The law makes it clear that someone that files a personal injury claim has the right to seek a fair compensation for any damages. Still, that same law does not offer insight into the size of that compensation package. By hiring a lawyer, a claimant can retain the right to seek the fairest possible award. Read More
Category: Personal Injury FAQ’s
Did You Contribute To Ontario’s Rise In Long Term Disability Claims?
Those who study the statistics, regarding how many residents of Ontario have submitted a long-term disability claim, say that the number of such claims has increased markedly. Yet not all such claims have resulted in the delivery of the requested benefits. Read More
Determining Liability For An Accident In Ontario
Accidents in Ontario share at least one feature with accidents that take place anywhere. The legal system has been set up so that some person gets held responsible for the injuries and losses that have resulted from that accidental occurrence. Read More
Can A Hospital In Ontario Be Sued For Medical Malpractice?
Patients in a hospital interact with more than the doctors. Various members of the hospital’s staff perform services for each patient. Can a dissatisfied patient sue the hospital for a mistake made while someone was offering a service? Read More
Advice For The Accident Victims In Ontario That Must Negotiate With The Insurance Company
Insurance companies do not invite the start of negotiations. In fact, the insurer does not assign an adjuster to a personal injury claim from an accident victim until that same claimant/victim has sent a demand letter. Read More
The Function of The Medical Consent Form
As medical advances make it possible to prolong patients’ lives, the medical consent form takes on an ever-widening number of uses. Of course, it continues to fulfill its primary function. Read More
How To Deal With A Herniated Disc Injury
Any article about herniated disc injuries would be incomplete without a good description of each disc in the backbone. The backbone consists of a series of vertebrae. Each of the discs hold one vertebra in place; at the same time, each of them keeps that specific vertebra from rubbing against any other vertebrae. Read More
How The Law Deals With Negligence On The Part of An Accident Victim?
Because a show of negligence means being careless or neglectful, it might seem strange to consider the possible negligence of the victim. Still, a victim’s unwillingness to be careful about those acts that might hurt him or her does suggest a tendency to be negligent. How does the law deal with evidence that a plaintiff/ victim has exhibited such a tendency? Read More
How The Canadian Government Monitors Safety of Consumer Products?
The Canadian government pays experts that devote their time to checking for discovery of some defect in a product being sold to consumers. It also pays inspectors, who check on the contents of product labels. Such inspections lead to the amassing of lots of information. Read More
Actions To Take If You Sustain Injuries In Parking Lot Accident
Even when a parking lot contains scores of parked cars, those few that might be moving to or from a spot pose a definite danger. That is due to the possible direction of their movement, combined with the possible attitude of the driver. Read More