Concussions are a familiar injury to Jeff and Amanda Staples of Haymarket, Va. Their 9th-grade son and 7th-grade daughter play ice hockey. Both have experienced concussions, but their daughter’s case last fall was treated much differently than their son’s several years ago.
Wayne Arsenault had a healthy sex life with his wife until a motor-vehicle accident eight years ago caused a traumatic brain injury.
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With political parties opening their door to these kinds of donations, of course the political wheels get greased. When it comes to the IBC, $315,310, split almost evenly between the Liberal and PC parties, they have in return got the party in power to save insurers a lot of money to the detriment of claimants.
Insurance Bureau of Canada: $315,310
The lobby group for insurance companies split its donations primarily between the Liberals ($152,325) and the PCs ($143,035).
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News that Toronto police will no longer investigate minor personal injury collisions where the injured person is not immediately taken to hospital “opens up a can of worms,” says plaintiff personal injury lawyer Brian Goldfinger.
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In his ruling, Faieta stated an agreement must comply with the provincial Solicitors Act, and regulations that fall under it. In particular, Faieta emphasized an agreement must state that a client is advised hourly rates can vary among lawyers and the client can consult with other solicitors to compare rates. He also said the agreement did not show an example how the contingency fee is calculated.
The term “post-traumatic headache” describes the most common complaint after brain injury: headaches. Unfortunately, PTHA is a “garbage-can” term — a catch-all phrase — because without a more specific diagnosis, PTHA simply states the obvious but doesn’t tell you about the cause of the headache or how to treat it.
It’s a highly controversial issue – should insurance companies have the right to see the results of genetic testing? For some, it’s overstepping a human rights boundary – but for others, insurers should have the right to position premiums based on their results just as they would for other medical examinations.
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