Most people aren’t familiar with how car insurance disputes work until they have to go through the process. Most would think that if there’s a dispute for benefits, they can sue the insurer which is denying those benefits and then a Judge can decide. That seems simple and straight forward.…
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Car Insurance Benefits Denied? Apply to the LAT and wait wait wait
April 1, 2016 was an important date for car accident victims across Ontario. Not because it was April Fools Day. But because on this date, everything to do with hearing and adjudicating accident benefit disputes in Ontario changed. All accident benefit disputes filed on or after April 1, 2016 which…
Accident Benefit Disputes in Ontario and Life at the LAT
When you’ve been wronged and want to seek justice; you sue. It’s sounds simple and it ought to be. Trouble is, when it comes to accident benefit disputes following a car accident in Ontario, you can’t sue anymore. Your right to sue in Court and have your case heard before…
Brian Goldfinger on the death of FSCO and the birth of FSRA
Everyone loves a good acronym. It’s fun to guess what the letters in the acronym stand for…..or don’t. Here are a few non legal examples: BRB Be right back GTG Got to Go LOL Laugh Out Loud Here are a few legal examples of acronyms which personal injury lawyers in…
The problems with the License Appeals Tribunal (LAT) for accident benefit cases (Ontario)
If you’ve been hurt or injured in a car accident, you are entitled to accident benefits from your own car insurer. These accident benefits are NOT damages for pain and suffering; nor are they compensation intended to make you whole for your attendant care, income loss, housekeeping claim, or loss…