Insurance companies use “dirty tricks” and “unethical behavior” to deny legitimate claims and boost their profits, according to a new report released by the American Association for Justice.
The report explains how insurers have:
…endeavored to deny claims, delay payments, confuse consumers with incomprehensible insurance-speak, and retroactively refuse anyone who may cost them money.
The Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia (BIANS) has reestablished its Halifax chapter. I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed to the Board of Directors of BIANS Halifax.
The Brain Injury of Association of Nova Scotia is a non profit association dedicated to providing support for survivors of brain injury and their family members.
Having represented survivors of serious brain injuries for many years, I have personally seen the devastating effects that brain injury can have on victims and their families. I am looking forward to working with my fellow board members to reestablish a successful and active Halifax chapter.
It’s very important for people to understand the certain parameters that revolve around head injuries and TBIs, because blunt force head trauma most certainly isn’t the only way an individual can suffer brain damage.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), traumatic brain injuries are a serious public health concern throughout the United States and beyond, and this includes statistical gathering of concussion and mild TBI patients.
Our traumatic brain injury information page will provide you with more information pertaining to TBIs their common causes. Although this page is about how it’s not necessary to endure head trauma, it’s still important to understand the symptoms and causes of traumatic brain injuries on a grand scale, including:
“I wasn’t knocked out. How could I have a brain injury?”
I get asked that question a lot. Some people still think that it is still necessary to suffer a loss of consciousness (be knocked out) in order to suffer a brain injury. I would say that the number 1 myth about brain injuries is that you can only suffer a brain injury if you have been knocked unconscious.
Concussion = Brain Injury
Provincial health authorities in Quebec have announced a recall of three brands of cheese after one person died and 87 people became sick from salmonella food poisoning.
The recall has increased the hysteria surrounding the Maple Leaf Foods listeria recall.
I have seen at least three media reports incorrectly linking the cheese recall with listeria. See here and here, for examples.
Maple Leaf Foods Recall
Last week Maple Leaf Foods announced a voluntary recall of meat products produced at their packing plant in Toronto, Ontario as a result of several cases of illness and death linked to food products contaminated with Listeriosis.
Media Frenzy
Brogan Not Guilty of Impaired Driving Causing Death
Last week Patrick Brogan was found not guilty of criminal negligence and impaired driving causing the death of 6 year old Joshua Penny. Judge Anne Derrick acquitted Mr. Brogan of the criminal charges even though he had already pleaded guilty to impaired driving and the uncontested facts were that Brogan was driving the car that hit and killed Josh Penny.
How Could This Happen?
“Minor Injury” claims from Nova Scotia Car Accidents
I get the calls all the time: The client had a car accident in Nova Scotia. It wasn’t their fault. They have been injured. They have not been able to work for months. But the other driver’s insurance company says they have a “Minor Injury”. The insurance company says the client is only entitled to $2500.00 for their pain and suffering.
So they call me and ask: “That can’t be right, is it? That’s just not fair!”
Two years ago the province of Nova Scotia passed strict new rules for all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) supposedly to protect children from injury.
Rule Ban Children From Riding ATV’s
The Off-highway Vehicles Act bans children under 14 from riding ATVs anywhere except on a closed course.
A diet supplement used by bodybuilders called 6-OXO and 1-AD can trigger seizures and blood clots in the brain that can lead to lasting disability according to a warning issued today by Health Canada.
