Winter Driving Myths
Click on the title above to check out this recent Toronto Star Wheels section article that discusses the 5 most common winter driving myths....
Continue readingClick on the title above to check out this recent Toronto Star Wheels section article that discusses the 5 most common winter driving myths....
Continue readingIn Security National Insurance Company v. Markel Insurance Company, 2012 ONCA 683 (CanLII), the Ontario Court of Appeal considered the appeals of two decisions of the Superior Court of Justice interpreting s. 66(1) of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule - Accidents on or after November 1, 1996, O. Reg. 403/96 (“SABS”), enacted pursuant to the Insurance Act (the “Act”). Section 66(1) deems certain persons to be named insureds for the purposes of s. 268(2) of the Act, which affects the priority in which insurers are to pay statutory accident benefits under s. 268 of the Act. Section 66, “Company Automobiles and...
Continue readingPlease take a look at this recent Toronto Star article, which provides some useful information for Ontario drivers on dealing with winter road conditions including black ice. The techniques set out in the article can help prevent collisions leading to serious and catastrophic injuries....
Continue readingIn Martin v. Fleming, 2012 ONCA 750, a decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario released on November 5, 2012, the Court interpreted section 267.5(7) of Ontario's Insurance Act, which stipulates that certain amounts are to be deducted from non-pecuniary damage awards (pain and suffering) for bodily injury or death arising directly or indirectly from the use or operation of a motor vehicle. On a motion to determine a point of law, Justice Herman of the Superior Court of Justice ruled that where a plaintiff has been involved in two accidents and the actions are tried together to facilitate the assessment of...
Continue readingAs Environment Canada is predicting some harsh weather conditions for Ontario, please check out this recent Toronto Star Article that provides some helpful tips for driving in extreme weather such as snow storms and high winds....
Continue readingAs fall approaches, drivers should prepare for changing conditions that can make navigating the roads in Ontario more difficult. Changes in temperature and lighting and the presence of certain obstacles on the roads are issues that drivers need to consider. Please click on the above link to a helpful Toronto Star article which provides ten tips for autumn driving....
Continue readingThe Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has announced that they will provide an additional 1600 decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada on their website meaning that users will now have access to over 9,000 decision of the Court dating back to 1907. Currently, there are approximately 1 million court and tribunal decisions available on CanLII and this is growing at a rate of about 2,000 per week. This is obviously great news for the public who should have free online access to all published court and tribunal decisions. While CanLII possesses a tremendous collection of decisions, the most comprehensive databases...
Continue readingAccording to a recent Toronto Star article, Highway 401 is statistically the safest multi-lane roadway system in North America. The article cites the latest data from Ontario's Ministry of Transportation indicating that the highway's fatality rate of .62 per 10,000 licensed drivers is the lowest ever recorded in Ontario and the lowest in North America. The Ministry of Transportation identified the following three areas of Highway 401 as having the highest collision rates on the highway: (1) the six km section from Dixie Road to Mavis Road; (2) the 34 km portion from Neilson Road to Highway 427; and (3) the four km stretch...
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