Dr. Michael Clement Hall

The applicant was injured in a motor vehicle accident and received statutory accident benefits until May 1992.

He sought further weekly benefits, rehabilitation expenses, and a special award.

The arbitrator found the applicant lacked credibility and that he was substantially able to perform his essential tasks after May 1992, dismissing the claim for ongoing weekly benefits.

Furthermore, the arbitrator found the applicant had attended school full-time between January and May 1992, precluding him from receiving benefits during that period, and ordered him to repay the benefits received.

The insurer was ordered to pay an outstanding rehabilitation account that had been pre-approved.

The insurer was also awarded $500 because the applicant's conduct unreasonably prolonged the proceedings and parts of the claim were without merit.

The applicant was injured in a motor vehicle accident and received weekly income benefits until the insurer terminated them.

She applied for arbitration, claiming ongoing weekly income benefits and reimbursement for various medical, rehabilitation, and care expenses.

The arbitrator found that the applicant suffered from chronic pain resulting from the accident, which substantially disabled her from performing the essential tasks of her employment as a laboratory manager until August 14, 1992.

After that date, surveillance evidence and functional capacity evaluations demonstrated she was no longer substantially disabled.

The arbitrator awarded weekly income benefits for the closed period, along with specific supplementary medical, rehabilitation, and care expenses, and arbitration expenses.

The applicant, a high school student who worked part-time and intended to work full-time over the summer, was injured in a motor vehicle accident.

She received weekly income benefits until January 1991 but claimed ongoing entitlement until August 1991, arguing that her injuries prevented her from working while attending school.

The arbitrator found that while the applicant continued to experience pain and headaches, her injuries did not cause a substantial inability to perform the essential tasks of her sedentary clerical employment, especially given her successful completion of high school and university courses during the same period.

The claim for ongoing weekly income benefits was dismissed.

However, the insurer was ordered to pay $250 for a medical report that was instrumental in resolving a dispute over the continuation of the applicant's physiotherapy treatments.