LAT Case Law Summaries

Thomas Gold Pettingill LLP is pleased to provide this online resource to our clients. Below is a searchable database of the publicly released decisions from the Licence Appeal Tribunal. Assembled by the accident benefits group, the decisions are reviewed, briefly summarized, and categorized for easy access.

As of March 2020, we will not include any further decisions focused solely on the Minor Injury Guideline or treatment plans, unless the case may have broader applicability.

May 27, 2020

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K.P. v. CUMIS General Insurance (18-001556)

The claimant applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to pre- and post-104 IRBs, psychological treatment, and physical treatment. Adjudicator Letourneau found that, due chiefly to the pain management needs of the claimant and the diagnoses presented by treating practitioners, the claimant was entitled to the medical benefits in dispute. The claimant was not entitled to...

May 27, 2020

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M.A. v. Unifund Assurance Company (19-000209)

The claimant applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to pre- and post-104 IRBs, psychological treatment, and physiotherapy treatment. Adjudicator Go found that the claimant was entitled to pre-104 IRBs only. Adjudicator Go noted that although the claimant was taking anti-depression medication, she had failed to complete all her sessions with a social worker, she had...

May 27, 2020

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C.P. v. Aviva General Insurance (19-002331)

The claimant applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to a chronic pain assessment and physiotherapy treatment. The insurer sought a determination that the claimant was barred from proceeding to the LAT on the basis that she failed to attend s. 44 assessments. Adjudicator Grant found that the claimant failed to attend s. 44 assessments on...

May 27, 2020

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G.S. v. Western Assurance Company (19-003626)

The claimant applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to occupational therapy services proposed in one treatment plan. Causation was an issue at the hearing. The insurer submitted that the claimant's concussion symptoms were caused by documented pre- and/or post-accident incidents, and not caused by the subject accident. The claimant submitted that the pre-accident incident, the...

May 27, 2020

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D.M. v. Aviva Insurance Company (17-006525)

This is a re-hearing decision heard in writing after the insurer made a request for reconsideration on the basis that the LAT made significant errors of fact and law in the initial hearing decision. The issue was whether post-accident money received by the claimant was a gift or income that was deductible from IRB payments....

May 27, 2020

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J.R. v. Aviva General Insurance Company (19-007539)

The insurer filed a request for reconsideration of a motion decision extending the time for exchange of documents and the production of log notes. Pursuant to the amended rule 18.1 of the Common Rules of Practice and Procedure, Associate Chair Jovanovic dismissed the request for reconsideration as it was in regard to a decision that...

May 27, 2020

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T.B. v. Echelon General Insurance Company (19-001347)

The claimant sought a determination that she suffered a catastrophic impairment due to a Class 4 Marked Impairment in either concentration, persistence, and pace, or adaptation. Adjudicator Ferguson held that the claimant did not satisfy the criteria to meet a Class 4 marked impairment in either category. While the claimant did suffer mental impairments as...

May 27, 2020

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A.W.A. v. Certas Home and Auto Insurance (18-007207)

The claimant sought entitlement to IRBs, a series of catastrophic impairment assessments, and further physiotherapy. Adjudicator Gosio awarded IRBs up to the 104 week mark, but denied the remainder of the claims. The claimant worked as a machine operator, and his chronic neck pain inhibited his work. The claimant did not submit any evidence that...

May 27, 2020

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K.H. v. The Personal Insurance Company (18-009077)

The claimant sought entitlement to $26,000 in catastrophic impairment assessments. Adjudicator Ferguson concluded that none of the proposed assessments were reasonable. The claimant had very few visits to his family physician, and very little treatment; he did not use any prescription medications; there were no neurological impairments; he attended the gym; his mood was "okay";...

May 26, 2020

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C.B. v. Intact Insurance Company (18-011003)

The claimant was involved in an incident when she was shovelling her parking spot, which led to physical injuries. She applied to the insurer for accident benefits. The insurer denied payment of benefits on the basis that the incident did not fall under the definition of "accident" in the SABS. The incident was described as...

