Everyone experiences pain. When you get a paper cut, for example, it hurts, and this is a normal response from your nervous system, which alerts you to the injury so that you can tend to it. This typical experience of pain is called acute pain.
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Zeledon (20-006269) v. Aviva Insurance Company, 2022 CanLII 124642 (ON LAT)
In this case, a formal diagnosis of chronic pain was not required for removal from the MIG.
How OTs Help Injured Parties in Pain Management
The treatment and management of chronic pain is complex. Part of the reason for this complexity is that the pain experience is deeply personal. Simply put, everyone experiences pain differently. Remarkably, our thoughts and feelings can affect our body’s chemistry and our response to pain.
Stewart v. Allan et al, 2022 ONSC 2082
Court orders production of expert’s and assessment centre’s records despite defence’s claim of litigation privilege.
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…
A Look Into How an Adjudicator is Trained at the LAT
Guest Author: Laura Dickson, Lamont Law In 2018, the independence of the adjudicators and decision-making process was called into question by the Divisional Court. The Divisional Court in Shuttleworth found that, although some outside influence on reason writing was considered permissible, the Court held that there ought to be an institutional consultation procedure in place to safeguard the independence of the decision-maker. The Ontario Court …