** The NEW Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) has been Released **

For a summary of the changes to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) and to the following Regulations, click here.

Below is a comprehensive list of the new Regulations:

• Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule - Effective September 1, 2010 
• Automobile Insurance
• Disputes Between Insurers
• Prescribed Information for the Purposed of Section 101.0 of the Act
• Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule - Accidents on or after November 1, 1996
• Statutory Conditions - Automobile Insurance
• Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices

To review the information from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario regarding the changes to Automobile Insurance Regulations, click here.

Thomson, Rogers is conducting several must-attend Full-Day Conferences explaining the new SABS.

If you are a health care professional, what will Ontario's new Automobile Legislation mean to you?

This conference will help you:

We are pleased to advise that on February 8, 2010, Justice Strathy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the Permax class action as a class proceeding. The Certification Order establishes a "Negotiation Process" for eligible class members. We are encouraging eligible class members to participate in the Negotiation Process.

by Sybil Edmonds

Published in BIST Beacon - Volume 4, Issue 2

The Minister of Finance in Ontario has recommended changes to the Insurance Act of Ontario, which will negatively affect people living with acquired brain injuries (ABI), according to care providers familiar with the changes.

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MEETING: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Glencoe District High School (Cafeteria)
3581 Concession Drive, Glencoe, ON

Thomson, Rogers is hosting a meeting of class members in the cafeteria of the Glencoe District High School, on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to provide class members with information on the status of the FMFS litigation.

The Toronto Accessible Sports Council (TASC) is one of six Community Sport Councils of the Toronto Sports Council. The vision of TASC is to unite disability organizations across the city that provide sport and active living opportunities for people with physical disabilities to share resources, collaborate in program planning and delivery, and create a stronger unified voice for athletes with a disability in Toronto.

Please take a look at the 2010 Winter programs and the upcoming Spring and Summer programs. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Trish or Danielle at tasc@toronto.ca or call 416-392-1814. 

On March 11, 2005, Kalika Webb, who then had just turned 17, was a backseat passenger in a car whose driver failed to negotiate a left-hand curve in the roadway resulting in a crash that caused catastrophic injuries to Kalika.

Thomson, Rogers is pleased to announce that the following lawyers at our firm have been selected by their peers to be published in the directory as leading practitioners:

• Roger T. Beaman - Property Developement
   
• L. Craig Brown - Personal Injury
   
• Desmond H. Dixon - Medical Negligence (Plaintiff)
   
• Richard C. Halpern - Medical Negligence (Plaintiff)
   
• Kenneth E. Howie, QC - Medical Negligence, (Plaintiff), Personal Injury
   
• Lawrence H. Mandel, QC - Medical Negligence (Plaintiff), Personal Injury
   
• Sloan H. Mandel - Medical Negligence (Plaintiff)
   
• Patrick D. Schmidt - Family

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON

The focus of this seminar will be on wellness and health promotion to minimize incidence of health complications in people with spinal cord injuries. Speakers are Dr. Cathy Craven and Dr. Sander L. Hitzig and John Shepard. For more information please contact Karen Lepper, CPA Ontario, at 1-877-422-1112 ext. 227.

On March 2, 2003, Donald Greer’s life tragically changed forever when he was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident on an icy highway near Hamilton.  Mr. Greer was catastrophically brain-injured in the collision and retained Thomson, Rogers.

Published in The Lawyers Weekly on December 18, 2009

Most car owners will have reduced basic auto insurance coverage and, as a result, many seriously injured accident victims will end up with access to significantly diluted protection. 

>> Click here for full article

Thomson, Rogers is pleased to announce that the following lawyers from our firm were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC.):

L. Craig Brown - Personal Injury Litigation

Richard C. Halpern - Personal Injury Litigation

Leonard H. Kunka - Personal Injury Litigation

Sloan H. Mandel - Personal Injury Litigation

David R. Neill - Personal Injury Litigation

David R. Tenszen - Personal Injury Litigation

In this issue: 

• "Special Survivors Edition"
• Making a Difference in Home Health Care
• Repairing the Catastrophic Impairment GCS Test
• Vehicle Modification and Purchase
• About Attendant Care with Martha Binstock

According to media reports, on Monday, November 2, 2009 the Ontario Minister of Finance will announce changes to the Ontario Automobile Insurance Legislation and to the Ontario Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule in response to the five year review by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario.

According to initial media reports, the changes will reduce the basic motor vehicle policy coverage in an attempt to lower premiums.

Richard Halpern, Denny Dixon, and Aleks Mladenovic have successfully won a medical malpractice lawsuit against doctors and nurses responsible for the cerebral palsy of a child asphyxiated due to a delay in performing a Caesarean section.

October 20, 2009

In a decision released October 20, 2009, Justice Morawetz of the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) ruled that the millions of dollars in Pooled Fund Securities managed by the bankrupt, Farm Mutual Financial Services Inc. are to be returned to the corporate unitholders.

September 11, 2009

Weekender - Accusation of unlawful decisions regarding the Port Carling boundary expansion were raised.