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Arbitration proceeding for accident benefits dismissed as vexatious after the applicant abandoned the case.
The applicant applied for statutory accident benefits following a motor vehicle accident.
After the applicant failed to attend two scheduled pre-hearings and his counsel withdrew from the record, the insurer requested that the proceeding be dismissed.
The arbitrator found that the applicant had effectively abandoned his case and dismissed the proceeding as vexatious pursuant to Rule 68.1 of the Dispute Resolution Practice Code.