Category: Personal Injury Lawyer

During the past year, Ontario has added some amendments to the government provision that has made Vehicle Insurance available to Ontario’s car owners. Following the addition of those amendments, some residents of Ontario were asking this question: Exactly who gets insured by a family member’s vehicle insurance? Read More

No one likes to hear that a loved one has died. The grief experienced by someone that receives such news gets increased, if the decedent has died a violent death at the hands of someone else. When responding to such news, the grieving family has the right to file a wrongful death claim. Read More

The officers that arrive at the scene of a car crash, might get 2 or more different stories, one from each of the involved drivers. Yet the police report needs to indicate which driver appears to have been responsible for the fact that the now-damaged vehicles collided. That fact underscores one of the reasons that a motorist should seek the police report, following his or her involvement in any on-road accident. Read More

In most cases, personal injury lawyers in Huntsville operate on a contingency fee basis meaning that are no up-front payments of out-of-pocket expenses paid by the client. Consequently, the lawyer handling your personal injury claim only gets paid if they are able to win your case and secure the compensation you are suing for. Therefore, it is important for the client to understand how a contingency fee arrangement works. Read More

Any effort to obtain the medical records of an accident victim exposes the existence of a conflict. The insurance company wants proof of a claimant’s injuries. Yet the claimant has the right to request that his or her medical records remain private. Read More

In a personal injury case, the insurance company for the defendant must pay the compensation requested by the claimant. The claimant does not dictate the value of his or her claim. The insurance company must calculate the value. Read More

Any lawyer that has supported a client during a lawsuit in a province other than Ontario might want to learn the peculiarities of Ontario’s personal injury lawsuit. Read More

An insurance company looks closely at the nature of the injury reported by any accident victim that submits a claim. Was it a simple or complex injury? What sort of liability protection did the policy holder have? The answers to those questions influence the insurance company’s view of a given injury’s value. Read More

When a court examines the justification for a long-term disability claim, it studies the doctors’ opinions and the results from medical tests. It also tries to evaluate the credibility of the testimony from the person that has submitted the request for long term disability coverage. Read More

No one wants to get injured while traveling down a passage that leads to a form or underground transportation. By the same token, no one wants to get injured while riding a subway. Still, accidents happen everywhere, even in subways. What steps should a victim take, following an accident in or around a subway? Read More