So, you’ve been hurt or injured in an accident. You retain a personal injury lawyer (hopefully Brian Goldfinger or one of our team members at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers). The case is running smoothly. How and when will my personal injury case settle? These are great questions! Let’s start by answering…
Articles Posted in Mediation
Mediating a Personal Injury Case: What you need to Know
Cases can settle in a lot of different ways. They can settle minutes before trial in a Courtroom. They can settle by email late at night. They can settle a day after a long mediation which failed because a party had a change of heart. There’s no predetermined formula as…
Reflections on Mediation a Personal Injury Case in the “Post COVID” Era
Before you get offended, I know that COVID is still around and people are still getting sick. But not quite as sick as they were in 2020/21. We understand a lot more about the virus than we did before, and we have returned to gathering. Hence the title. Today, our…
Virtual Personal Injury Litigation has Changed the Game
Marshall McCluhan coined the term “the medium is the message“. This means in plain terms, without introducing a PHD thesis on the issue, that chosen method of communication to broadcast a message has a significant impact on how the message is received and understood. It’s almost to say that the…
Computer & TV Skills Increasingly Important For Lawyers During COVID
12 weeks or so and counting of “lockdown” or “kinda quarantine” depending on who you ask. It’s been difficult for everyone. From doctors, to dentists, to lawyers, to tennis pros, teachers, PSWs, general labourers, hospitality staff; you name it. The only people I know who are succeeding, if you can…
Teleconferencing for Personal Injury Cases: The Zoom Boom!
My 3 year old son has a song he sings in nursery which hits home for practicing personal injury law in the age of COVID. It goes a little something like this: ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM We’re going to the moon ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM We’re going to the moon If you…
“Getting to Yes” in a Long Term Disability Case
Determining how much your case is worth in a Long Term Disability Case can be a bit of a weird science. But, there is a method to what many perceive as madness. Plaintiff side personal injury lawyers would LOVE for your number to be accepted by the long term disability…
How does mediation work in personal injury cases?
Mediation is mandatory in any civil case commenced in Toronto, Ottawa or Windsor. There are mandatory mediation requirements under the Rules of Civil Procedure. Mediation is also mandatory in car accident cases, but not many save for lawyers and insurance adjusters know that it is. Buried deep inside the Insurance…
What goes on at mediation in a personal injury case (Ontario)
Mediation can be a very nerve wracking experience; although it shouldn’t be. But I get it. For the majority of Plaintiffs involved in a personal injury case, it’s your first time participating in a mediation. You don’t know how a mediation works, what to do, what to wear, what to…
Brian Goldfinger on Mediation, Money, and More
We would like to take the time to thank all of you who rocked the vote in support of Goldfinger Injury Lawyers and Brian Goldfinger’s nomination in Canadian Lawyers’ Magazine for Top Law Firms in Plaintiff Side Personal Injury Law. Your support and well wishes have been overwhelming. Thank you.…