Sentences with phrase «defence medical examinations»

The Administrator's lawyer may require you to attend one or more Defence Medical Examinations.

Obtained an order compelling the plaintiff to attend defence medical examinations without video recording.

After the Questioning has been completed, as well as any defence medical examinations and independent medical examinations, it is common for the parties to exchange settlement proposals.

There have been a number of expert reports tendered by the claimant, and two defence medical examinations done by agreement by Dr. Sovio, an orthopedic surgeon, and Dr. Dahi, a psychiatrist.

This case provides an important re-statement of the law surrounding requests for further defence medical examinations and rebuts the common presumption of defence counsel that defendants are permitted to obtain defence medical report (s) in the same medical specialty to respond to report (s) served by the plaintiff, irrespective of what reports they have already served.

Having been served with the plaintiff's reports, at the request of the defendants, the plaintiff underwent two defence medical examinations.

This was application to have the claimant attend a defence medical examination with a rheumatologist, Dr. Wade in relation to a car accident injury claim.

Where the request is for the examination of the plaintiff by a person who is not a health practitioner, such as a rehabilitation expert, the defendant must demonstrate that the proposed examination is necessary as a diagnostic aid to the health practitioner who is conducting the defence medical examination;

Between the time of the commencement of the action and September 2006, pleadings were exchanged, some discovery sessions were held, a defence medical examination was completed and various documents were produced.

Argued and obtained adjournment of impending trial date and an order compelling the plaintiff's attendance at a defence medical examination.

Not exact matches

At least the court revised the insurer's proposed terms to circumscribe the obligation in these terms: «The defence insurer shall be entitled to require the claimant to undergo medical examination at its request upon reasonable notice being given to the claimant at any time during the claimant's lifetime, such medical examinations to be limited to obtaining a medical opinion as to the claimant's general health in order to obtain a quotation for the purchase cost of an annuity to fund the periodical payments and / or (not more frequently than once every seven years) for the express purposes of reviewing its reserve.

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)

The tort claim process typically includes the following steps: • Investigation of the accident and evidence gathering / review (medical reports, witness statements, etc.) • Expert assessment of the needs and damages of the injured party • Provide an official statement of claim • Receive statement of defence • Prepare, submit, and receive affidavits of documents for all parties involved • Attend examinations for discovery with your lawyer • Attempt to settle the tort claim out of court by negotiating, mediating, or engaging in pre-trial measures • Trial

Defence counsel will likely have less medical examinations from SABS to rely upon in tort claims.

Earlier this month I discussed a case dismissing a defence application for an «independent» medical exam where the Plaintiff already attended an ICBC arranged medical examination.

No defence medical evidence was called, instead, the defence relied on their lawyer's cross examination of the Plaintiff experts.

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