Can A Social Host Be Liable For An Injury?

The term “social host liability” covers those situations in which a guest gets intoxicated and, thus, causes injury to someone at a party or other social occasion. Anyone that provides alcoholic beverages to guests can be held liable, if one guest becomes intoxicated, and if that same intoxicated individual then inflicts injuries on one or more persons. Usually, though, social host liability gets used against an adult host that serves drinks to someone under the age of 21. Read More

What Is An Offset In The Context of Long-Term Disability?

Personal injury law is a field which contains a myriad of provisions as well as terms which are going to cause quite a lot of confusion to the unexperienced reader. This is especially true when it comes to insurance. There is one particular term that’s called “offset”. A lot of people tend to get that mistaken, so we’ve taken the liberty of explaining it in the context of long-term disability claims and the way it’s likely to impact them. Read More

How Does A Personal Injury Lawyer Bill For Legal Consultation And Services?

Being involved in a personal injury case is something which could just as well turn your entire life around. It’s something which could have long-lasting impact on your overall life and, at the same time, it could cost you quite a lot of money. In emotional and financial distress of the kind, people would quite commonly disregard the possibility of getting professional legal assistance because they tend to believe it’s something they can’t possibly afford. Read More

Key Aspects To Take Into Account With Negligent Supervision of Children

When your child decides to walk out the door and start his usual route to school, he is going to face quite a lot of various issues, experiences and situations. This is something that could encompass anything from playing ball to running with a sharp object. Parents are usually hoping that their kids would exercise serious common sense. However, they are also well aware that this is not every time the case and when it so happens that the kid acts irresponsibly, the teacher should step in to rectify the situation and to provide the kid with a helping hand in order to prevent an injury. Read More

Driving With No Insurance: Accident Benefits

Even though the Canadian Government is actually pretty stubborn in insisting that our overall insurance rates are decreasing, we are all well aware of the fact that this is not the case. However, when you own a car in Ontario, it is obligatory for you to get an insurance policy. However, what happens when you decide not to? Or what happens when your current insurance had expired and you haven’t renewed it and you get involved in an accident? Read More