(800) 635-2821 Those men and women that work to maintain the safety of Canadian roads have expressed concern, regarding the increased number of truck accidents. Their research into such collisions has shown that most of the accident involved some type of transport truck. While the nature of the large vehicle that has collided with a smaller vehicle tends to remain the same, not every accident has the same cause. However, contacting the personal injury lawyer in Leamington can help you get the required legal assistance. (more…)
What Actions To Take If You Fail The Screening For Canadian Pension Plan
Canada’s Pension Plan assures retiring workers of a source of income. Those disabled employees that pass a screening program can use the same plan, in order to obtain a replacement for lost earnings. Of course, such workers need to know how to pass the screening test. (more…)
How Victims In Ontario With Serious Injuries Gain Access To Adequate Compensation
Any resident of Ontario that becomes involved in a car accident can demand access to certain mandatory benefits. Those include money to cover a loss of income, reimbursement of the expenses created by medical care, coverage of rehabilitation costs, the payment of attendants and miscellaneous costs. (more…)
How Legalization of Marijuana Could Affect Traffic Accidents In Canada
Insurance companies always seek to discover who should be held accountable for a given accident. Statistics show that negligent drivers create the sort of situation that triggers occurrence of a collision. (more…)
Advice For Those That Plan To Negotiate With An Insurance Company
Someone that has become the victim of an accident has the right to file a personal injury claim. The process of filing such a claim begins with submission of a demand letter, along with supporting documents. That letter gets sent to the insurance company for the responsible party. Negotiations begin following submission of that letter. (more…)
What To Do After An Auto Collision By An Underinsured, Uninsured, Or Unidentified Party
While standard insurance is an obligation in Ontario, that does not mean that you cannot become involved in a motor vehicle collision with an underinsured, uninsured, or unidentified driver. Thus, what do you do when such an incident occurs? Who will compensate you for your injuries? (more…)
Understanding The Complexity of A Medical Negligence Case
There is one big factor that sets medical negligence cases apart from all other personal injury cases: the plaintiff was already dealing with health problems prior to the incident that triggered the filing of the claim. After all, nobody seeks out medical attention unless they already ill or injured. When a patient is taken in for surgery, they were already dealing with a condition that needed surgery to be rectified. And they certainly don’t need any negligence that can leave them impaired or injured after the treatment or misdiagnosis. (more…)
Do Insurance Companies Deduct Huge Portions From Plaintiffs’ Settlements?
When you are involved in an accident caused by somebody else, it is still you who is left with the pain and the medical expenses and the long road to recovery. In a fair world, you would be fairly compensated for these inflicted consequences for which you carry no fault. However, this is not a fair world. (more…)
Connection Between Personal Injury Settlements And Health Insurance Claims
Once your personal injury claim has been settled, you may be surprised to discover how many parties push to cut off a slice of that settlement for themselves. Even more surprising may be that one of these parties is your health insurance provider. (more…)
Determining Liability In The Case of A Dog Attack
Since the Dog Owners’ Liability Act has been implemented in Ontario, it is wholly the dog’s owner who is held liable for the consequences of their dog’s attack on another person or another person’s domestic animal. Even if the dog has no history of violent behavior, and even if the owner has not expressed any negligent behavior, they will still be held liable under this Act.However, if the victim can be proven guilty of provocation or negligence themselves, then the damages they are owed can be significantly reduced. (more…)