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FAIR – supporting auto accident victims through advocacy and education
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Suing a municipality in #Ontario for damages caused by uncleared ice + snow on a road? If so – read this case!
Civil trial lawyers complain about increasing delays in the civil trial system. In Toronto, while short trials (those lasting 10 days or less), can be scheduled within a year, the same is not true for long trials.
An auto accident victim who is compensated by Quebec’s public automobile insurance plan cannot sue a third party for an “aggravated” or “separate” aspect of the injury, provided there is a “plausible, logical and sufficiently close link” between the accident and the subsequent events, the Supreme Court of Canada suggested in a ruling released Friday.
The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled that an employee who was injured at lunchtime in a car accident was barred from suing the other driver in court. Instead, he must go through the WSIB for his injury benefits.
Toronto personal injury lawyer Albert Coforzi: An interesting case out of Hamilton, which throws some light on the behind-the-scenes workings of insurance companies and medical exams.
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There is a sharp drop in the number of Canadians expressing concern about identity theft this year compared to last year, and Canadian businesses are working to protect personal information of customers, a new survey conducted for the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) has found.
In our Canadian justice system, self-represented litigants (“SRLs”) are arguably the underdogs since they face a host of obstacles including large financial costs and unnecessarily complicated processes. Accordingly, as the number of people representing themselves continues to grow, it is important to establish a commitment to respectful behaviour towards SRLs in the Model Code of Professional Conduct, in order to ensure fair and equal access to justice. [1]
Life altering accidents can happen in an instant, but their effects can last months, years or a lifetime. Emergency medical treatment is focused on diagnosis and treatment of acute physical injuries, such as surgical intervention and pain management. The emergent physical needs, out of necessity, take precedent over psychological needs. However, as the accident victim makes her way through the recovery process, she may struggle psychologically to accept and adjust to the permanent impact her physical limitations will have on her life.