Personal Injury Blog

Costs Insurance Is a Compensable Disbursement

In the recently released Costs decision, Stewart et al. v. Wood et al. [2019 ONSC 3931] Justice Tausenfreund was required to assess costs and disbursements in a settled personal injury lawsuit.

Bad Faith by Accident Benefits Insurer?

On July 19, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal released Stegenga v Economical Mutual Insurance Company 201 ONCA 615). The central question on appeal concerned the jurisdiction of the Licence Appeal Tribunal to hear a bad faith claim against Economical for its handling of the plaintiff, Morgan...

ACCIDENT BENEFITS UPDATE

The Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) recently released its decision in HW and Security National Insurance Company(17-005314/AABS). The central issue in the hearing was whether the Applicant, VHW had suffered a catastrophic impairment (catastrophic) from her July 14, 2010 rear-end collision.

ACCIDENT BENEFITS UPDATE: FSCO MISSES THE POINT OF MIG APPEAL

In Aviva Canada Inc. v. Sleep(FSCO Appeal P17-00034), Director’s Delegate Murray was required to review an arbitration decision concerning the Minor Injury Guideline (MIG) of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS). In the decision, Arbitrator Anschell found that the Respondent, Mr. Sleep...

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