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Mark Tweedle’s April 15th letter to the editor of Peterborough’s online newspaper, My Kawartha.com:”Car crash victim feels everyone wins except for him and his family” (link below) is more than just the frustration of one person mishandled by his or her insurer. His wife was fortunately not injured but of the 65,000 motor vehicle accident victims who are injured each year in Ontario alone, the auditor general acknowledges that nearly one out of two is denied.

http://deniedbenefitclaims.com/blog.html

Here is the article:

http://www.mykawartha.com/opinion-story/6500003-car-crash-victim-feels-everyone-wins-except-for-him-and-his-family/

“I don’t think I was at fault.”

That was what I told the tow truck driver before we went to file the police report. After driving for 11 years, I got into my first accident in June of 2015. I wasn’t sure how the process worked. I was nervous and stressed out as we all headed towards the police station to make a report. I was especially concerned about making an auto insurance claim.

http://www.insurancehunter.ca/blog/tips-making-auto-insurance-claim

http://www.lawyersweekly-digital.com/lawyersweekly/3547?folio=2&pg=3#pg3

Patrick Caughy was left with serious spinal cord injuries after the 2012 fall, but he was denied benefits from his own insurer on the basis that his trip, which occurred late at night while intoxicated, did not meet the definition of an accident.

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201604185351/headline-news/court-favours-man-injured-after-tripping-over-bike

Ontario rang in the new year with a set of new traffic laws, designed to improve pedestrian safety across the province, and particularly in cities such as Toronto. Titled “The Transport Statute Law Amendment Act,” or “The Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act,” Bill 31 received royal assent on June 2, 2015, and came into effect on January 1, 2016.

http://lernerspersonalinjury.ca/articles/toronto-car-accidents-new-driving-laws/

Insurance premiums are to take a 15% leap under the newly-released Newfoundland and Labrador budget amid a flurry of revenue-raising charges, increases and levies.  The tax on insurance premiums will take effect on July 1.

http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/premiums-jump-15-in-provincial-budget-205963.aspx

Wynne will introduce changes to the Ontario Election Finances Act to be in place Jan. 1, 2017. They will bar union and corporate donations, but there aren’t a lot of details. The Liberals are embarrassed by recent headlines exposing a policy requiring cabinet ministers to raise $500,000 a year for the party.

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201604185347/commentary/money-greases-those-political-wheels

A private member’s bill by NDP MPP Paul Miller unanimously passed second reading this week and will now go to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills to be studied.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6499983-local-mpp-s-bill-to-create-social-assistance-research-commission-passed-second-reading/

[9]                Expert opinion evidence is a growth industry.  Fees charged exceed any standard of reasonableness and render litigation cost prohibitive.  The amounts identified in the plaintiff’s bill of costs are excessive.  I suspect the defendant’s incurred expense to be likewise.  However, in the absence of any meaningful standards for opinion evidence, particularly by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, I am not prepared to penalize the plaintiff by reducing her claim for the expense she incurred.

http://canlii.ca/t/gnhkj