The applicant was involved in a motor vehicle collision on October 6, 2018. He was deemed catastrophically impaired due to being rendered a paraplegic as a result of the collision.
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.
Shahin (21-002418) v. Intact, 2023 CanLII 13155
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Zeledon (20-006269) v. Aviva Insurance Company, 2022 CanLII 124642 (ON LAT)
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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?
