New data from Statistics Canada says Canadians with disabilities are twice as likely to experience violent victimization as the able-bodied population.
The figures, drawn heavily from the 2014 General Social Survey on Victimization, found rates were similar among both disabled men and women.
FSCO invites interested parties to make written submissions regarding FSCO’s Draft 2018 Statement of Priorities.
Interested parties may send submissions by May 8, 2018
http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/en/ about/annual_reports/pages/ 2018-sop-draft.aspx
99% of personal injury cases settle without going to trial. Between the time a notice of the claim is given, right up to the commencement of trial, there are many opportunities for your personal injury lawyer, the insurance lawyer, and the insurance adjuster to settle your case.
Canada’s second-largest insurer has issued a loud and clear warning about the pervasiveness of auto insurance fraud.
Personal injury lawyers beware; the driverless car will likely wipe out automobile litigation as we know it today.
March is the well-financed IBC fraud campaign month re fraud against auto insurers. To ensure the public gets it, and in preparation for premium hikes, insurer AVIVA, released a study of ‘pervasive’ auto body shop scams. This is the insurer “whose own tactics in fighting legitimate claims have come under fire by the courts.” (“Insurance company uncovers ‘pervasive’ auto body shop scams”, Colin Perkel, Waterloo Region Record, March 12,2018, p A3). As I point out in my book, “So You Think You’re Covered! The Insurance Industry Rip-Off”:
TORONTO, March 13, 2018 /CNW/ – Today, LowestRates.ca launched its 2018 Auto Insurance Price Index report, the country’s only price index that uses proprietary data to track the average cost Canadians pay for car insurance on a quarterly basis. The index uses the hundreds of thousands of quotes processed annually by LowestRates.ca, an online rate comparison tool for insurance, mortgages, loans and credit card rates, to collect the data.
If you buy a newly-built home in Ontario and find construction defects in it, you may be refused compensation by Ontario’s monopoly warranty programme, Tarion. You may then end up as a self-represented litigant (SRL) fighting Tarion and the builder at the License Appeal Tribunal (LAT) to try to get your home fixed.
More than one pedestrian a week has been killed on Toronto’s streets this year. Toronto’s leaders have responded to this crisis with pathetic and counterproductive ideas that placate drivers and their precious road spaces.