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1990: Big debates on
no-fault, public auto
insurance.
1993: $8.5-million
award to John Stein for
hockey injury.
1994: Settlement in
Anderson v. North Blein-
hem allows for benefit
payments over time.
1995: Bill 164 lowers in-
jury threshold, raises re-
habilitative treatment.
1996: New law to rein-
state right to sue.
1997: Social-host case
launched by Derek Al-
chimowicz dismissed.
1997: Insurance Act vio-
lates gay rights: court.
1990 to
1994
1995 to
1999
2002: $1-million puni-
tive damage award up-
held in Whiten v. Pilot.
2002: Contingency fees
not illegal, appeal court
rules.
2004: Superior Court
ruling on catastrophic
impairment threshold
in Desbiens v. Mordini.
2000 to
2004
2010 to
2014
Personal Injury
2010: Big changes to
insurance benefits.
2011: Appeal court
clarifies catastrophic
impairment in Kusnierz.
2012: Personal Injury
Alliance forms with
McLeish Orlando,
Thomson Rogers, Oat-
ley Vigmond.
2005 to
2009
Major cases and
events since 1990
2005: Third trial or-
dered in Grass v. Wom-
en's College Hospital.
2008: $4.2-million con-
tingency fee in Cogan.
2008: SCC rules on fly-
in-water-bottle case.
2009: $18.4-million
award in MacNeil v.
Bryan.
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