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Frequently, appointments with people who have sustained a brain injury are not as productive as they could be because both the person with a brain injury as well as the professional are not as prepared as they could be.
http://www.brainline.org/ content/2009/08/ask-the- expert-how-best-to-deal-with- professionals.html
As Canada nears the likely legalization of marijuana for recreational use, a host of issues will impact on users for medical purposes. As a result of growing awareness, more claims from motor vehicle accident victims are likely to be made for this treatment.
Ontario is seeking public input to help inform the design of a basic income pilot, which is an innovative new approach to providing income security.
https://news.ontario.ca/mcss/ en/2016/11/ontario-seeking- input-on-basic-income-pilot. html
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ finding-better-way-basic- income-pilot-project-ontario
We’re launching a pilot project to study how giving people a basic income might reduce poverty and improve health, housing and employment outcomes in Ontario.
Complete the survey below by January 31, 2017 and help us explore new ways to deliver income support across the province.
https://www.ontario.ca/form/ basic-income-pilot-public- survey
A constitutional challenge to Ontario’s auto accident benefits dispute resolution system is scheduled for a three-day hearing next February, but the retired judge who recommended that AB disputes go before a public sector administrative tribunal suggested Wednesday that it would have “seriously undermined” the proposals to reform the system if AB disputes could be brought to court.
Justice Cunningham is himself now wary of his February 2014 recommendation that the province appoint a “public sector administrative tribunal” for SABS disputes and get rid of the court option for MVA victims. He now acknowledges that few of the LAT adjudicators actually have experience resolving AB disputes, saying “Clearly many of my recommendations were not adopted.” “There was a lot of cherry picking that went on here.” WHY IS HE SURPRISED? As an accident victim I certainly am not. And herein lies the problem.
Shop Insurance Canada has criticised the price hike in Ontario auto rates, describing it as a “blow to the province’s quest to lower premium rates,” which will mean increased costs for consumers.
The Court of Appeal recently considered the issue of when interest starts to accrue under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule in situations where there is a disputed catastrophic impairment designation (“CAT”). In Van Galder v Economical, the insurer paid attendant care benefits and housekeeping/home maintenance benefits until the two year mark and stopped at that time based on the fact that the claimant was not catastrophically impaired.
Many of our clients suffer from fibromyalgia, depression and chronic pain. These injuries arise and present themselves in a wide variety of ways. Each case is fact specific. We never know how these injuries will present themselves or manifest.
Our lawyers see fibromyaligia, depression and chronic pain in the context of car accidents, long term disability (LTD) claims, motorcycle accidents, slip and fall cases and assault claims.
Dr. Ellen Thompson says a rising number of misconduct investigations by the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario into doctors who may be over-prescribing opioid medications such as morphine, oxycodone and fentanyl will discourage doctors from prescribing the painkillers even in cases where they are beneficial.