AURORA, ON, Sept. 19, 2016 /CNW/ – As the federal government contemplates how to legalize marijuana, Canadians themselves, while generally favourable to the idea, are growing concerned about the details. Media are invited to attend a panel discussion about drug-impaired driving and how the legislation of marijuana will impact it – a hot-button topic across the country. Those who cannot attend are invited to watch the presentation streamed live.
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Turn on a radio or TV or watch a bus drive by and it likely won’t take long to spot an advertisement for personal injury
lawyers, as the once largely American phenomenon increasingly pops up in Ontario.
When a plaintiff is successful in a lawsuit, they are generally entitled to prejudgment interest (PJI) on their damage award. Prejudgment interest is awarded on any damages incurred between the date the cause of action arose (or written notice of the action was given, if related to an MVA) to the date of the order for payment of money. The Ontario Court of Appeal has written that “[a]wards of pre-judgment interest are designed to recognize the impact of inflation and to provide relief to a successful litigant against the declining value of money between the date of entitlement to damages and the time when damages are awarded.”1
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“When someone has personal injuries from a motor vehicle accident, for example, years can go by before there’s a trial or settlement,” says Pope, who practices exclusively in the areas of special needs and disability estate planning. “So years later, when a settlement is imminent, it dawns on those involved — the personal injury lawyer and their client — that the plaintiff has been receiving ODSP benefits, which includes drug and dental coverage and other supports.
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It comes into force on October 1, 2016, the day section 4 of the Act comes into force.
In an effort to combat the abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription fentanyl, the provincial government has passed new legislation1 which requires patients who receive a prescription for fentanyl to return their used patches to a pharmacy before receiving new ones.
In an explosive and masterfully written investigative piece by Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion and Scott Glover, the Los Angeles Times reported this week that in most patients the duration of the analgesic effect for OxyContin does not last nearly as long as claimed, and that this discrepancy may bear a large part of the blame for the current epidemic of opioid-related overdoses and deaths.
“There has been much discussion about the use of MRI in litigation and, in particular, a focus on the role of the public system in recovering the cost of the scan. The reports attached to this newsletter demonstrate that, regardless of the recovery issues, the public system is not where you want your litigation clients scanned because it will likely not provide you with the information you require to obtain appropriate recovery for your clients.