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Sonnet Insurance defeats driver's bid to escape Minor Injury Guideline

Sonnet Insurance defeats driver's bid to escape Minor Injury Guideline

A one-page report met a psychologist's testing - and the driver kept driving

Gladys Jalipa Jul 03, 2026
Pembridge must pay accident benefits after omitting psychological report from denial

Pembridge must pay accident benefits after omitting psychological report from denial

The report was sitting in the insurer's own file - and the Tribunal noticed

Tribunal sides with Co-operators, denies accident benefits over gas-pump injury

Tribunal sides with Co-operators, denies accident benefits over gas-pump injury

It came down to a phone, a raised median, and a year of silence

Tribunal rejects Aviva's repayment bid over insured's accident benefits election

Tribunal rejects Aviva's repayment bid over insured's accident benefits election

One election error, one $26,617 clawback demand - and why the tribunal said no

BC tribunal cuts ICBC fault call to 50%, faults both drivers

BC tribunal cuts ICBC fault call to 50%, faults both drivers

Faded lane lines and a missed turn signal unravelled ICBC's full-fault call

Definity must pay accident benefits after priority dispute defence fails

Definity must pay accident benefits after priority dispute defence fails

The one step Definity skipped during a priority dispute - and what it cost the insurer

Co-operators escapes penalty award as tribunal backs its accident benefits denials

Co-operators escapes penalty award as tribunal backs its accident benefits denials

The tribunal reversed some denials - but one finding kept the insurer off the hook

Aviva defeats claimant's bid for occupational therapy planning fees at LAT

Aviva defeats claimant's bid for occupational therapy planning fees at LAT

How an insurer's line-by-line denial of therapy fees held up before the tribunal

LAT reopens catastrophic impairment claim against Intact over res judicata gap

LAT reopens catastrophic impairment claim against Intact over res judicata gap

Why a res judicata win against Intact just came undone at Ontario's LAT

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