Hey Ontario Government. Want to open up again for business? Want to be a Government that’s “For the People“? Heed these words of first hand experience from one of your COVID-19 Testing Centres and learn. For starters: I’m a personal injury lawyer. I’m lucky to have my own practice; call…
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Getting your Long Term Disability Benefits Reinstated: Getting back on Claim!
Long Term Disability benefits flow for many disabled claimants with no issue. The insurer may from time to time request a report from a family doctor, questionnaire, or request updated clinical notes and records. The insurer may also request that the claimant see their own “doctor” or “specialist” in order…
E-Discovery & VideoConferencing for Personal Injury Cases: Because it’s 2020!
“In my view, the simplest answer to this issue is, “It’s 2020”. We no longer record evidence using quill and ink. In fact, we apparently do not even teach children to use cursive writing in all schools anymore. We now have the technological ability to communicate remotely effectively. Using it…
How Plaintiffs in Long Term Disability Cases Get Paid Out
Many of our Long Term Disability clients want to know how long term disability cases settle. By this question, what they are really asking is how do they as the client, get paid. Is it a lump sum payment? Is it a monthly benefit that the client will receive for…
Overdose and Pharmacy Negligence Cases
Our personal injury lawyers have seen in increased volume of overdose and pharmacy negligence cases over the past year. Why is that? Perhaps more of the population is dependent on pharmaceutical medication? With that increased volume of customers for pharmacists; there is a greater chance for human error when dispensing…
What to do following a car accident
It’s amazing that no matter how many times we write about it; speak about it; or broadcast our thoughts on radio, podcast, newspaper or television; that so few people know what to do after a car accident in Ontario. This is very important, because there are tight time lines which…
Long Term Disability Claims
Let me tell you a story. It’s about an insurance company which deals with long term disability policies. The size of the insurance company is irrelevant for this story, because most insurers are very similar in their approach. But in fairness, they are not all the same. The insurance company…
Observations from a personal injury lawyer during COVID-19
As a personal injury lawyer, I don’t profess to be a medical expert. I certainly don’t have all of the answers to your medical questions, tech questions or political questions. As a personal injury lawyer, I like to stay in my lane of personal injury law and insurance related questions.…
OCF-1
The OCF-1 Application for Accident Benefits is the first, and arguably, the most important form for starting any accident benefit claim following a car accident. If you don’t know what accident benefits are; you can learn all about them on the Goldfinger Injury Lawyers Website, or the Toronto Injury Lawyers…
Dog Bites
Goldfinger Injury Lawyers is an Ontario personal injury law firm with a track record of success getting people compensation from damages sustained as a result of dog bites. Dog bite claims can be tricky, particularly when it comes to finding insurance to compensate the accident victim. A few tips which…