Lawyers for Marco Muzzo, the man who killed three children and their grandfather in a drunk-driving crash, are pushing back against a $25-million claim by the victims’ family.
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‘Cold’ calculation to determine value of lives lost in drunk-driving crash: expert
Prutschi says Muzzo’s sentence would generally be considered as the punitive element. Muzzo and his family’s drywall business Marel Contractors, which are both named as defendants in the lawsuit, are arguing that the $10 million should be deducted.
The Perils of Taking “No Position” on a Summary Judgment Motion
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, D’Onofrio v. Advantage Car & Truck Rentals Ltd., 2017 ONCA 5, asks whether a party who takes “no position” on a summary judgment motion is later bound by the motion judge’s findings in the ongoing litigation. The case highlights the dangers of taking “no position”: a party who does so may later be precluded from advancing positions at trial that were decided by the motions judge.
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Civil Lawyers Raise The Alarm On Case Delays.
A recent experience at Girones Lawyers exemplifies the difficulties that civil plaintiffs are experiencing with our legal system.
A longstanding trial date for a 6 week medical malpractice trial commencing this February had to be cancelled due to a shortage of available Judges.
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How much does it hurt?: The methods used by doctors to measure pain
Pain can be either acute or chronic, and the words do not (as some people think) mean “bad” and “very bad”. “Acute” pain means a temporary or one-off feeling of discomfort, which is usually treated with drugs; “chronic” pain persists over time and has to be lived with as a malevolent everyday companion. But because patients build up a resistance to drugs, other forms of treatment must be found for it.
PTSD: Beyond Trauma (film on CBC)
Airing Thursday, January 19, 2017 – 8 PM EST on CBC’s The Nature of Things
White Pine Pictures presents the world broadcast premiere of its new documentary, PTSD: Beyond Trauma, written and directed by award-winning Patrick Reed (Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr, Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children, Triage), produced by Andréa Schmidt and executive produced by Peter Raymont.
Pilot program aims to help those living in poverty
Anna Fiorino is one of the many Ontarians just getting by each month.
She is currently receiving support from the Ontario Disability Support Program but says it’s a struggle, not just for her but for many others she knows in the community.
Doctors frustrated workers’ compensation boards seem to ignore medical opinions, report says
The report, conducted by the independent, Toronto-based Institute for Work and Health, examined the role of doctors and other health care professionals in workers’ compensation across four provinces, including Ontario. It found doctors treating workers with complicated or prolonged conditions were frustrated by an “opaque and confusing” system where their views on a safe return to work after an accident appeared to sometimes be ignored by case managers with no medical training.
Judge supports Plaintiff’s Motion to strike Jury two Weeks into Trial
A man was injured in a motor vehicle collision on Highway 401 that resulted in several impacts to his vehicle and caused him severe injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. About eight months before the trial date, the plaintiff moved to strike the three jury notices filed in this action. The plaintiff’s motion, in Kwok v. Abecassis, was based on the argument that the jury would be asked to resolve a number of complex issues of mixed fact and law, with respect to both liability and damages, which are likely to be more fairly and expertly adjudicated by a judge.
Toronto lawyer alleges judge was biased
An Ontario judge has refused to recuse herself from overseeing a dispute between two Toronto lawyers after one of them claimed the judge was biased and alleged she was linked to surveillance of a man involved in a personal injury action.
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