The applicant, a person under disability, sought court approval for a $225,000 all-inclusive tort settlement arising from a motor vehicle accident.
The court approved the settlement amount as being in the applicant's best interests, given the difficulty in proving causation for a subsequent brain aneurysm.
However, the court found the proposed legal fees of $52,585.35 to be excessive given the lack of complexity and time dockets, reducing the approved fees to $40,000 plus HST, thereby increasing the net recovery for the applicant.
