The Holiday Season is upon us. And with the Holidays comes a lot of celebration. Office holiday parties. Family holiday parties. Friend holiday parties. Sporting team holiday parties. You name it. People will get together and party. And with parties comes responsibility. Whether or not you’re a host, or a…
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Brian Goldfinger on the new impaired driving laws & their personal injury law implications (Ontario)
It’s the holiday season! Brian Goldfinger and everyone here at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers wishes you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and safe holiday and new year. Today (December 18, 2018) new penalties for impaired driving were introduced. The penalties are stiff, and have significant implication in both criminal…
Pokemon Go, Personal Injury & Public Policy in the Province of Ontario
Using 5 P’s in to this Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog Post has got to be some sort of record! In case you’ve been living under a rock, the mobile device game Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. Its received a record number of downloads since it launched, caused…
Drunk driving & damages for fatality claims: Does the penalty fit the crime (Ontario)?
A few weeks ago, the Marco Muzzo sentencing grabbed national headlines. In case you don’t know about the Marco Muzzo case; here’s the gist. Mr. Muzzo was driving drunk in York Region. His drunk driving led to a fatal car crash which killed 4 people. It was a tragic collision.…
Goldfinger Injury Law’s tips on keeping things safe this Holiday Season (Ontario)
The Christmas lights have gone up. The festive parties are a plenty. The snow is….um…..non-existent with some of the highest temperatures Ontario has ever seen for December. In any event, it’s HOLIDAY time once again. Around this time, and in to the New Year, our lawyers get some strange, and…
Drunk Driving: The Neville-Lake v. Marco Muzzo wrongful death tragedy
Just after 4 p.m. this past Sunday, Gary and Neriza Neville were driving with their grandchildren – Daniel, 9, Harry, 5, and Millie Neville-Lake, 2 – and the children’s great-grandmother Josephina Frias when an SUV operated by Marco Muzzo slammed into the side of their minivan at an intersection north…
Distracted Driving is the new Impaired; but Impaired charges may be making a comeback (Ontario)
Driving while using or even holding a hand held device has become a hot button topic across Canada. Charges in relation to distracted driving are on the rise, and are slowly catching up to those charges related to impaired driving. In Ontario, it’s illegal for drivers to talk, text, type,…