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Chronic pain often results from serious injuries caused by negligence. Unfortunately, chronic pain can also lead to further issues such as depression. In fact, people with chronic pain are three times more likely to suffer from depression than the general population, and as many as 50% of people with chronic pain suffer from anxiety and depression.
http://zaylaw.com/personal-inj
This Friday, October 20th, celebrates the anniversary of the sale of the first auto insurance policy. While many sites make the claim that the first auto insurance policy was sold in February to a gentleman in Ohio, it appears that the first policy was actually sold a few months earlier to a man in Westfield, Massachusetts.
TORONTO — An insurance company that played litigation hardball with an elderly car-accident victim has been ordered to pay $237,000 to cover the legal costs she incurred in winning a $20,000 settlement.
A law clerk “screw-up” is not an “extraordinary circumstance” that would allow an injured driver to circumvent the time limits for producing expert witnesses and documents in an auto accident benefits arbitration, an Ontario court has ruled.
The Ontario Government announced in 2017 that it was changing legislation and bringing in much tougher new regulations around the plague on Ontario roads – distracted driving. Distracted driving is a leading cause of car accidents, and of car and pedestrian accidents, and car and bicycle accidents. It is hard to stop at any red light or stop sign in the Region and not see people looking at their phones, texting, talking, or even playing games. It has to stop.
https://www.deutschmannlaw.com
British Columbia’s government is considering caps on awards, in auto insurance personal injury lawsuits, for pain and suffering for minor injuries, the province’s attorney general told Canadian Underwriter Tuesday.
https://www.canadianunderwrite
Auto Collisions are generally horrific experiences even when the damage is not severe. Everyone reacts differently to a crash. Some experience a mental fog making it difficult to think or focus. Others might find their minds flooded by thoughts and concerns. In addition to the mental trauma and emotional disorientation, sometimes auto collisions cause physical damage that’s hard to notice amidst immediate distractions. Even serious physical issues might not present any signs for several days.
There are various conditions or types of injuries for which a person may make a claim for disability benefits for. In any given week, at least 500,000 Canadianswill miss work due to mental illness/mental health problems.
https://www.awaxmanlaw.ca/blog
In a recent Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) decision, an arbitrator ruled that it would be inappropriate for an insurer to use a medical report concerning the claimant’s husband, who also had a claim for accident benefits, without his consent. The husband and wife had separate claims to the same insurer arising out of a 2013 accident.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/n
The Insurance Act is just one act to consider among all the other factors when dealing with the two-year limitation period in statutory accident benefits disputes, the Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has found.
https://www.canadianunderwrite