Everyone here at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers hopes that you had a safe holiday season, along with a Happy New Year. We also hope you’re doing your best to keep warm, as most parts of Ontario have experienced a deep winter freeze over the past month or so. We kick off…
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Brian Goldfinger on Pit Falls for your Slip & Fall Case (Ontario)
It’s Winter. For personal injury lawyers like Brian Goldfinger, that means it’s slip and fall season. In a cold weather climate like Ontario, our personal injury lawyers get calls from a lot of prospective slip and fall clients. While every case is different, there are certainly common threads in many…
Happy Holidays from Brian Goldfinger and Goldfinger Injury Lawyers!
It’s December 20, 2017. We are in the thick of the Holiday Season. Brian Goldfinger, on behalf of Goldfinger Injury Lawyers PC wants to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a Happy and Safe Holiday Season. Brian Goldfinger would be lying if he told you that…
Personal Injury Lawyer Brian Goldfinger’s Tips on Driving in a Winter Wonderland
This installment of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog Post will deal with Brian Goldfinger’s tips on driving in Winter Wonderland. Now that winter is here (officially), it’s important to get a refresher on how to stay safe when road conditions get hazardous on account of bad weather. Brian Goldfinger has…
Commentary from Brian Goldfinger on the “Fair Auto Insurance Plan” in Ontario
On December 5, 2017, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa along with Attorney General Yasir Naqvi announced another set of major reforms to car insurance in Ontario. This set of reforms has a grandiose name, much like all of the other reforms which have been introduced in the 14+ years of…
The problems with the License Appeals Tribunal (LAT) for accident benefit cases (Ontario)
If you’ve been hurt or injured in a car accident, you are entitled to accident benefits from your own car insurer. These accident benefits are NOT damages for pain and suffering; nor are they compensation intended to make you whole for your attendant care, income loss, housekeeping claim, or loss…
The importance of getting out your Long Term Disability Application early in Ontario
Our law firm handles many short term disability, and long term disability cases against large insurance companies. These insurers include but aren’t limited to: Manulife, Sun Life, Great West Life, Industrial Alliance, SSQ, Desjardins, Co-Operators, RBC Insurance, La Capitale, and BMO Insurance just to name a few. It should be noted…
Rapid Fire Questions and Answer with Personal Injury Lawyer Brian Goldfinger
We get a lot of questions from the readers of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog. Some serious. Some silly. This will be a mailbag installment of our blog whereby personal injury lawyer Brian Goldfinger will respond to those questions. Please note that answers to your questions to do constitute a…
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…
Distracted walking vs. reverse onus provisions of Highway Traffic Act (Pedestrian Collision Cases Ontario)
An Ontario MPP’s private member’s bill proposed that pedestrians not paying attention to where or how they are walking, could be fined up to $50 for distracted walking. It’s called the “Phones Down, Heads Up Act” and was tabled by Toronto MPP Yves Baker of Etobicoke Centre. Baker’s bill would…