•Many spinal cord injuries do not cause any paralysis. In some cases the paralysis will resolve when the spinal cord heals. In other cases, there is no paralysis and sometimes there is only tingling and numbness.
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Four Things You Should Know About Spinal Cord Injury
Rights breached: OMA
Alan Hudak, a local pediatrician who chairs the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) board, said the OMA had to file a court challenge under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms against the province.”They’re proceeding on their own agenda and are refusing to talk to physicians,” he said, adding there is currently no mechanism in place that would allow doctors to negotiate with the province.
Ontario psychologists claim WSIB unfairly denying patient claims
A group of Ontario psychologists say their patients are being unfairly denied workers’ compensation.
They say that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB) has been cutting workers’ compensation claims in order to pay off its deficit. To do that, the psychologists say the board is getting other doctors to overrule their conclusions about their patients’ fitness to return to work.
More cash arrives for Ontario Works recipients
Since 2003, Ontario has increased social assistance rates by 18.3 per cent for families who access Ontario Works, by 29 per cent for singles with children who access Ontario Works and by 18.3 per cent for people with disabilities who receive Ontario Disability Support Program payments.
Lawyers benefit from crash claims
I’m very disappointed at the approach of the article Auto insurers raking in cash while cutting benefits, study finds(Oct. 30). It’s based on a flawed study, paid for by personal-injury lawyers and skewed for their benefit.
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Shop Insurance Canada Consumer Guide – Auto Insurance Rates in Greater Toronto Area
(PRLEAP.COM) TORONTO, ON, November 3, 2015 – The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) remains the most expensive region in Ontario for auto insurance data from ShopInsuranceCanada.ca shows, but premiums in the other Ontarian cities are lower, falling the greater the distance from the GTA region. The online resource for auto insurance found that the neighborhood of Brampton is the most expensive for average premiums over a year, while the general Greater Toronto Area is home to rates that are above the provincial average of $1,538.00.
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London MD warns of more auto insurance pain
Critically injured crash victims may be forced to remain in hospital because a change in auto insurance coverage will make it harder for them to receive home care, a London doctor warns.
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Lawsuit highlights common broker shortfalls
Last week, the Superior Court of Ontario heard a case where a driver who sustained a serious brain injury from an auto collision sued her insurance broker for neglecting to inform her about enhanced IRBs that were available to her for a “modest additional premium.”
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With expert witness, less may be more
Much of current medical expert evidence in personal injury cases is superficial, speculative and unnecessary. This article briefly highlights some reasons for the growth of improper expert evidence along with two promising grounds to reel in the runaway expert train.
U.S. auto insurance experts says consumers approach vital in Ontario
The province of Ontario is being urged by an auto insurance expert to embrace a consumer based approach to lower premiums and to increase competition between providers. That is the view of Holly Bakke, principal of Strategic Initiatives Management Group LLP and a past New Jersey commissioner for banking and insurance.