In 2016, Ontario asked three working groups to examine the income security system and make recommendations on how to improve it.
Read the groups’ report and recommendations for improving income security for people receiving support through programs like Ontario Works and ODSP .
The Ontario Liberal government, just prior to an election, claims it has again decided to address high automobile insurance premiums (but ignores the negative affect of these changes on victims of car accidents).
In the 2017 Ontario Ministry of Finance Report “Fair Benefits Fairly Delivered: A Review of the Auto Insurance System of Ontario” the average yearly rates for car insurance by province
Accident victims would be best served by a simple standard-form contingency fee agreement mandated by the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), Barrie personal injury lawyer Steve Rastin tells Law Times.
In Montepeque v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 2017 ONCA 959, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that a finding of involvement of an unidentified motor vehicle is not incompatible with a finding that there was no negligence by that unidentified motor vehicle.
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On June 4, 2015, the applicant was injured in a car accident when she was struck from behind by another vehicle. She sustained a number of injuries including WAD2, neck pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain, hip pain and anxiety. The applicant applied to the LAT on February 10, 2017 after Aviva denied claims, and mediation failed.
In Ontario, a driver must renew their driver’s licence every five years on their birthday. Driving without a proper licence, which includes driving with an expired licence, is an offence in Ontario, and carries a fine of between $200-$1000 and the offender’s vehicle may be impounded for 7 days.
The family of an Ontario woman who died in a two-car crash just south of Montreal in April in a head-on collision is seeking $4 million in punitive damages from Quebec’s transportation ministry.
People suffering from hot beverage burns at fast-food establishments are sometimes unfairly maligned in the media, Kitchener litigation lawyer Graham Bennetttells AdvocateDaily.com .
A driver convicted of failing to yield the right of way after turning into the path of a different vehicle has nonetheless collected $30,000 from the other motorist and was awarded an additional $151,000 in legal costs.