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Employees Who Rent Vehicles for Work: Liability Insurance Implications When Accidents Occur
15 avril 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The frequency with which employees rent vehicles for employment purposes is a common occurrence. Amendments to certain legislation in Ontario introduced a priority scheme for liability coverage, and corresponding changes to the standard Ontario Automobile Policy reconfigured personal coverage to...
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Containing the Spread of Fire(wall)
7 avril 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Implementation of internal firewalls between accident benefits and bodily injury departments has been a struggle for automobile insurers since the publication of the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Bulletin 184, called “Internal Transfer of Information from Accident Benefits Adjuster to Tort...
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Advanced Payments: When and Why?
31 mars 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
With the pending changes to the SABS, tort adjusters will undoubtedly be called upon by Plaintiff counsel to make advance payments to cover such things as medical expenses, lost wages and attendant care. Seriously injured Plaintiff’s facing a combined $65,000...
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Procedural Fairness and Due Process Trump Arbitrator’s Award – Appeal Allowed
29 mars 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
As the sun begins to set on FSCO, Director’s Delegate Blackman rendered a Preliminary Issues Appeal order in Waldock v. State Farm (FSCO Appeal P15-00068, March 18, 2016) which serves as a helpful reminder to those who descend into the...
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Jurisdiction (Not So) Simpliciter in an Out of Province MVA
24 mars 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The Supreme Court of Canada recently announced that they will not hear an appeal from an Ontario women injured in a 2012 motorcycle accident in British Columbia. This decision effectively upholds the finding of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice in...
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Employment Law 101: Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants
22 mars 2016
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Earlier this year, the Honourable Mr. Justice W.A. Tilleman of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta was called upon to determine whether an injunction was appropriate due to an alleged breach of restrictive covenants, non-competition and non-solicitation clauses, in...
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The Agricultural Employees Protection Act: Is marijuana an agricultural commodity?
17 mars 2016
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
In United Food and Commercial Workers Canada v MedReleaf Corp. the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) was tasked with determining whether marijuana is an agricultural commodity in relation to an application for certification under the Labour Relations Act. The United...
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Court of Appeal Rules that Contractual Limitation Period within Insurance Policy Overrides the Statutory Two-Year Limitation Period
17 mars 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed that a contractual condition within an insurance contract imposing a limitation period of 1 year will override the statutory two-year limitation period found within the Limitations Act, 2002. In Daverne v. John Switzer...
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FSCO Expenses Awarded after Late Withdrawal
11 mars 2016
Blogue : Droit des assurances
In Shaazil Khan v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company FSCO A13-014868, Arbitrator Charles Matheson awarded expenses against the claimant after a withdrawal two weeks prior to arbitration. The subject accident occurred on April 26, 2011. The claimant was a 6-year...
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Insurers Can Lighten their Legal Expenses with a new AABS and LATs Workout!
11 mars 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
In my blog entry of February 5, 2016, I talked about the upcoming changes to the procedure for accident benefit disputes. And further updates are now available. The License Appeal Tribunal (LAT) will be accepting applications to its new Auto...
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