The Supreme Court refuses to hear most of the cases brought to it -- the refusal is often motivated more by time constraints than anything else. That said, if leave is granted the case takes on tremendous importance.
Supreme Court denies paralyzed Tory MP's appeal
The Supreme Court refused Thursday to hear an appeal in the case of a paralyzed Tory MP who was suing Manitoba's public insurer.
Manitoba MP Stephen Fletcher — who was paralyzed from the neck down in a 1996 accident when his car hit a moose — was suing the Manitoba Public Insurance Corp. for more compensation.
The public insurer provides $3,000 a month in such cases but Fletcher's lawyer said his client's 24-hour care requires $100,000 a year.
The Manitoba courts had refused to hear his appeal.
The ruling by the Supreme Court, which did not provide reasons for its decision, ends the case.
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if leave is granted the case takes on tremendous importance.
And that is exactly why the SCC won't take it on, not because it is time-consuming, please. Harper rules ya know. No looking at structural deficits to the disabled, good god no. Not allowed!
Canadian law and government has a history of favoring the insurance industry. The legal community isn't particularly competent in representing injured parties, and all I can say in summary is for those who have suffered debilitating injuries, the most they can look forward to, is to die quietly in their sleep.
All law aside, MPI has been sending out "refunds" every year for the last 3 at least, to clients because there is money "leftover". BUT, if you suffer catastrophic injuries, your goose is really cooked -- why on earth send back the "extra" and then stiff the people who need it? A single Mom is going to lose her kids because she can't hire care for them and have it covered by MPI. The court should have heard this case...
Will Fletcher call himself a "special interest group", and hope Harper cuts services for people in his predicament? Maybe some help will trickle down from the private sector...
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