In this case, a formal diagnosis of chronic pain was not required for removal from the MIG.
Samia Alam
Called to the bar in 2009 and having successfully passed the Ontario, Michigan and US multistate bar exams, Samia M. Alam is a contract lawyer for plaintiff personal injury law firms in the Hamilton and surrounding areas with a special focus on catastrophic impairment claims. She has been teaching at Mohawk College since the inception of the paralegal program in 2014 and created and teaches Legal Research and Writing and Statutory Accident Benefits. She received her LLM at Osgoode Hall Law School, and she is a member of the Hamilton Law Association and Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
Beaudin v. Travelers Insurance Company of Canada, 2022 ONCA 806
ENTITLEMENT TO ACCIDENT BENEFITS – UNINSURED DIRT BIKE FOUND TO BE AUTOMOBILE
Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2022 ONCA 446
Court of Appeal confirms judicial review available only in rare cases or SABS disputes.
Gore v. Rusk, 2022 ONSC 2893
Is it permissible for a LAT adjudicator to hear reconsideration requests after completing the original assessment?
Pisani v. McDaniel, 2022 ONSC 224
This action arose from a 2015 rear end motor vehicle collision. Liability was admitted. The issues at trial were threshold and damages. The defendant took the position that the plaintiff sustained minor soft tissue injuries which resolved within six months of the accident and she had returned to most, if not all of her pre-accident activities…
Grewal v. Peel Mutual Insurance Company, 2021 CanLII 111183 (ON LAT)
In this case, the original LAT decision denied the applicant’s motion to add the issue of punitive damages in the amount of $150,000.00. On reconsideration, Adjudicator Mazerolle again denied the applicant’s request…
