Uphill battle
Thursday, September 10, 2015 @ 8:00 PM | By Darryl Singer
Unlike other types of litigation in Ontario, personal injury actions arising from motor vehicle accidents are stacked against plaintiffs from the beginning. Sections 267.5(5) and (7) of the Insurance Act, coupled with ss. 4.1 and 4.2 of Ontario Regulation 461/96, work to minimize the risk that insurance companies for the at-fault driver will have to pay out for injured victims in tort claims. Here are five ways that plaintiffs face an uphill battle from the get-go.
Statutory threshold
Merely being injured in an accident caused by...
Statutory threshold
Merely being injured in an accident caused by...
