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[21] I find that the defendant’s inadvertence with respect to the failure to disclose the Facebook materials retrieved constitutes less than ‘full and rigorous compliance’ with the disclosure and production obligations pursuant to both the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Agreement.
[22] I agree with the plaintiff that to proceed in the manner proposed by the defendant would result in prejudice to the plaintiff:
• It would not be sufficient to allow the plaintiff time to review only the Posts prior to resuming her cross-examination. Fairness would require that she be given an opportunity, prior to continuing the cross-examination, to review all of the materials retrieved (hundreds if not more than a thousand pages of documents).
• The interruption required to facilitate that review would be inefficient, disruptive, and have an impact on trial fairness.
• The plaintiff’s expert who has already testified would not have an opportunity to review and/or comment, as may be required, upon the contents of the Posts.
• The plaintiff’s other experts, including participant experts, would not have a reasonable opportunity for review and comment, the latter if necessary, upon the contents of the Posts.
[23] It is simply too late in the litigation process for the defendant to be entitled to rely on the Posts as Schedule “A” documents. Disclosure and production of the documents was required at an earlier stage in the litigation.
While fraud is a major problem for the Ontario and Toronto auto insurance market, sometimes prosecuting false claims is wrong. For example, criminal charges brought against a Toronto man accused of selling fake auto insurance have been dropped.
https://www.shopinsurancecanad
A bill tabled Wednesday in the Ontario legislature, by a backbench Liberal MPP, would limit lawyers’ contingency fees in the province, for personal injury claims, to 15%.
The Ontario Medical Association is upset with the Ontario government, but not over money this time. They are concerned that the government is trying to tighten discipline procedures for misbehaving doctors and other health professionals.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/m
In a decision issued on January 30, 2017, a Board of Inquiry of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission concluded that a union insurance fund had discriminated against a disabled claimant when it denied his claim for medical marijuana.
The largest association of medical-marijuana companies in Canada has agreed to implement new standards on product safety and transparency, after a series of recalls due to banned pesticides that have shaken consumer confidence in the industry.
St. Michael’s Hospital has created a peer support group for survivors of traumatic injury, such as a car crash, fall, gunshot wound or work-related injury. Called My BeST (Beyond Surviving, to Thriving), the program connects survivors of physical trauma—including patients, their families and their caregivers—and helps them rebuild their lives after serious injury.
http://www.stmichaelshospital.
A new study reveals that a small molecule produced by a fungus may stimulate the regeneration of axons – the slender, “thread-like projections that carry electrical signals” between nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The researchers believe that the discovery could lead to much needed new drugs that repair damage to the central nervous system.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.co
Mr. Colle moved first reading of the following bill:
Bill 103, An Act to amend the Law Society Act and the Solicitors Act with respect to matters related to personal injury claims and client agreements / Projet de loi 103, Loi modifiant la Loi sur le Barreau et la Loi sur les procureurs à l’égard de questions liées aux demandes d’indemnisation pour lésions corporelles et aux ententes avec les clients.
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): Is it the pleasure of the House the motion carry? Carried.
The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): The member for a short statement.
Mr. Mike Colle: If passed, this bill would ban the use of referral fees by personal injury lawyers. It would require that all advertising by personal injury lawyers be cleared by the Law Society of Upper Canada, that all fees must be in prescribed plain English and standardized, and that contingency fees be capped at 15% and no double-dipping allowed in regard to fees.