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The wholesale approach to cutting costs is hurting not just those seeking insurance benefits, but those delivering health care, says the head of the Ontario Rehab Alliance.

http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/cutting-insurance-costs-akin-to-dragnet-fishing-186728.aspx

I’m tired.

Tired of ABS fear-mongering.

Tired of disingenuous and protectionist arguments made by those who know very little about ABS – yet are fiercely opposed to it.

And tired of the misinformation being floated by ABS opponents.

Now I know what it was like in the McCarthy-era.

Lawyers (particularly trial lawyers) are trained to argue a position based on logic and evidence – not hyperbole and emotion.

OTLA’s recent pronouncements in the Law Times on December 29, 2014, are particularly troubling:

http://www.slaw.ca/2014/12/30/anti-abs-arguments-continue-to-be-based-on-emotion-not-fact/

What is ABS? http://www.lsuc.on.ca/uploadedFiles/abs-discussion-paper.pdf

A lawyer who sued her former client for $3,937.50 for unpaid legal fees has had $7,000 in costs awarded against her, and the matter has yet to reach trial.

In the lawyer’s Small Claims Court lawsuit, she was ordered to produce her entire file to the former client and make production of the documents in chronological order, such that it could be ascertained whether or not she had in fact produced the entire file.

If you tell your insurance company that you were in a minor collision with no damage — not even a scratch — your insurance rates might still take a hit.

“It depends on the company, they may say: ‘It was technically a collision, so from a risk perspective we’ll keep it on your record,’” said Pete Karageorgos, IBC Ontario manager of industry and consumer relations. “My question is: if there was no damage, why would you exchange information or report it?”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/far-fetched-driving-facts-laws-that-surprised-us-in-2014/article22236511/

With New Year’s around the bend one can’t help but think about the future.

I am a personal injury lawyer.  I sue people for a living.  The more people that are injured through the carelessness of others, the more potential business I have.

The vast majority of my business comes from car crashes.  The reason is simple, crashes cause serious injuries and there are insurance companies to fight over fair compensation.  A person drives carelessly and kills or injures another.  Those victims hire me to represent them.  That is my business.  Take away careless driving and you take away my root business, and from the perspective of the road using public that is a good thing. http://bc-injury-law.com/blog/

A quarter-century after the College of Physicians and Surgeons first identified sexual abuse of patients as a serious problem, a third task force is about to begin reviewing the law governing health professionals.

http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2014/12/29/task_force_to_take_fresh_look_at_doctors_and_sex_abuse.html

The result of this amendment is the alignment of the prejudgment interest rate used in calculating court awards for non-pecuniary losses made under a motor vehicle liability policy with the rate determined under the Courts of Justice Act, as it may be revised from time to time.  The current interest rate is 1.3 per cent.

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/en/auto/autobulletins/2014/Pages/a-15-14.aspx

WINNIPEG An angry man who blew up his own vehicle tops the list of Manitoba Public Insurance frauds for 2014.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5235363-injured-man-tried-to-claim-insurance-for-pickup-he-torched/

City staff continue to work hard to ensure there are no payment errors for those Sault residents in need of Ontario Works cheques for January 2015.

http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=83585