If you asked any injured accident victim, or long term disability claimant how much they believed their case to be worth, you would get all sorts of varying ranges of damages. Most injured accident victims and disability claimants don’t understand how the law works. They also don’t understand how the…
Long Term Disability Plans are what they call in the insurance industry “living policies” or “living benefits“. You need to be alive in order to recover on going LTD Benefits. In their most basic form, these LTD policies are there to protect an insured person in the event of serious…
Personal Injury, Long Term Disability and Car Accident cases across Ontario are built upon EVIDENCE. Our legal system doesn’t play out in such a way as a Plaintiff makes a claim, yells a lot that they’re entitled to compensation, and then they get what they want. If Courts worked that way,…
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.…
Happy Canada Day! It’s a time to celebrate our beautiful country, friends and family. For many, Canada Day will involve good food, good beverage, and participating in outdoor activities. In the days following Canada Day, our law firm often gets a number of calls and inquiries regarding injuries which took…
Our law firm had a record number of Long Term Disability Claims settle in the last quarter of 2014. In particular, the last month of 2014 was a mediation bonanza for our lawyers when it came resolving long term disability (LTD) disputes. One of the things which we caution our…
The first thing which comes to mind when thinking about compensation for personal injury law cases is that they’re all about pain and suffering, or general damages as they’re known. People who focus on in this area know that damages for pain and suffering are significant, but they aren’t the…
When will my case settle? When will I get compensation for my injuries? When will my case close? These are just a few of the most common questions that our lawyers are asked at our firm. They are very good questions to say the least. It’s entirely understandable when an…
Our law firm sees some very seriously injured accident victims and disability claimants. Many of our long term disability clients who have cases against large multi national insurers such as Manulife, SunLife, Great West Life, Standard Life, Desjardins, Industrial Alliance, SSQ, Equitable Life etc; want to know how an insurer…
Hey Brian! As a lawyer, you must hear some crazy stories. (TRUE). You probably have lots of strangers calling you every day, wanting to discuss their legal problems (TRUE). What are some of the most commonly asked questions of you (GOOD QUESTION). As an injury lawyer, we hear of, and…