Your personal injury lawyer may have shared the term “Examination for Discovery” with you when describing the next step in your case. This may be the first time you’ve heard this legal term. Understanding what it means to participate in an Examination for Discovery, and why a discovery is important…
Articles Posted in Car Accident
Insurance companies have greater rights than individuals in personal injury cases (Ontario)
Car accident cases in Ontario should be simple. The premise of one car, hitting another car by mistake or negligence; and thereby causing damages/injuries to another party ought to be basic tort law. Unfortunately in Ontario, this couldn’t be further from the truth. The Ontario Government, at the behest of…
Ontario Court of Appeal decision in El-Khodr & Cobb will save insurance companies millions of dollars
If you are hearing a roar of applause, and perhaps laughter in delight, it’s coming from high atop the corporate head quarters and legal offices of auto insurers across Ontario. Insurers won large in two recent Court of Appeal decisions which were released earlier this month: El-Khodr v. Lackie, 2017…
New legislation to crack down on Careless and Distracted Driving in Ontario
The Liberal Government of Ontario plans to introduce new tougher penalties to crack down on careless and distracted driving, this fall. The Honourable Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca, along with some other MPPs, announced the new measures today in Toronto. The legislation, if passed, is supposed to protect pedestrians…
What to do after you’ve been involved in a car accident (Ontario)
Our personal injury lawyers constantly field questions from prospective clients regarding the basic steps of what to do after they’ve been involved in a car accident in Ontario. We must admit, the laws surrounding car accidents in Ontario are confusing. They certainly aren’t straight forward by any means. It comes…
Completing that complicated OCF-3 Disability Certificate (2017 Edition)
Our law firm has written many articles on how to complete the OCF-3 Disability Certificate in previous editions of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog. Your can read these previous articles here, here, or here. Don’t get me wrong. Those articles are great and contain valuable information for accident victims, their loved…
How one bad therapist can ruin your personal injury case (Ontario)
Not many people know this, but my family used to own a farm in Brockville, ON. Brockville is east of Kingston, near the Ontario/Quebec border. My grandparents owned a large farm with hundreds of cows, some chickens and large vegetable garden. I still have memories of the farm. On occasion,…
What ever happened to timely and fair accident benefits in Ontario?
Sometimes, our personal injury lawyers think that car accident law has been purposely designed just to trip people up. How else can you explain: a) $36,920 deductible for a pain and suffering award in a car accident claim b) $73,840 deductible for a pain and suffering award if involved in…
Deteriorating Accident Rights in Ontario: Nobody cares until it happens to you or a loved one
Members of Goldfinger Injury Lawyers attended at a legal conference a few weeks ago. It had all sorts of lawyers, spanning a multitude of different practice areas. It was great chatting with different lawyers outside of the realm of personal injury law to hear about their success stories and struggles.…
I want to ride my Bicycle; I want to ride my Bike: Bicycle Accidents in Ontario Examined
The snow has melted. The sun is shinning (sometimes); and the weather is getting less miserable. It’s time to go outside and enjoy the fresh air. For many, the turn of seasons from winter to spring, means riding your bike to work. In fact, from May 29-June 30, 2017, it’s…