In today’s case (Scott v. Hoey) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2006 collision caused by the Defendant. The Plaintiff was 13 years old at the time of the collision and alleged she sustained injuries which permanently impacted her and sought significant damages. The Court rejected much of the Plaintiff’s claim noting credibility concerns. The Court did accept that the collision cause soft tissue injuries which fully resolved in 17 months.
Author Archives: Admin4
Critics continue to question Ontario auto insurance
Toronto, Ontario — November 9, 2015 — The recent report on Ontario auto insurance from the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association has been hotly debated. The report claimed Ontario auto insurers are benefiting from a cap on profitability that is far too high in the current interest rate environment. The report also points out that changes to accident injury claims are also benefitting Ontario insurers. At a time when Ontario insurance rates are far higher than any other province in the country, the report has generated no small amount of interest.
Brokers weigh in on proposal to deregulate FSCO
Last week, an Expert Advisory Panel appointed by Ontario’s Minister of Finance issued some preliminary findings which suggested that the province’s regulatory regime “is not as effective as it could or should be.”
http://www.insurancebusiness.
Letter: Article on prejudgment interest missed a key point
Law Times recently published an article (see “Ontario courts differ on prejudgment interest,” Oct. 19) on the temporal application of the new prejudgment interest rate on non-pecuniary damages in motor vehicle accident cases.
Sudbury WSIB claimant’s doctor pushes to change ‘unresponsive’ system
Some injured workers and their doctors in Sudbury say their claims are too often ignored or denied by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Doctors allege injured workers re-victimized by the Ontario compensation system: OFL
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will release a report alleging that Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) ignores opinions and recommendations from some health care providers.
A Canadian with an Intellectual Disability Is Fighting His 46-Cents-an-Hour Wage
A Sarnia, Ontario, woman and her disabled son are appealing to the province’s Human Rights Tribunal to force a local agency to pay him more than the 46 cents [$0.35 USD] an hour he’s been earning for his work. Erla McCormick says that rate—23 times lower than Ontario’s minimum wage of $10.79 an hour—is what her son Kris has earned at a workshop for adults with intellectual disabilities over the past ten years.
Ontario Works rate ‘still not where it needs to be’: Services Board CAO
The District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board’s CAO appreciates the provincial announcement but he says Ontario’s support for the less fortunate still doesn’t parallel the efforts it made 20 years ago.
Lawsuit filed four years after auto accident can proceed against insurer
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal, from AXA General Insurance, of a Newfoundland and Labrador court ruling allowing a lawsuit to proceed four years after a pedestrian was hurt in a hit-and-run in St. John’s, the highest court announced Thursday.