If you have been injured in an accident, you may find yourself taking on a great deal of unexpected expenses and quite a bit of paperwork. It is important to keep thorough, accurate records of medical treatments you have undergone, costs associated with your recovery, and the amount of time you have been unable to work because of your injuries. Doing so can be crucial for calculating your total damages and for fully illustrating just how significantly your injuries have impacted your quality of life. To learn more about staying organized after an injury, click here.
Category: Personal Injury
Living with Spinal Cord Injuries
Adjusting to life after sustaining a spinal cord injury (SCI) can be a monumental challenge. Difficulties coping with both day-to-day realities and expensive newly acquired costs of living can cause emotional anguish, financial insecurity, and serious mental health issues. If your SCI was acquired in an accident caused by another party’s negligence, an Ontario personal injury lawyer may be able to help ease the economic burden by pursuing financial compensation on your behalf. Click here to read more.
Financial Management After a Serious Injury
Adjusting to everyday life after sustaining a debilitating injury in an accident can be one of the biggest challenges a person might face in their lifetime. In addition to the difficulties of coping with the day-to-day realities of life with a serious injury, if you incur expensive costs for treatment, or are no longer able…
Safety Tips for Winter Cycling
Cycling during the winter months can be an invigorating form of exercise, especially for people who’ve been cooped up at home for most of the day. It can also be an effective way to commute to work without coming into close contact with other people on public transit. But winter cycling can be dangerous, and could lead to accidents resulting in severe injuries. Click here to read more.
The Family Member’s Rights in a Personal Injury Case
A personal injury case often affects more than just the victim. The victim’s family may also suffer as a result of their loved one’s Family Law Act allows an accident victim’s spouse, children, or other relatives to seek damages against a negligent party for any “pecuniary loss resulting from” the victim’s injury (or death).It is…
Ontario Bus Accident Victim Recovers Nothing Due to Statutory Deductible
When you are injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario, you cannot count on receiving the full amount of your damages in a personal injury lawsuit. The reason for this is that the Ontario government imposes a “statutory deductible” on non-pecuniary (pain and suffering) damages. This means that by law, a judge must reduce…
A Guide to Staying Safe in Hamilton
If you’re in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) — whether you’re here for an event or you live here — it’s always a good idea to know how to stay safe on the streets. It’s not a matter of crime, necessarily, but rather a matter of accident awareness, alertness about your surroundings, and good old practical sense. This guide offers those of you who find yourself GTHA some practical local advice about safety on the streets of Hamilton and how to get help if you become injured as the result of an accident.
What Type of Interest or Fees can an Ontario Court Award in a Personal Injury Lawsuit?
A car accident often leaves the victim with lifelong injuries. Through a personal injury lawsuit, the victim can seek monetary damages from the parties responsible for the accident. There are additional financial issues that need to be addressed as part of a successful personal injury lawsuit that you might not be aware of at first.Case…
What Damages Can I Seek If I am Unable to Return to Work Due to a Bicycle Accident?
Bicycle accidents in Ontario are frequently the result of a negligent motorist who fails to keep a proper lookout for bicycles or pedestrians. From a legal standpoint, the bicyclist must follow the same rules as a car accident victim when seeking compensation for his or her injuries. In other words, the bicyclist must first file…
Who Will a Judge Believe in a “He Said/She Said” Car Accident Lawsuit?
Determining liability for a car accident often comes down to whom a B.C. judge finds more credible, the plaintiff or the defendant. In the absence of accident reconstruction experts or other specialists, personal injury claims typically succeed (or fail) based on a person’s ability to recall an accident that happened several years earlier. While judges…
A Guide to Staying Safe in Barrie
Barrie’s streets have seen more than a few changes over the past decade. No longer a mere bedroom community of Toronto, Barrie is booming as a tourist destination in all seasons. Its strategic position near Toronto, Ottawa, and other rural areas in northern Ontario give the city leverage as an important employer in its own right.
A Guide to Staying Safe in Ajax
Ajax is the ideal suburb for raising a family. It’s also a great place to live if you love waterside trails, bird watching, or picnics. Plus, it’s wonderfully multicultural and the community is vibrant and friendly. Millennials love it here, and they’ve been flocking here for the affordability, especially those who have plans to get…
I was Injured by an Underage Driver: What do I do now?
