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How the Family Law Act Helps Injured Victims’ Families
The effects of a car crash often extend beyond the injured victim and have a significant emotional and financial impact on the victim’s family. Those who have been seriously injured may lose their independence or no longer be able to contribute to the family in the capacity they did prior to the accident. In addition, family members may need to take leave from work to provide care and assistance for a loved one.
http://otlablog.com/family-law
Everyone pays for insurance fraud, even the innocent
It’s Fraud Prevention Month, and car insurance costs – especially in Ontario – continue to escalate. While the amount you pay is the usual calculus of where you live, the driving histories of those who drive your car, how difficult the car is to steal and how much it costs to repair, fraudulent claims remain a substantial portion of that bottom line you are charged each year.
http://driving.ca/auto-news/ne
Motor Vehicle Accidents In Parking Lots
Most accidents in parking lots tend to be minor because they do not happen at highway speeds. However, many people (especially pedestrians) have been seriously injured and even killed in parking lot collisions.
http://oatleyvigmond.com/motor
Is it legal in Ontario to drive with a cast on your right leg?
Is it legal to drive with a cast on one’s right leg in Ontario? It’s not a walking cast, just a simple plaster cast from the knee down. If not, is it legal to drive with your left foot? The car is automatic, and is a passenger SUV. Moreover, if the driver were to be involved in an at-fault collision, could the insurance company deny the claim? – Martha, Mississauga, Ont.
Ghost Writing in Medical Reports: Something to be Scared Of?
In the case of Kushnir v Macari, the defendant sought an order for defence medicals with an orthopedic surgeon and a neuropsychologist. The plaintiff sought terms to ensure that the reports were not “ghost written”. The court noted that there were reported decisions where an expert had testified that part of their report was in fact written by someone else.
What’s in a name: the doctors’ dispute and arbitration
Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-term Care is pushing for its protracted dispute with physicians over how they are paid to move to binding interest arbitration, but Toronto health lawyer Tracey Tremayne-Lloyd says doctors need to understand that this will impact the negotiation process — and possibly its outcome.
Judge denies request to keep details about top-billing doctors secret
In a seven-page decision released Monday, Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer denied a request to keep the court and public in the dark about the doctors, pending a judicial review of an order from the province’s privacy commissioner to make the names public.
Civility is about placing client’s interests first
Practising law with civility is the most effective way to represent clients, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Rikin Morzaria.
Maintaining composure and acting in a way that puts the client’s interests first is the most important way to combat insulting, condescending behaviour from opposing counsel, says Morzaria, partner with McLeish Orlando LLP.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/r
Paralegals in family courts ‘not the solution,’ Toronto judge says
The judges at Toronto’s 311 Jarvis St. courthouse — all of whom are family court judges — are “absolutely, 100 per cent opposed to having paralegals in family court,” one of the jurists told the Star.