The claimant was deemed catastrophically impaired, and sought entitlement to attendant care benefits which were denied by the insurer on the basis that the claimant’s alleged service provider, his wife, did not meet the requirements for a provider under the SABS and did not incur an economic loss. The claimant’s wife was laid off by her employer as a result of the company’s bankruptcy prior to the accident. The claimant argued that but for the accident, his wife would have returned to work but could not due to her having to provide attendant care to the claimant. Adjudicator Boyce found that the claimant was not entitled to attendant care benefits for the period in dispute. The 39 invoices provided in support of the claim were identical and void of details of the expenses allegedly incurred in providing care, with no mention of how many hours of attendant care the claimant’s wife provided on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Adjudicator Boyce stated that without this information, it was difficult to analyze what the claimant’s wife did, for how long she did it, and what economic loss she incurred as a result.
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