What types of things will the Board not pay for?
We do not award compensation for: • crimes committed outside the Province of Ontario, • damaged, lost or stolen property, • motor vehicle incidents (except where the vehicle was used deliberately to assault or harm another person), • legal fees for criminal court and/or civil suits, • distress and/or loss of wages for attending criminal court, • workplace accidents (claim should be filed with the WSIB), • accidental deaths, • deaths resulting from suicide, • pain and suffering for grief and sorrow (however, we may award compensation for bereavement counselling expenses), • monetary loss due to fraud, • neglect or abandonment of children (except where it amounts to criminal negligence), • accidental injuries (slip and falls), • negligence by an institution/organization, • malicious prosecution of accused persons.
