Category: Personal Injury FAQ’s

One of the more highly dangerous professions today is the construction industry. This profession leaves workers working in conditions that are not always safe and because of that, injuries occurring on the job are more common. Read More

Summer is soon upon us and with summer come the public swimming pools and their more extreme cousins: the water parks. All over Ontario, water parks have been shooting out of the ground and attracting the local public. Regardless of the age of the visitor, there is something for everyone: the smaller water slides for kids who learned to swim the summer before, and enormous slides even older teens have to dare each other to go down. Read More

While some occupations are decidedly more dangerous than others, with most jobs, there is a certain level of risk that comes attached. For some occupations, that risk is heavy machinery, for others it’s merely wet floors. Regardless, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has reportedly approved over 44,500 benefits claims last year alone. Each report was filed by an employee in the aftermath of a sustained workplace injury which required medical attention. Read More

Putting your health and safety into the hands of a doctor takes a lot of trust. You trust them to have your best interest at heart, and that they have the necessary skill set to make the right diagnosis and assign the right treatment. In some cases, a patient will literally have to entrust their doctor with their life. Because of this, many don’t even want to hear about cases of medical malpractice. The thought is just too terrifying for them. Read More

We view children as precious and fragile, so when they get injured, we tend to panic. After all, trauma stays with you, and severe injuries can have a huge impact on the rest of the child’s life. Thus, what happens if your child gets injured as the result of somebody else’s negligence? Read More

The process between filing your claim and obtaining your settlement can be long and frustrating, so it is understandable to feel a wave of relief crash over you once you have finally made it there. Financial struggles and worries are no laughing matter. The stress and anxiety that comes with it can actually slow down your recovery. Read More

When a person ends up in the ER with a road rash injury, it is most often a motorcyclist. This is because, unlike car drivers, motorcyclists are not protected by a metal casing, air bags, or seat belts, which makes them susceptible to be flung off their bikes and sent skidding across the pavement. Such injuries lead to claims for damages and are often handled and represented by personal injury lawyer in Lindsay. Read More

As you are researching lawyers in your area, you will most likely come across the term “contingency fee”. This is a basis of payment most lawyers will offer to their clients. Paying a lawyer on a contingency basis means that you will have to pay them nothing upfront, but rather that you and them will negotiate a percentage of the ultimate settlement amount which will then go to the personal injury lawyer in Milton once the case has been won. Read More

Among the two types of torts – unintentional and intentional – the former is more common, since accidents tend to happen with more frequency, and a lot of accidents result from a negligent action, or generally negligent behavior. While it is rather impossible to prevent all accidents from happening, it is, fortunately, within our power to learn which steps to take in the aftermath of one. Below, we have put together a guide which sums up the basics of unintentional tort claims so you can be prepared for the future. Read More

While the majority of personal injury cases will be settled before they ever make it to court, there are also more complex cases which do end up on trial. And regardless of whether you are defendant or plaintiff, you will likely be anxious about whether your case will be one of the few to end up in the court room. Read More