Who Should Bear the Cost of Accident Benefits Disputes?
Injured victims depend on Accident Benefits under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule1 (“SABS”) for income replacement and a variety of healthcare benefits to assist them with their recovery after a motor vehicle accident. Unfortunately, injured victims’ SABS benefits are often denied by insurers, and injured people are faced with the expense of disputing those denied benefits. There are many reasons someone injured in a motor vehicle accident may need to dispute a denied SABS benefit at the Licence Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”). One legal reason is that section 267.8 of the Insurance Act2 permits the at fault party (i.e. tort defendant) to [...]













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