Catastrophic Accident & Impairment
Everyone injured in a motor vehicle accident has, according to Ontario law, access to no-fault accident benefits. These benefits go to fund medical care and rehabilitative therapies, and to cover various other losses, for example income replacement if a claimant is unable to work due to injuries.
Catastrophic Injury Settlements
Accident benefits come in three sizes: the Minor Injury Guideline amounts; the non-Catastrophic amount; and, in the case of ‘Catastrophic Impairment’, an amount that is far greater, recognising the far greater needs of certain claimants. Designation of a claimant as ‘catastrophically impaired’ is made according to various criteria; not surprisingly, insurance companies are careful not to make large amounts of benefit available to those who are not so badly hurt.
Find a Catastrophic Injury Lawyer
The catastrophic injury lawyers at Sue Chen Lawyers have been through hundreds of disputes with insurance companies over the question of catastrophic designation.