Comments on: Supreme Court denies equality claimants leave to appeal insurance cap http://ablawg.ca/2009/12/17/supreme-court-denies-equality-claimants-leave-to-appeal-insurance-cap/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jennifer Koshan http://ablawg.ca/2009/12/17/supreme-court-denies-equality-claimants-leave-to-appeal-insurance-cap/#comment-78998 Jennifer Koshan Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:21:30 +0000 http://ablawg.ca/2009/12/17/supreme-court-denies-equality-claimants-leave-to-appeal-insurance-cap/#comment-78998 An ABlawg reader noted the significance of the third member of the panel on the leave decision - Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein. Justice Rothstein was, of course, the author of the Supreme Court's decision in Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v. Canada, 2009 SCC 9, noted in my post above. Also, Jonnette Watson Hamilton passed along a news item from December 17 reporting that Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter plans to remove the $2,500 cap on damages for motor vehicle accident victims who suffer soft-tissue injuries, even though Nova Scotia's law was upheld by their Court of Appeal following a Charter challenge. See http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/12/17/ns-dexter-insurance-payout.html. An ABlawg reader noted the significance of the third member of the panel on the leave decision - Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein. Justice Rothstein was, of course, the author of the Supreme Court’s decision in Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v. Canada, 2009 SCC 9, noted in my post above.

Also, Jonnette Watson Hamilton passed along a news item from December 17 reporting that Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter plans to remove the $2,500 cap on damages for motor vehicle accident victims who suffer soft-tissue injuries, even though Nova Scotia’s law was upheld by their Court of Appeal following a Charter challenge. See http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/12/17/ns-dexter-insurance-payout.html.

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