If an insurer fails to comply with the notice requirements at section 38(8) of the SABS, the relief in section 38(11) is mandatory and the insurer is prohibited from making a MIG determination on the applicant’s claim.

LAT deems spinal cord injury caused by parked car to be an “accident” for purposes of SABS.

The Court of Appeal orders a new trial after finding the trial judge failed his gatekeeper duties in allowing Dr. Monte Bail’s testimony.

Where an expert has retained separate legal counsel to assist with the preparation of a report or affidavit, the expert will not be required to produce drafts or copies of communications between the expert and his or her counsel. However, the expert will be required to produce drafts and correspondence if there is a factual basis for the reasonable suspicion that counsel has improperly influenced the expert.

After an action has been set down for trial, leave to conduct a further examination for discovery will be granted when there has been a “substantial or unexpected change in circumstances.” The plaintiff’s deterioration in health and subsequent surgery, if reasonable extensions of injuries present prior to setting the action down, will not satisfy this test.

On reconsideration, the executive chair found that attendant care benefits were payable on an ongoing basis