May 25, 2020

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N.F. v. Certas Direct Insurance Company (19-004334)

The claimant's adult son was killed in a motor vehicle accident. The claimant's son was a listed driver on the insurance policy of the motorcycle he was riding at the time of the accident. The named insured on the policy was a friend of the claimant's son. The claimant was the registered owner of the...

May 25, 2020

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J.A. v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada (18-002124)

The insurer sought reconsideration of the Tribunal's decision awarding $10,500 for the cost of catastrophic impairment assessments. Adjudicator Boyce denied the reconsideration request. He concluded that the proposed assessments were not "rebuttal reports" because it was the claimant's first set of catastrophic impairment assessments (the insurer had conducted earlier IEs, but that did not make...

May 22, 2020

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J.S. v. Aviva General Insurance (18-012528)

The claimant applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to a variety of assessments and chiropractic treatment. Adjudicator Maleki-Yazdi found that three assessments and one of three treatment plans proposing chiropractic treatment were reasonable and necessary. The denied treatment plans were considered to be duplicative treatment. An attendant care assessment was found to be reasonable and...

May 21, 2020

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A.A. v. Unifund Assurance Company (18-008999)

The claimant had previously been deemed catastrophically impaired. She applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to ACBs, medical benefits that had been denied prior to her being deemed catastrophically impaired, and medical benefits that had been denied after she was declared catastrophically impaired. Adjudicator Punyarthi found that the claimant was entitled to ACBs, but based...

May 21, 2020

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L.C. v. Aviva Insurance Canada (19-005482)

The claimant applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to NEBs. Her submissions did not provide a detailed comparison of pre- and post-accident activities and functional abilities. Adjudicator Grant found that the claimant did not suffer a complete inability to carry on a normal life as a result of the accident, and was not entitled to...

May 21, 2020

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Unica Insurance Inc. v. K.B. (19-006165)

The claimant had been paid ACBs by the insurer based on the alleged economic loss sustained by his mother, who was seeking employment at the time of the accident. In an earlier decision by the Tribunal, it was held that the mother did not suffer an economic loss. The insurer then sought repayment of $19,170.90...

May 21, 2020

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A.A. v. Unifund Assurance Company (18-008999)

The claimant had previously been deemed catastrophically impaired. She applied to the LAT seeking entitlement to ACBs, medical benefits that had been denied prior to her being deemed catastrophically impaired, and medical benefits that had been denied after she was declared catastrophically impaired. Adjudicator Punyarthi found that the claimant was entitled to ACBs, but based...

May 20, 2020

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K.R. v. Certas Direct Insurance Company (19-003237)

The claimant sought payment of $11,865 for hockey training. The claimant had been actively engage in competitive hockey, and sought to regain physical strength and skill to return to pursue her goal of playing NCAA hockey. Adjudicator Parish dismissed the claim. She held that the claimant failed to comply with section 38(2) by incurring the...

May 20, 2020

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W.R. v. Aviva Insurance Company (19-000791)

The insured died while in his vehicle due to a suicide, in which he poured gasoline in his vehicle and set it on fire using the car's cigarette lighter and a doused dishtowel. The claimant (the insured's wife) sought death benefits and funeral benefits. Adjudicator Farlam held that the death was not a result of...

May 19, 2020

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L.M. v Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance Company (19-004596)

The claimant disputed her entitlement to attendant care benefits and various medical benefits. Adjudicator Boyce determined that the claimant was not entitled to ACBs for the period in dispute, as they are not reasonable and necessary and the claimant did not provide evidence that the services were incurred. The claimant offered no evidence or substantive...

May 19, 2020

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L.R. v Economical Mutual Insurance Company (19-005496)

The claimant sought entitlement to a special award, taking the position that the insurer unreasonably delayed the payment of a treatment plan for physiotherapy services because the insurer approved the treatment plan after submission of the LAT Application. The claimant did not make any submissions or provide any evidence in support for an award, as...

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