The Court recently considered the Insurer’s requirements in cancelling an insurance policy. In Singh v. Sangha [2014 ONSC 5147], the Insurer brought a summary judgment motion on the basis that it terminated the Plaintiff’s motor vehicle insurance policy prior to the accident. As a result of the accident, the Plaintiff had commenced a tort claim and a claim for statutory accident benefits.
http://www.ilstv.com/canada-notice-requirements-insurers-need-ensure-notice-cancellation-received/
TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2015 /CNW/ – Disappointed and demoralized by the continued attack on poor people caused by problems with the SAMS program for providing social assistance payments, ODSP workers will be staging noon hour rallies outside their local offices in 30 communities across Ontario on Feb. 12.
A bitter strike by 3,000 nurses and other health professionals now dragging into its third week is providing a rare and disturbing glimpse into Ontario’s home- and community-health sector.
Jokelee Vanderkop wrote a book about how to fight your insurance company to get benefits. Now she’s preparing for another fight about her benefits.
Websites that allow comments have walked a fine line for years. Some sites actively moderate their comments, some only react to offensive ones and others let the trolls run wild. It’s led to a tricky legal question: who’s responsible for that content? Last week, the British Columbia Supreme Court made a ruling that could shake up the legal viewpoint on user comments.
In Weaver v. Corcoran, climate scientist and Green Party MLA Dr. Andrew Weaver won a defamation suit against the National Post for libellous columns questioning his credibility and competence. http://findlaw.ca/blog/legal-business/are-websites-legally-responsible-for-user-comments-79/#sthash.uZVatnVv.dpuf
The Osteopath offers free consultations, charges $120 for assessment and $100 for treatment, according to the website, which also notes that most fees are covered by insurance plans.
Patients were allegedly given a false registration number for insurance after paying for the services, and the clinic’s owner pocketed the proceeds, police said.
George Workman, 47, surrendered to police Tuesday in relation to an outstanding warrant in a fraud investigation.
TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2015 /CNW/ – Richard Daniel Thompson, a registered massage therapist with Pro Active Health Care inOrillia, has been convicted under the Insurance Act of knowingly making a false or misleading statement or representation to TD General Insurance in order to obtain payment for services provided to auto insurance claimants.
Adding to this site’s archived case summaries addressing advocacy by expert witnesses, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, finding a high billing ICBC expert witness’ evidence should be afforded “very little weight” in part based on advocacy. http://bc-injury-law.com/blog/
The Liberal government has ordered an independent review of its new social assistance payment computer system, acknowledging there have been serious problems with its rollout.