Movies get us thinking that video cameras are everywhere, and that they capture everything. Think of your favourite crime show, or crime movie. There’s usually footage of a bad guy caught on camera in the act which is used in some way, shape or form, to move the plot along.…
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Benefit of the Doubt at an Examination for Discovery in a Personal Injury Case?
One of my young personal injury lawyers and I had a chat following an Examination for Discovery. He was quite surprised by the tone which the lawyers for the insurance company took with our client. The lawyers were mean, nasty, rude, snarky and did not give our client the benefit…
Ways an insurance company will spy on you after an accident or disability claim
There is a whit van parked outside of your home. Perhaps it’s at the end of the street. You’ve seen it parked there all week and a few men in it. When you leave the home, the very same van is following you. You tell your partner that you have…
How surveillance can totally destroy your Long Term Disability Claim (Ontario)
The unfortunate realities of Long Term Disability Claims is that in order to be on claim, you can’t be working. If you’re not working, that means that you’re not earning an income. Whether you live in a big city like Toronto, a medium city like London, or on the outskirts…
Insurer Cherry Picks what surveillance to disclose in a car accident case
Certain fact patterns in cases are so unbelievable, that even the most experienced and seasoned personal injury lawyer can’t make them up. Just when you thought you’d seen it all… It’s common for insurers in Ontario (and all across Canada for that matter), to retain private investigators to conduct surveillance…
Special Guest Post by Personal Injury Lawyer Stephen Offenheim: His views on telling the truth in a car accident case
More often than you could possibly imagine, we here at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers are courted by other lawyers, professional bloggers, advertisers and spam services to post content, links etc. on the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog. We have never, and repeat NEVER caved. Only lawyers and other staff members of Goldfinger…
Surveillance in Personal Injury & Long Term Disability Cases: Top places where insurers get you on camera
One of the greatest weapons which an insurer has in their arsenal of defence strategies is surveillance. For those of you who don’t know, surveillance is when an investigator follows an accident victim and films, records them, or takes photos of them when they’re out and about in public. For…