Sarvnaz Raissi

The Applicant sought statutory accident benefits following a motor vehicle accident.

After her legal representative was removed from the record at an earlier appearance, the Applicant failed to appear at the rescheduled arbitration hearing.

The Arbitrator dismissed the application for benefits because the Applicant failed to meet her burden of proof.

The Applicant was ordered to pay $700 in expenses to the Insurer.

The applicant's representative brought a motion to be removed as counsel of record in a statutory accident benefits arbitration.

The representative had been unable to contact the applicant for several months despite multiple letters and telephone calls.

The arbitrator found that the applicant was properly served with the motion and that there had been a breakdown of communication.

The motion was granted and the representative was removed from the record.