by Metriks | Apr 4, 2013 | Industry news, Legal news, Uncategorized
The first decision regarding the Minor Injury Guide (MIG) resulted in the award of payment for treatment beyond the $3500 limit. Arbitrator John Wilson was critical “…of the insurer’s cookie-cutter application of an expense limit in every case where...
by Metriks | Apr 10, 2012 | Industry news, Legal news, Uncategorized
Personal injury lawyers are fed up with FSCO mediation delays. Darcy Merkur from Thomson, Rogers stated in the Law Times “The delays associated with Ontario’s mandatory accident benefit dispute process are ridiculous. The Financial Services Commission of Ontario...
by Metriks | Feb 24, 2012 | Legal news, Uncategorized
Toronto Police have arrested 37 people and laid more than 130 charges relating to a vehicle insurance fraud ring. Project Whiplash began after an incident in 2009, where two vehicles were involved in a staged collision and police thought the reported collision was...
by Metriks | Nov 30, 2011 | Legal news, Uncategorized
Renée Vinett of HSH recently succeeded in an arbitration at FSCO for a determination that her client, Mr. C, sustained a catastrophic impairment under the “mental and behavioural disorder” section of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule. Read the full...
by Metriks | Nov 17, 2011 | Industry news, Legal news, Uncategorized
An official Statement of Claim was filed November 4, 2011 against Pacific Assessment Centre Inc., Fairview Assessment Centre, M.D. Assessment Consult Inc., Traffic Law Advocate Professional Corporation, Vitali Tourkov, Alexandre Lobatch, Abram Zilber, Danny Grossi,...
by Metriks | Nov 15, 2011 | Legal news, Uncategorized
The value of a personal injury case has little to do with the number of doctor visits a Plaintiff has. In Tarzwell v. Ewashina Mr. Justice Dley provided the following comments: “If a plaintiff’s claim was to be measured by the number of doctors seen or by the...
