Jury out on mandatory mediation From: Canadian Underwriter | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Lowell Conn | Copyright Southam Business Communications, Inc. Apr 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The City of Toronto's new mandatory mediation program could result in quicker and more efficient resolutions of insurance lawsuits, lawyer Paul Iacono told a packed conference room at a seminar at the recently held Claims '99 Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association conference.

Iacono's co-speaker, lawyer James Howie, disagreed, contending the jury is still out on the project's benefits, and that the time and money consumed by mandatory mediation could unnecessarily discriminate against...

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