Obviously no one can sue a deer or a moose for causing the accident. However, a driver injured by a moose or deer can still access statutory accident benefits from his or her own auto insurance policy.
On April 11, 2018, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) released a revised Attendant Care Hourly Rate Guideline and a clarification as related to the Professional Services Fee Guideline. […]
When a person is injured, family members spring into action and rally around to help out in any way they can. Visiting a loved one in the hospital or at home following an accident is simply an automatic reaction for most of us. However, there are often costs associated with visiting our loved ones and, if the loved one was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario, those costs are recoverable from the injured person’s auto insurance company.
This article summarizes the various ways in which the SABS deals with children and takes a look at how the proposed changes to the definition of catastrophic impairment may affect children.
Catastrophic impairment is a designation that you can apply for if you are injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario. If your car insurance company accepts that you are catastrophically impaired it greatly increases the amount of medical, rehabilitation and attendant care benefits that are available to you.
The definition of a “minor injury” is intentionally restrictive. The “Minor Injury Guideline” (the “MIG”) was implemented in 2010 by the Ontario government in an effort to stop insurance rates from rising.