Beginning June 1st, auto insurance policies in Ontario will change. The most significant update is the change in Accident Benefit coverage. If you’ve been injured in a car accident, Accident Benefits cover expenses like rehabilitation. Typically we assume medical expenses are covered by OHIP, but in the event of injury from a car accident, your insurance policy comes into play.
The Ontario government unleashed these drastic insurance reductions to the surprise and dismay of victim advocates in a purported attempt to reduce automobile insurance premiums.
Ontario roads can be dangerous for bicyclists, especially on our busy Toronto streets. Most people don’t know what to do after a car accident, especially cyclists. People are usually not thinking clearly, or they may be in shock or injured. Ontario also has complicated insurance laws. It is easy to miss something that could have real impacts on your life.
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Injured workers and supporters will rally at Queen’s Park on June 1, Injured Workers’ Day, to challenge the most recent scandal involving the workers’ compensation board.
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Sweeping reductions to Ontario’s accident benefits system as of June 1 will impact all victims of car crashes — from people with catastrophic injuries such as debilitating spinal cord trauma or minor injuries such as back and neck pain that make daily life legitimately more difficult, says Toronto personal injury lawyer Darryl Singer.
The phrase “car accident” is used almost reflexively, both in colloquial and media contexts. It hardly seems objectionable: its dictionary definition is “an event that is not planned or intended.” And no one intends to crash their car.
The matter of Bishop-Gittens v. Lim, 2016 ONSC 2887 (CanLII) involves a personal injury claim by plaintiff Marlene Bishop-Gittens, which arose out of November 2009 motor vehicle accident. Liability in the action was admitted by the defendant and the sole issue at trial was the assessment of damages.
A woman who suffered a brain injury in a car crash will not have to pay the interest on a litigation loan made by the wife of her former personal injury lawyer after the Divisional Court declared the agreement “unconscionable.”
I am 73, and one of those people on pain meds who could not tolerate living without them. I had to resign my job as a professor at Buffalo State College in 2002 because sitting or standing for periods longer than half an hour was intolerable. That was a sad day in my life because I was only 58 and loved my job. I had recently received the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and was at the top of my profession. I did not want to retire. But chronic pain made it a necessity.