More and more Toronto residents have expressed fears about their personal safety when riding their bikes or walking through the city. These worries are not unfounded. Each year, dozens of cyclists and pedestrians are killed by negligent drivers across the GTA. To learn about some of the city’s most unsafe intersections, click here.
A pedestrian accident is any accident in which a vehicle strikes a person who is not in a vehicle—in other words, someone who is on foot. A pedestrian can be walking, jogging, hiking, or even sitting or lying in a roadway. A pedestrian is also anyone who is hit by a car while on skates, … Continue reading “What Is a Pedestrian Accident?”
Under normal circumstances, when you are injured in an Ontario motor vehicle accident caused by another driver’s negligence, you have the right to file a personal injury lawsuit against that driver and collect damages. Of course, in practice the negligent driver’s insurance is likely to pay the damages. What happens when the driver is an … Continue reading “Does Uninsured Motorist Coverage Apply to Drive-by Egg Attack?”
A slip-and-fall accident may be the fault of multiple parties. If your accident occurs in a shopping centre, for example, liability might ultimately fall on the owner of the premises, an individual store that rents space, or even a contractor who performed shoddy maintenance work. Of course, when there are multiple parties who may be … Continue reading “Do Ontarians Have a Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Matters?”
A Ontario Occupiers’ Liability Act, the owner has a legal duty “to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that persons entering on the premises, and the property brought on the premises by those persons are reasonably safe while on the premises.” While this does not mean … Continue reading “Is a Shopping Centre Owner Responsible for a Pedestrian Accident on Its Property?”
If you were involved in an accident for which you were partially at fault, it is still possible to recover compensation for your damages. However, successfully filing a Toronto personal injury claim in this situation can be difficult. The insurance company may try to argue that you are completely at fault for the accident, thus … Continue reading “Contributory Negligence in Toronto Injury Cases”
Injury is the leading cause of death for children in Canada, reports the Public Health Agency of Canada. Many of these deaths involve acquired brain injuries. Early diagnosis and treatment is critical, given that the impact of a serious traumatic brain injury can be massive, extensive and long-term. The long-term implications of TBI can include … Continue reading “Indications Your Child Might Have a Brain Injury”
Pedestrian accident victims typically face a long – and costly – road to recovery. Fortunately, there are options available for economic and legal relief. Below are four things you must know if you or an immediate family member has been injured in a pedestrian accident in Ontario. 1. You Needn’t Have Been in a Car … Continue reading “Injured in a Pedestrian Accident? Four Things You Should Know”
