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 also has been teaching at Mohawk College since the inception of the paralegal program in 2014 and teaches Legal Research and Writing, Statutory Accident Benefits and Tribunals Practice and Procedure. She is received her LL.M at Osgoode Hall Law School, and she is a member of the Hamilton Law Association and Ontario Trial Lawyer's Association.
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…
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…
In this case, the Applicant sought judicial review of a Licence Appeal Tribunal decision and reconsideration barring him from proceeding with an appeal to the LAT due to his failure to attend insurer examinations for catastrophic impairment. The issue before the Divisional Court was whether the Applicant could proceed to judicial review given he had not exhausted his right to appeal…
Hearing loss results in two marked impairments and entitlement to non-earner benefits despite return to work.
