Shirley Shannon, a New Brunswick woman who was sexually abused by her doctor and then denied money from a fund that compensates patients harmed by negligent medical care, has lost her court fight to force the fund to pay.
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Amendments to Insurance Act regulations are proposed to provide for the transition of a transformed Ontario Automobile Insurance Dispute Resolution System (AIDRS) from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) to the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT), and the wind down of disputes filed at FSCO.
Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) provisions that apply to the dispute resolution process at FSCO will continue to apply, as they read on March 31, 2016, to all applications that were received by FSCO before the transition date but are not finally determined before that date. The SABS will also be amended, where necessary, to apply to applications filed at the LAT on or after April 1, 2016.
Comments Due Date: January 23, 2016
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What happens when you are injured in Ontario as a result of a motor vehicle accident and the driver of the vehicle who struck you did not have insurance coverage? You may be asking yourself: Will I be able to obtain medical and rehabilitation assistance, income replacement, and other benefits that I require?
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In today’s case (Falbo v. Ryan) the Plaintiff was injured in a collision and sued for damages. In the course of the lawsuit the Plaintiff attended several defence medical appointments, specifically with a physiatrist, a psychiatrist, a dental expert, and a rheumatologist. The Plaintiff then served two functional capacity reports outlining vocational limitations. The Defendant argued they needed a further evaluation to obtain a ‘responsive’ report.
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Advice to police responding to persons with a brain injury in crisis. Simple, sound suggestions to prevent situations from escalating out of control, with the intent of improving outcomes for police, and those they are entrusted to protect.
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In this week’s case (Ferguson v. McLaughlin) the Plaintiff was injured in a 2009 collision caused by the Defendant. The Defendant’s insurer hired a physician who presented evidence largely discounting the connection of the Plaintiff’s complaints to the collision.
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This persistent problem has eroded public trust in doctor self-regulation. But now both the College and the province are poised to make long-overdue improvements in this area. The College recently proposed several reforms, while the government has appointed a task force to examine patient abuse. It’s a good start, but more needs to be done.
“In dollar terms, we can anticipate based on historical data, the average Canadian household will spend $8,631 on food, of which $2,416 will be outside the household (restaurants),” stated the study. “This means our forecast predicts the average household could spend up to $345 more on food in 2016.”
The action is based on allegations unproven in court that it entered into improper fee arrangements, took unauthorized fees, failed to obtain required court approval, and improperly charged interest rates on disbursements in Hodge v. Neinstein.