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5 Surprising Facts About Car Insurance
Do you understand your car insurance? Despite that fact that you faithfully pay your premium every month, there’s probably lots you don’t know about this necessary expense. To help demystify the topic, we’ve gathered five car insurance facts that will help you better understand your coverage.
http://www.theglobaldispatch.c
Victim impact of the decline of accident benefits
In the first in a two-part series, Toronto personal injury lawyer Jennifer Hoffman explores how accident benefits in Ontario are being eroded.
Injury victims are losing out as the slow decline of Ontario’s accident benefits continues, Toronto personal injury lawyer Jennifer Hoffman tells AdvocateDaily.co
http://www.advocatedaily.com/j
LAT Year 2 – Have We Settled In?
At the close of 2016, the LAT had released a total of 45 decisions, and by the end of 2017 that number grew to 413, demonstrating the expediency of the LAT and the rate at which information is becoming available. 84 decisions have already been released to date in 2018, which suggests that the total number of decisions may double this year.
https://inhealth.ca/2018/04/18
My leased car was in an accident. Do I have to keep making payments?
Within a month of taking possession of my car on lease, it was in an accident. I informed the insurer and the car company within hours – but I am shocked to see that Canadian Dealer Lease Services is still deducting payments from my account. When contacted, it informed me that the lease is active and it will keep deducting payments. Is this correct practice? I don’t have a car now. – Samuel
http://www.ilstv.com/leased-ca
Wells Fargo fined $1 billion for insurance and mortgage abuses
Two federal regulators are fining Wells Fargo $1 billion for forcing customers into car insurance and charging mortgage borrowers unfair fees.
The penalty was announced Friday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/2
Court strikes down human rights decision over medical marijuana for injured worker
HALIFAX (CP) — The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has overturned a provincial human rights board decision that said an injured man’s legally prescribed medical marijuana must be covered by his union insurance plan, marking a significant setback for cannabis advocates.
Ontario Social Services – Changing Spousal Support rules
Starting this fall, unmarried couples on social assistance will be considered spouses after 3 years, instead of 3 months. Part of Ontario’s plan to simplify social assistance. Learn more:
Numbers and severity of brain injuries raises dementia risk
SEATTLE — A large study offers more evidence of a link between traumatic brain injuries and dementia later in life, with repeated injuries and severe ones posing the greatest danger.
Researchers analyzed 36 years of health records of 2.8 million people in Denmark, where a national health system makes it possible to explore connections in a far-reaching way.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/
Judge orders punitive damages to be paid
A small claims deputy judge has ordered a lawyer to pay punitive damages after he threatened criminal charges against a physiotherapist who was bringing a civil action against him.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/au