The Agenda welcomes Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Eric Hoskins, to discuss Bill 41 – The Patients First Act – and how it will transform the delivery of local healthcare throughout Ontario. Then, experts weigh in on whether the new legislation puts patients first.
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Cadieux v Saywell, 2016 ONSC 7604 (CanLII)
Insurance Law 2016: The Year in Review and a Look Ahead
The authors of MT Insurance Law Blog strive to provide our readers insight into changes and emerging trends in Canadian insurance litigation. As this year comes to an end, it is a good time to look back at 2016 and recall significant developments and how they will affect insurance claims in 2017 and beyond.
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The Legal Conundrum for Seriously Injured Auto Accident Victims
This incident is not a rarity in the attempt by insurers to pay claimants as little as possible or nothing at all. Unfortunately, this is not the only problem accident victims face when they undertake the claims process for accident benefits. Another obstacle for motor vehicle accident (MVA) victims is good legal representation, a must if seriously injured claimants are ever to be paid by their auto insurer.
An eye for an eye for car accident law in Ontario?
Here’s the scenario: you or a loved one was hit by a negligent driver. The driver was texting on their cell phone at the time of the collision. The driver was charged and convicted of distracted driving and careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act.
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Penalties for Drivers in Fatal Pedestrian Accidents – Is Ontario Car-Biased?
The Toronto Star recently ran an excellent piece on the relatively small price that drivers who fatally injury pedestrians pay for their actions. David Rider’s article, Ontario drivers in deadly collisions often punished with small fine, describes the grief and anger that victims’ families feel when they discover what woefully small penalties the driver who killed their loved one will face.
Hey driver, check your privilege. Pedestrians have rights, too
Any unnecessary, violent death should always be deeply disturbing. But one category of death gets far less attention than it deserves – to the point where it has been largely normalized as the acceptable by-product of our busy, mobile society.
Malicious Accusations of Lies Against a Lawyer More Than Opinion
The much anticipated appeal in Awan v. Levant was released today by the Ontario Court of Appeal. The Superior Court of Justice decision, now largely upheld on appeal, was important because it deals with defamation against a lawyer, but also provided salient points for understanding the nuance of online defamation in the modern era.
Long Term Disability Insurance Feedback: From the Blog Mailbag
Last week’s Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog Post was entitled “Long Term Disability Claim Delay = No Pay (Ontario). If you didn’t check out that blog entry, you can do so here.
Workplace safety issue decades old
At last count, the WSIB Appeal Tribunal has in excess of 8,000 cases awaiting appeal from claims denied by the WSIB. Why? Because after years of “low ball” employer premiums to the compensation system, a huge unfunded liability became a government/employer concern. Their solution, deny worker claims rather than impose premiums equal to the injuries and fatalities suffered in Ontario’s workplaces. In effect, the decades old agreement whereby workers gave up the right sue in exchange for a fair Compensation system has been set aside by their action. Workers can no longer sue, but fair compensation has been removed from the system.