JD Supra

Commonwealth Court Holds That a Claimant Who Was Struck by a Car While Crossing the Street During an Unpaid Break Was in the Course and Scope of Employment

This case involved a claim petition filed by a claimant who sustained injuries after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the street in front of the employer’s premises. The employer denied the ...
Insurance Business America

Intact Insurance defeats claimant's chronic pain bid under minor injury guideline

An Ontario tribunal has kept a claimant capped under the province's $3,500 minor injury guideline, rejecting three separate ...
Insurance Business America

Belair Insurance defeats claimant's minor injury and non-earner benefit bid

Belair Insurance has defeated a claimant's bid to escape Ontario's $3,500 minor injury cap and secure a non-earner benefit. The claimant was injured on August 17, 2023, when another vehicle merged ...
lawgazette.co.uk

Part 36 benefits denied after claimant's 'perilously close' offer

Another claimant has been denied the Part 36 benefits of beating their own offer after the court decided it was not a legitimate attempt to settle. Stephen Houseman KC, sitting as a judge of the High ...
lawgazette.co.uk

Absent claimant represented by solicitor 'appeared' at hearing, CoA rules

A claimant did not have to be physically present at their hearing to have ‘appeared’, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In Owen v Black Horse Ltd Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing found that the ‘essential ...