Day held out hope, doctor after doctor, MRI after MRI, but ultimately each avenue ended in exasperation. Canadian insurance giant ICBC draped his case in red tape, and slowly Day drifted to the background, stuck in limbo, a fighter-no-more clawing for some semblance of an answer.
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FSCO Decision Reinforces Viability of Retrospective Attendant Care Needs Assessments (Form 1′s)
A new arbitration decision from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) affirms previous decisions that a retrospective attendant care needs assessment (commonly referred to as a “Form 1″) are viable.
Telematics a bridge to ‘an inevitable future for the insurance industry’ report predicts
The use of telematics technology in auto coverage, and the usage-based insurance (UBI) model, will “act as bridges toward an inevitable future” for the industry, in which “non-traditional” companies could “enter and disrupt” the risk management business, Aite Group LLC suggested in a new report.
SCC issues ‘big change’ to contract law
Arbitrators and trial judges should have the last word in most cases that turn on the interpretation of contracts, the Supreme Court of Canada has found.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201408114130/headline-news/scc-issues-big-change-to-contract-law
Chronic Pain: Why aren’t I getting any sympathy for my problems?
A recent CBC News story cited that chronic pain impacts one in five Canadians. That’s a helluva a lot of Canadians who have to deal with chronic pain. In case you’re wondering, “helluva” is NOT a legal term.
If a Self-Driving Car Gets in an Accident, Who—or What—Is Liable?
The carmaker, the car owner, or the robot car itself? On the surprisingly not-crazy argument for granting robots legal personhood.