The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) filed an application Tuesday for an injunction with the Ontario Superior Court, urging it to order that the problem-plagued Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) “cease to be used . . . until the system can provide reliable, timely, accurate benefits to the recipients” of welfare and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments.
http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1242113/union-takes-ontario-to-court-over-welfare-computer-problems/
Seven people have been arrested and more than $1 million in stolen automobiles have been recovered after a joint investigation into an alleged auto theft ring operating in Durham Region, York Region and Toronto, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Tuesday.
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
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s community services minister says there will be a review of the government’s policy around insurance settlements for those who have suffered catastrophic injuries.
A former reality show star has become the latest C-list celebrity to suffer the consequences of committing insurance fraud.
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, assessing fault and damages following a series of collisions.
http://www.ilstv.com/75000-non-pecuniary-damages-chronic-pain-following-three-collisions/
The province has launched a task force “to review and modernize” the laws that deal with sexual abuse of patients by health professionals.
It must be that time again. Every three or four years, when the Government of Ontario enters into negotiations with the province’s doctors, theToronto Star rolls out the obligatory physician billing stories. Like death and taxes, it’s something you can count on.
A car accident 18 years ago led to a $1.5 million settlement for the victim, whose life has never been the same. However, the Nova Scotia government is taking legal action to claim some of the money paid out to the family.
The bad? Dismissals under the new regime will occur without notice and without a status hearing (unless a party wishing to preserve a matter requests one).