After you’ve been involved in a car accident, there are A LOT of forms to complete for the insurance company in order for you to start recovering benefits. It’s not simple. You have to jump through a lot of hoops. The process can be long, tedious and very frustrating. Why…
When injured accident victims think about damages, they often think of those valuations in very linear terms; as if they’re on a straight line. Broken knee? $100,000 plus $150,000 loss of income = $250,000 Fractured wrist? $50,000 plus $25,000 loss of income = $75,000 These are very simple mathematical equations.…
If insurers paid out maximum compensation on each and every claim, there wouldn’t be any need for personal injury lawyers or paralegals who focus on benefit accident claims. Why does an injured accident victim or disability claimant need a lawyer, if the insurer is paying them out the full value…
Our law firm does NOT handle any WSIB matters. Imagine that…a personal injury law firm refusing work! But that’s right; our law firm doesn’t touch WSIB work. There are a lot of reasons we don’t practice in this area. Aside from the WSIB being an archaic, overly complicated system; the…
Intact Insurance has some great television commercials where an terrible accident happens (like a car driving in to a swimming pool); followed by a scene involving an insurance policy holder calling the insurer over the phone. The next scene is that of a well lit and pleasant call centre whereby…
The governing Liberals announced Ontario’s budget on April 23, 2015. Finance Minister Charles Sousa, backed by Premier Kathleen Wynne were in fine form that day. When one thinks of the term “budget“, we would think of all things financial, including taxes, public spending on healthcare, infrastructure, and education. And to…
The time immediately following your car accident can me the most difficult time; and the most important time in terms of getting your case on to the right start. There is a LOT of work to do immediately following your car accident. Lawyers know this. Insurance adjusters know this. Unfortunately,…
Our lawyers represent clients from all across Ontario. From Southwest Ontario, Toronto, all the way to the Northern most part of this great province. I will be in Thunder Bay this month, and next month helping out innocent accident victims. People want to know what sort of differences we see…
Our team of lawyers and staff at our firm have seen some very odd stuff this week which we’d like to share with our Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog readership. There’s no doubt in our minds that what our clients have gone through this week have posed barriers to not only…
So; you’ve been involved in a serious car accident. You were taken by ambulance to hosptial. They did a few x-rays, scans, gave you some pills, and told you to follow up with your family doctor. Or, the injuries were more serious, and you were an in-patient at the hospital…