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You can’t physically see a brain injury, like you can with a broken bone. If you or your loved one has recently experienced an accident, it’s extremely important that you look out for the common signs and symptoms of brain injury.
Catching a brain injury early can mean a higher chance that brain damage won’t be as severe or permanent.
A new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” has just been released by the provincial government.
The Roadmap was written by three groups that were appointed by the Minister of Community and Social Services (MCSS) in 2016 to give advice to the government on how to reform Ontario’s income security system.
http://incomesecurity.org/poli
“I’ve been hurt in a car accident caused by another driver; what damages can I sue for?”
This question was part of a long and certainly very expensive ad in the Waterloo Record by a personal injury lawyer.
Anyone involved in an accident needs to collect as much information as they can before going to a lawyer, Toronto personal injury and employment lawyer Kevin Marshall tells AdvocateDaily.
“The first step is to see the family doctor and explain what happened in the accident,” says Marshall. “Taking care of your health is the top priority.”
http://www.advocatedaily.com/k
With the backlog in Ontario civil courts, personal injury plaintiffs have to wait longer for their cases to be processed, putting a growing number of them in financial hardship, says Easy Legal Finance Inc. president and CEO Larry Herscu.
“I don’t think people realize how long it takes for cases to be heard in the court system, and the financial impact this is having on them,” he tells AdvocateDaily.com.
NEBs: applicant fails to show that pre-accident life is significantly altered to qualify for NEBs; applicant does show that chiropractic treatment is reasonable an necessary; applicant suffers from credibility issues
M.H. was injured in a car accident on July 3, 2014 and applied for SABs. When the application was denied she applied to the LAT for dispute resolution.
Wait times in Ontario for surgeries and procedures are reported as:
How long patients waited from a surgeon or specialist, or central intake office, receiving the referral from the patient’s family doctor, to the patient’s first surgical or specialist appointment.
Ontario is considering an “urgent” 22-per-cent increase to welfare over three years and a new housing benefit to begin as early as 2019 as part of a 10-year roadmap to overhaul the province’s antiquated and rule-bound income security system, the Star has learned.
The proposals are included in a 180-page report by a provincially-appointed panel of community activists and experts being released Thursday by Community and Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek.