Litigating Long Term Disability Claims (LTD Claims) can be tricky, especially when the injury is an invisible one; such as chronic pain or a psychological injury.
Firstly, it’s important to note that Long Term Disability Claims aren’t your typical tort or pain and suffering claims. These are special sort of cases.
Insurance adjusters cannot always rely on legal precedents, now that the Court of Appeal for Ontario has overturned a previous decision by the same court, over the issue of a vehicle owner’s vicarious liability for negligent operation of their vehicle, a lawyer suggested to claims professionals Wednesday.
A man from St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, will spend most weekends this year in jail, after pleading guilty to helping stage a traffic accident for insurance fraud purposes.
On February 2, OTLA President Maia Bent spoke at the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, Pre-Budget Hearings at the Ontario Legislative Assembly. OTLA continues to advocate fairness and justice for injured accident victims who must endure intrusive “insurer examinations.” OTLA also highlighted the need for greater transparency and accountability with respect to financial data in the auto insurance sector. https://www.youtube.com/
Today, OTLA called on the Ontario Government to establish a commission to conduct a public inquiry to examine the current state of independent medical assessments of injured auto accident victims.
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling this past April means Ontario insurance adjusters need to examine all auto accident benefit claims they receive, even if their companies are not involved, an insurance lawyer suggested Wednesday.
Opposition MPPs take Finance Minister Charles Sousa to task for early budget they say will make public hearings a pointless exercise.