The claimant disputed entitled to 7 treatment plans for chiropractic treatment. The insurer argued that the claimant had filed his submissions two and half months late and requested that the submissions be excluded in their entirety, and sought costs. Adjudicator Grant noted that excluding the claimant’s submissions in their entirety would be severely prejudicial to the claimant and would lead to an unfair result. Adjudicator Grant further noted that although the submissions were submitted well beyond the deadline, the insurer was able to submit a response which appeared to address all of the issue in dispute, and that any prejudice suffered by the insurer would be minimal. Adjudicator Grant ruled that the disputed treatment plans for further chiropractic treatments were not reasonable or necessary. He noted that nowhere in the claimant’s submissions did his treating doctors recommend further chiropractic treatments. Adjudicator Grant awarded the insurer $300 in costs for the claimant’s late filing of submissions, reasoning that the award would deter and prevent such behaviour in the future.
