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…
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Brian Goldfinger on getting treatment in personal injury case
After a serious accident or collision, the injured party will require treatment. Sometimes the treatment is covered by OHIP. Seeing your family doctor, getting surgery, assistance through LHIN, seeing a specialist, publicly funded physiotherapy; these are all examples of treatment which is covered under the OHIP system. That means that…
Insurance Companies get a Secret Credit for your pain and suffering in Ontario car accident cases
Did you know that Ontario car insurance companies are entitled to a secret credit approaching $40,000 for your pain and suffering in car accident cases? Probably not. It’s one of the best kept secrets in the insurance industry which insurance companies don’t want you to know about. In the past…
Fire Loss and Burn Claims in Ontario
Some of the most devastating and gruesome injuries which our personal injury lawyers see occur as a result of fire. Fires in homes. Fires in apartments. Fires in condominiums. Fires in commercial units. Fires cause devastation to person and property. They also kill. Often in fire injury and fire loss…
Do I have to appeal my Long Term Disability Denial (Ontario)?
If you have been denied long term disability benefits, you are likely wondering what your next steps are. The purpose of this week’s installment of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog is to give you some tips on what those next steps are towards getting the long term disability benefits which…
One sided pro-insurance company forms in Long Term Disability Cases
We must admit, long term disability cases can be very strange. Liability and calculating damages is not straight forward like in a dog bite or car accident case. The reason for that is long term disability cases are contractual in nature. That means that they are based upon, and defined…
What do Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Depression all have in common?
A lot of the clients at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers suffer from Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Depression. It’s not easy because nobody seems to understand these conditions. More on that later. We have expertise in handling chronic pain, fibromyalgia and depression cases which present in a variety of forms such as…
How a slip and fall case can be deemed a car accident case?!?!?!?
Every once in a while, what appears to be an ordinary slip and fall case, isn’t as straight forward as you would think. It takes a keen legal eye, with significant experience to get to the bottom of some of these tricky cases. And believe me; some slip and fall…
Slip and Fall Cases in Ontario
It’s that time of year. Slip and Fall season is upon us in Ontario. Before we get in too deep on this edition of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog, all of us here at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers would like to thank our readership for their support over this past year.…
New Simplified Procedure Rules for Personal Injury Claims starting January 1, 2020
Personal Injury Lawyers across Ontario are all talking about the dramatic changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure which take place on January 1, 2020. The most notable change is that being made to Simplified Procedure. The amount you can claim for Simplified Procedure claims will double from $100,000 to…