In today’s society, there are more young drivers on the road than ever before. While this has increased independence for youth and has assisted busy families with the jam-packed schedules that families face today, the increase in underage drivers does not come without risks. Statistics show that underage drivers contribute to accidents, injury, and property…
Surgical Errors in Ontario: Everything you Need to Know
Surgical errors are something that occur more often than most consumers would believe. One of the more common surgical errors that occurs is operating on the wrong body part (for example, if an injury occurred to the left arm, operating instead on the right). In addition, sometimes surgical instruments are left inside patients when surgical…
Subway Accidents in Ontario: What you Need to Know
Public transportation is a way of life for many residents of Ontario as well as people around the globe. Subways are an integral part of public transportation systems and they provide a cost-effective and efficient way for citizens in busy metropolitan areas to navigate through the cities. While subways do provide an effective means of…
Injured on Vacation: What to do Next, and how to Proceed
With the weather we’ve had this year, there are many more people looking to take vacations for a change of scenery — and of course weather. While our first thought when thinking fondly of a vacation to some exotic and tropical place may involve a picture of a palm tree or beautiful beach, sometimes even…
Nursing Home Abuse in Ontario: Knowing your Rights and Responsibilities
Nursing homes are a part of the fabric of society today. Many families rely on nursing homes to provide much needed care for their loved ones for a variety of reasons. Nursing homes are supposed to be safe havens for our seniors to be cared for in a caring environment which does not subject them…
I’ve been Injured by Police in Ontario: What do I do?
The old adage that police have the role to “protect and serve” citizens is generally the standard that law enforcement and police officers are held to. While the vast majority of the time police do in fact “protect and serve” the residents of Ontario, there are sometimes unfortunate incidents where citizens are injured at the…
Ontario Birth Injuries: Knowing your Rights
The birth of a child is one of the most joyous occasions in any family’s life. Parents plan for the arrival of their new baby with great happiness. Unfortunately, sometimes the joy of the arrival of a new baby is interrupted by an injury to a baby that occurs in the process of delivery. The…
Amusement Park Injuries in Ontario: Everything you Need to Know
The roar of the roller coasters… the smell of the popcorn and cotton candy and the sounds of screams billowing from the rides. Sounds like these coming from amusement parks have long given residents of Ontario great joy and tons of family memories. Amusement parks have been a great family pastime for years. However, not…
A Guide to Staying Safe in Ottawa
It’s a jungle out there. If you’re in Ottawa — whether you live here or you’re just passing through — it’s good to know how to stay safe. This guide provides essential information you need for safety awareness on the streets, and where to go if you’re injured.Awareness Starts on the Streets of OttawaSafety comes…
Will I be Taxed on Personal Injury Damages or Disability Benefits?
If you have been injured in an accident and are set to receive a personal injury settlement or disability benefits, one of the important questions that always comes to mind is how the benefits will be taxed. Understanding how such payments impact an individual’s tax liability is critical to determining whether a settlement and/or disability…
Am I Responsible if a Passenger Grabs My Steering Wheel and Causes an Accident?
In most car accidents, it is not too difficult to determine liability. If a driver runs a red light, for example, and hits another car in the intersection, it is pretty clear who is at fault. There are cases involving more unusual fact patterns that require courts to answer somewhat trickier legal questions.McKay v. Park:…
How is “Pain and Suffering” Determined in Ontario?
Unlike some other Canadian provinces, in Ontario, jury trials are still regularly used in civil cases such as personal injury lawsuits. Are juries really fair to accident victims? In a 2016 case, Mandel v. Fakhim, an Ontario Superior Court judge expressed the opinion that “jury trials in civil cases seem to exist in Ontario solely…
How Ontario Law Prevents “Double Recovery” by Car Accident Victims
Following a car accident, there are two methods of receiving compensation for your injuries under Ontario law. The first is by filing a claim with your own insurance company, which is obligated to pay certain “no-fault” benefits under Ontario’s Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule(SABS). The second is by filing a personal injury lawsuit against any third…
