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What Happens When A Police Chase Injures Innocent Drivers?
This past weekend, a stolen car being pursed by Toronto police slammed into a grey Chevrolet sending four innocent occupants to hospital with serious injuries and one in a life threatening condition. Most police chases occur when a police officer attempts stop a motor vehicle at which point the driver refuses to obey. The officer […]
Teens Taking Turns With The Family Car – Important Safety/Legal Tips For Parents Of Teen Drivers
Driving the family car for the first time is an exciting day, most kids look forward to for years. Parents feel pleasure in their child’s new independence while perhaps looking forward to the times that this new driver can take a turn picking up groceries or younger siblings from school. Yet, in the background of their […]
Filing a Wrongful Death Lawsuit: What Is Compensation Based On?
Claims for wrongful death in Ontario are most often associated with a car accidents where a driver was negligent or careless. Filing a wrongful death claim may also be referred to as a wrongful death lawsuit, or wrongful death action. Wrongful death lawsuits are filed with the civil courts, and are intended to seek compensation […]
Types of Distracted Driving to Look Out For This Season
While the winter can be a wonderful time of year, it can also mean an increased risk on the roads. While impaired drivers are a huge danger on the road, they are not the only type of driver to watch out for this season. Distracted driving actually plays a larger part in accidents and injuries […]
Filing A Personal Injury Claim In Ontario
Filled With Questions and Struggling For Answers After a motor vehicle accident, there are many important steps that should be taken. Injury victims often find themselves unaware of what they should do. Often times they are overwhelmed by their injuries, unable to work, struggling with every day expenses and looking for answers. For […]
Get Compensation for Your Whiplash Injury
Injuries from a car accident are not always obvious immediately after a car accident. Your heart is racing after a car accident. Adrenaline and endorphin’s are pumping through your veins, which are your body’s natural pain killers and its way of coping with the stress after a car accident. With all this going on in your […]
Motions Typically Associated With Personal Injury Lawsuits In Ontario
The purpose of this article is to familiarize personal injury plaintiffs with a basic understanding of the types of legal “Motions” that are commonly associated with personal injury claims. Basically, a “Motion” is an application or court procedure that is used by lawyers to request and ultimately obtain a desired “court order” made by a […]
The Second Blow: Being Denied Medical Care After Suffering a Car Accident Injury
In 2012 more than 165,000 people were badly hurt on Canadian roadways. This includes automobile drivers, occupants, pedestrians and cyclists. In spite of these high numbers, studies show that serious car accident injuries are lower now than they have been for the last twenty years. People who suffer serious injuries have their lives irreversibly changed […]
Hidden Car Accident Injuries: A Sore Shoulder Could Be Much More
A sore shoulder after a car accident could be a torn Tendon, muscle or ligament. A motor vehicle accident can cause various injuries to virtually any part of the human body. The most common car accident injuries include: brain and head injuries, neck and shoulder injuries, face injuries, back injuries and psychological trauma. No matter […]
Reasons To Seek Immediate Medical Attention After Being Involved In a Car Accident
For those who have been injured in a motor vehicle accident; getting immediate medical attention can have a big impact on the course of their recovery – as well as their ability to seek full and fair compensation for their injuries. As with any dispute, there are always two sides to a story. When it […]
Caution Icy Roads Ahead: Hidden Car Accident Injuries
It is winter time again and even with a good set of snow tires, roads can be slippery. Recuperating from the loss or damage of a vehicle is difficult enough. Don’t suffer from possible bills associated with long term physiotherapy as well from what seemed like a minor car accident injury. You could be suffering from […]
Personal Injury Claim – Assessing Future Loss of Earnings For The Self Employed
For those who have been injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario; any financial compensation obtained by a negligence lawsuit will ultimately be based on the plaintiffs principle of loss. Those who have been seriously injured in a car accident by the negligent actions of another, are in essence entitled to recover all expenses […]
Defence Medical Examinations – Why The Doctor Doing Your DME is Not Your Friend:
In Ontario, personal injury lawsuits and accident benefit claims where there is doubt about the extent of the injured persons (plaintiff) injuries, the defense has a legal right to arrange further medical examinations and assessments. Remember, the defence, is working on behalf of the insurance company. They are hired to mitigate insurance payouts and will […]
It’s OK To Be Angry After a Car Accident: Dealing With Trauma and Stress Successfully
While no one on the road plans to get into a car accident, circumstances happen such as bad weather conditions, distracted driving, failure to check blind spots – and accidents happen. During any traumatic or frightening event, our survival instincts are to fight or flee. In a car accident situation, neither the fight or flight response […]
Personal Injury Claims in Ontario: What you need to know
What exactly is a “Personal Injury”? According to Google, the definition of personal injury is ‘physical injury inflicted on a person’s body, as opposed to damage to property or reputation’. This is a somewhat vague description. When asked, a lawyer will define it as something like, ‘an accident that causes you injury; pain and suffering, as […]
Personal Injury Claim: Assessing The Cost of Future Care
The cost of future care for serious personal injuries add up to staggering dollar amounts that would be impossible for the average person to pay without compensation. In Ontario, people who have sustained life-changing personal injury in a car accident, may be eligible to have these costs paid, through the insurance policy of the person […]
