Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

Any type of motor vehicle accident may seem like a catastrophic event to the involved parties. There’s no denying that even minor vehicle accidents can provide a level of inconvenience that may seem catastrophic to the people involved in the accident. However, what may seem like catastrophic to the individuals involved may not fit the legal definition of catastrophic in connection to a motor vehicle accident. Read More

You’ve recently been involved in an accident and you have turned the information over to your insurance company only to find out that they’ve ruled that your vehicle is a total loss. Here are a few common questions that may be relative to your circumstances. Read More

The highways of Ontario Province see some of the heaviest traffic in Canada, many of which are seeing growing numbers of semi-trucks or truck and trailer combos. Due to their immense size and the longer stopping distances required, accidents that involve these massive trucks and smaller vehicles often result in catastrophic injuries. In some cases, these injuries are fatal. So if you or a loved one has sustained serious injuries in an accident involving a semi-truck or truck and trailer, it’s crucial that you have legal representation provided by an experienced personal injury lawyer in Milton. Read More

Lawyers have long promoted the benefits enjoyed by a lawyer’s client, following the filing of a personal injury claim. Today, changes in the law, at least in some localities have enhanced the value of those specific benefits. For instance, in some places there is a cap on the amount of money that can be granted to an accident victim with only minor injuries. Read More

Although society does not have much respect for ambulance chasers, the law does forbid the departure of a driver or an accident victim from that horrible scene. In fact, that is one of the 8 obligations of any driver that has been involved in a car accident. Certainly no driver or victim should feel obligated to speak with an ambulance chaser. Still, drivers do have more than one obligation. Read More

There are major privacy concerns today as the world goes digital. Some parents have been warned that certain dolls could get used by hackers, without the parents knowing it. A different warning has pertained to social media accounts. Personal injury lawyers in Lindsay have made note of that second warning. Read More

If you fail to drive defensively, then you invite the chance for a motor vehicle accident. If you do drive defensively, then you work to prevent such an accident. You do that by considering what sort of action another driver might take. Obviously, you cannot read the mind of each person that sits behind the wheel of a car, truck, van or SUV. Still, you can form in your mind all the possible moves that a given driver might take. You can work to prevent another driver’s performance of what might be called a dumb move. Read More

When a potential client approaches a lawyer with this particular problem, the same lawyer can offer some bad news and some good news. The potential client’s case does not have clear cut answers. A more precise answer can be given to the person that has agreed to let another person drive his or her car. Still, that clear answer is not one that the possible client wants to hear. Read More

Anybody that gets hit by a motor vehicle must do certain things. Those are tasks that need to get completed, even if the identity of the negligent driver remains a mystery. For example, the victim of any accident needs to seek medical attention. After a hit and run accident has taken place, a listing of the victim’s tasks becomes a bit longer. Read More

The trucking industry works on deadlines. If deadlines aren’t met and goods not moved, then profits are affected. Today, over 200,000 people make their living in the trucking industry in Ontario and there is a major shortage of qualified drivers. This means even more pressure for truckers to meet deadlines and work longer hours. Kitchener injury lawyers see many cases of accidents involving trucks where drivers have succumbed to fatigue. Read More