by Suzanne Armstrong | Nov 2, 2025 | Accident Benefits
The Licence Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”) released a steady stream of decisions addressing catastrophic impairment claims under Criterion 8, which concerns mental or behavioural disorders under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule1. A review of decisions for the period...
by Suzanne Armstrong | Sep 4, 2019 | Cyber and Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New York Attorney General announced today that YouTube and Google will pay a record setting $170 million dollars to settle allegations of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rules. The settlement comes...
by Suzanne Armstrong | Mar 13, 2019 | Accident Benefits
A recent decision of the Divisional Court has confirmed that the ‘but for’ test was the correct causation test to be applied in accident benefit cases. In Sabadash v. State Farm et al, prior to the subject accident in March 2011, Mr. Sabadash had a pre-accident...
by Suzanne Armstrong | Mar 13, 2018 | Disability
In the recent decision of Wiles v. Sun Life, the Ontario Superior Court allowed a summary judgment motion by Sun Life, finding that the conduct of the plaintiff did not justify granting relief from forfeiture. The plaintiff was an employee of Spaenaur, who was...
