CANADA LAWMAKERS MAY RAISE INSURANCE

Albertans who suffer soft-tissue injuries in auto accidents can now seek damages over $4,000 -- though how long they'll be able to do so is uncertain.

The judge who dealt a blow to the Alberta government's 2004 auto insurance reforms dismissed a government application today to put the decision's impacts on hold until an appeal is heard.

It was a little more than two weeks that Court of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice Neil Wittmann concluded it was unconstitutional to have a $4,000 cap on compensation for people who suffer soft-tissue injuries in car accidents. [...]

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