New Brunswick appoints Michel C. Leger to chair auto injury cap review panel

New Brunswick’s provincial government has appointed prominent Tory lawyer Michel C. Leger of Shediac, New Brunswick to chair a working group established to review the existing cap and definition covering soft tissue automobile injuries in New Brunswick.
Other members named to the working group are:

• Frances McConnachie, New Brunswick Consumers for Insurance Fairness;
• Bill Adams, Atlantic vice-president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada;
• Macgregor Grant, Insurance Brokers Association of New Brunswick;
• Nathalie Chiasson, trial lawyer;
• Stephane Viola, lawyer and member of the Canadian Bar Association;
• Dr. Richard Dumais, a pain specialist from Moncton; and
• Kathy Warren, a physiotherapist from Fredericton.

New Brunswick’s consumer advocate for insurance, Ronald Godin, will also be asked to participate with the working group in his role as advocate.
Public hearings will be held and individuals and organizations will be able to submit written or electronic submissions to the working group.