Ontario’s provinical government has introduced legislation to reduce the prejudgment interest rate for pain and suffering damages in car acidents from 5% to 1.3%. This is yet another step that will have the effect of taking money from...
The celebrated Spanish artist Pablo Picasso did not believe in accidents and said, “There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents”. Although Picasso was speaking in the abstract, his words do resonate in the context of motor vehicle accidents....
Every year thousands of Ontario drivers and passengers end up with serious impairments following motor vehicle accidents. Some of those impairments will be catastrophic, even if the original injuries were not. Regulations under Ontario’s Insurance Act define...