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Fight Continues for Access to Benefits for Severely Injured Accident Victims
The Ontario government is completing a review on what constitutes a “catastrophic impairment” when a person is injured in a car accident. The definition is critical: a person who has suffered a...
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Kusnierz: A Return to Combining WPI Scores for Catastrophic Impairment
Seriously injured accident victims received an early Christmas present from the Ontario Court of Appeal this morning. The Court released its long-awaited decision on catastrophic impairment in...
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Pastore v. Aviva: A Single Mental & Behavioural Disorder is Sufficient for...
The Ontario Court of Appeal released the Pastore v. Aviva decision today and decided that a marked impairment of a single area or aspect of functioning is enough to designate a person as...
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Brain Injury Series Part 1: Anatomy of the Brain
This is the first of a series of blogs on Winning Strategies for Handling a Mild to Severe Brain Injury Case. To begin, an understanding of brain anatomy is essential to gain some knowledge of what...
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Brain Injury Series Part 2: The Ways a Brain Can Be Injured
This is the second of a series of blogs on Winning Strategies for Handling a Mild to Severe Brain Injury Case. We first discussed the anatomy of the brain, including the structure of neurons. Here we...
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Insurance Bureau of Canada Misinforms Officials, OTLA Taking Action
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association has recently sent out a newsletter to every MPP in Ontario regarding the Insurance Bureau of Canada misinforming officials about insurance premiums, claims cost...
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Brain Injury Series Part 3: The Challenges That Plaintiff’s Counsel Faces
This is the third part of a series of blogs on Winning Strategies for Handling a Mild to Severe Brain Injury Case. The first part of the series explained the anatomy of the brain, an understanding of...
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No need for review of catastrophic provisions
An auto insurance industry review of catastrophic impairment provisions is unnecessary at this time, Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando says in Law Times. The provincial government has...
View ArticlePractical Strategies Webinar: Auto Insurance Law Impacting You and Your Clients
The Practical Strategies webinar aired on April 30, 2013. This webinar will update you on how lawyers and health care providers are coping with the evolving challenges of working in the constantly...
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Conference looks at the future of catastrophic impairment
As seen on AdvocateDaily.com Toronto critical injury lawyers John McLeish, Patrick Brown and Dale Orlando are scheduled to participate in a one-day conference for health care providers today. McLeish,...
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Liberals say cuts to auto insurance rates two years away
As seen on AdvocateDaily.com MISSISSAUGA – Ontario will order auto insurance companies to cut premiums by an average of eight per cent by next August, and by a total of 15 per cent within two years,...
View ArticleMental or Behavioural Catastrophic Impairment under Ontario’s Accident...
A recent arbitration decision in Mujku v State Farm provides a useful analysis for determining catastrophic impairment due to a mental or behavioural disorder under the Statutory Accident Benefits...
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Brain Injury Series Part 1: Anatomy of the Brain
This is the first of a series of blogs on Winning Strategies for Handling a Mild to Severe Brain Injury Case. To begin, an understanding of brain anatomy is essential to gain some knowledge of what...
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Brain Injury Series Part 2: The Ways a Brain Can Be Injured
This is the second of a series of blogs on Winning Strategies for Handling a Mild to Severe Brain Injury Case. We first discussed the anatomy of the brain, including the structure of neurons. Here we...
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Pastore v. Aviva: A Single Mental & Behavioural Disorder is Sufficient for...
The Ontario Court of Appeal released the Pastore v. Aviva decision today and decided that a marked impairment of a single area or aspect of functioning is enough to designate a person as...
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