Disability Claims, Slip and Falls

Don’t Gamble With Your Credibility: How Casino Loyalty Cards Can Betray Your Personal Injury Claim

November 11, 2025

Loyalty programs are great. Most of us participate in one type of loyalty program or another, whether it’s travel points for booking flights or spending money on a credit card….

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Disability Claims

The Rights of Adults with Disabilities: Court of Appeal Allows Class Action Against the Province to Go Ahead

May 30, 2023

Blog by David Derfel and Rachel Weitz Leroux v Ontario, 2023 ONCA 314 A young developmentally disabled woman from Timmins has been given the green light to move forward with…

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Disability Claims

Undiscovered Brain Injury Leads To Questions About Disability Coverage

August 16, 2019

When an injury happens at work, people can turn to the short-term or long-term disability benefits provided by their employers, should they have such policies in place. Some injuries are…

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Disability Claims

Employer’s Requirement to Release Them Of LTD Benefits Deemed Unconscionable

December 28, 2018

It’s comforting to know that long-term disability benefits are available if an accident, injury, or illness prevents someone from working. Unfortunately, the process of applying for and receiving benefits can…

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Disability Claims

Insurance Company Ordered To Pay Special Costs For Bad Faith Behaviour

September 27, 2018

Insurance policies are contracts between insurance companies and the people they insure. In Canada, insurance companies, or insurers, have a legally-established duty of “good faith” towards the people they insure….

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Disability Claims

Stay on LTD Leads To Frustration of Employment Contract

August 16, 2018

Returning to work after an injury can take months, or in some cases, years. Long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits exist to allow employees to take the time needed regain their health…

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