevin Marshall Personal Injury and Employment Law.
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To kick off 2017 for car accident law cases in Ontario, we have one of those decisions that makes you go “hmmmmmm” and really scratch your head.
Ladies and gentlemen; I hereby introduce you to the Judge and Jury decision of Bodenstein v. Penley, 2017 ONSC 27. This case was just released at the start of 2017.
The question of whether a court can award compensation for psychological injuries in the absence of a medical diagnosis will be considered this month when the Supreme Court of Canada hears an appeal arising from an auto collision near Vancouver.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed a broker’s claim against an insurer that voided an auto insurance policy due to the wrong year and model of the vehicle being registered.
It seems to be open season on pedestrians in Ontario, and particularly in Toronto these days. In Toronto alone more than 10,000 pedestrians and over 5,000 cyclists were hit by cars between 2008-2012. This year alone one pedestrian or cyclist was hit every two and a half hours in Toronto. Over 1000 people were struck by cars between June 1 and September 23, 2016.