What is the current state of the law on collective bargaining and disability benefits?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Howes v. Rousta, 2002 ABQB 1052 (CanLII):
The holding in Cunningham v. Wheeler was that the disability benefits received as a result of collective bargaining were in the nature of a private policy of insurance and were to be treated as an exception to the general rule that in a tort action a plaintiff is not usually entitled to double recovery.
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