Insurance Law: Automobile and Workplace Safety

Students will examine the legal principles, frameworks, evidentiary requirements, and processes and procedures for two areas of insurance law, motor vehicle accidents and workplace accidents. Students will examine the role of paralegals in insurance law when engaged in the formal claims process, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and the appellate role of tribunals. For automobile insurance in Ontario, students will explore Statutory Accident Benefits and dispute resolution system through the Automobile Accident Benefits Service (AABS), a division of the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT). For workplace accidents, students will examine the jurisdiction and procedures of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board with respect to claims eligibility, available benefits and appeals to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeal Tribunal.