Cases highlight need to break down statutory benefits
Thursday, September 08, 2016 @ 8:00 PM | By Leonard Kunka
Two recent decisions by the Ontario Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario provide a sobering reminder of the necessity of providing clear and unequivocal breakdowns of the amounts received for Statutory Accident Benefits (SABS), including any lump sum settlements.
A similar clear set of jury questions which separates each head of damage into past and also future losses in the tort claim must be provided to allow a judge to reduce the trial award by the corresponding statutory accident benefits, on a benefit-by-benefit...
A similar clear set of jury questions which separates each head of damage into past and also future losses in the tort claim must be provided to allow a judge to reduce the trial award by the corresponding statutory accident benefits, on a benefit-by-benefit...
