When I was a young lawyer, I worked at a law firm in Yorkville that had 2 dogs and a cat. I had never worked in any office environment that had any sort of animal. Having a dog, or a cat, let alone multiple animals in a law office, seemed…
People get really confused about what to do when they sustain an injury in the workplace. The first reaction for a person who gets injured while on the job is that they want to sue their employer, and everyone else under the sun for what happened to them. This is…
Last night, like millions of others, I sat down to watch the Superbowl with my family. We had our traditional Superbowl Party, with all the fun food, snacks and beverages you might expect. We were all excited for the game, for the commercials and of course; for Rhianna’s return to…
Here comes Santa Claus; here come Santa Claus; right down Santa Claus Lane… Jingle Bells; jingle bells; jingle all the way… All I want for Christmas, is you! These are the songs which are ingrained in your heads around this time of year; whether you celebrate Christmas or not. These…
As a personal injury lawyer, I would love to snap my “Goldfinger” and make all of my client’s dreams come true! I would snap my “Goldfinger” and my client’s cases would settle for billions and trillions and gazillions of dollars! I would snap my “Goldfinger” and my client’s cases would…
Earlier this week Chief Justice Morawetz gave his address at the traditional “Opening of the Courts” for Ontario. Calling it the “Opening of the Courts” is likely very confusing for the general public. To be clear, the Courts were not “closed” before that time. But every year around this time…
The front page story of today’s Globe & Mail (print) newspaper read “Woman at centre of scandal breaks silence“; referring to the complainant who stepped forward in the sexual assault lawsuit against Hockey Canada and some players. More interesting were the comments from the personal injury lawyer who says “in…
A few weeks ago I was in conversation with a person who asked what I did for a living. I told him that I was a lawyer. He thought that was really cool. When he asked what kind of law I practiced; I told him I was a personal injury…
The title of this Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog Post, “Brian Goldfinger and the Case of the Bad Delivery” sounds like it could be a young adult mystery novel. I mean; who wouldn’t want to read a book about middle age personal injury lawyer Brian Goldfinger cracking the case on a…
I was recently at a kid’s birthday party. It was my son’s first “real” birthday party. He hadn’t been to a “real” birthday party in around 2 years or so due to the COVID Pandemic. It was great socializing with adults from his class. It was great seeing my child…