Insurers fighting injury claims hire doctors slammed for shoddy work as key medical experts – CBCMedical experts say the opinions they provide are not influenced by who hires themNov 18, 2024Doctors called out for being biased, faulty or careless expert witnesses in court are being hired by insurance companies looking to deny injury claims for people hurt in car crashes. Jonathan Graul, from Fergus, Ont., says he found himself under attack in court by two doctors hired by insurance giant Aviva after suffering a traumatic brain injury during a December 2017 crash. Unable to work and facing mounting bills, he says, Graul took on the other driver and his insurance company — Aviva — in court for compensation. “It was dirty,” Graul told Go Public. Despite that, doctors and other health professionals who are called out for shoddy testimony face no consequences and there’s nothing stopping them from appearing in court again, according to accident victim advocate Rhona DesRoches.
