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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Your personal injury lawyer may have shared the term “Examination for Discovery” with you when describing the next step in your case. This may be the first time you’ve heard this legal term. Understanding what it means to participate in an Examination for Discovery, and why a discovery is important…
To structure, or not to structure? That is the question for the purpose of this entry in the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog. Sometimes, whether to enter in to a structured settlement is not an option; rather a requirement. Other time, you may have a decision to structure or not. WHAT…
Attendant care benefits. What are they? How do they work? How do I get compensated? For how much and for how long? These are all important and common questions after a serious car accident in Ontario. The law surrounding attendant care benefits has changed significantly since they were conceived under…
Car accident cases in Ontario should be simple. The premise of one car, hitting another car by mistake or negligence; and thereby causing damages/injuries to another party ought to be basic tort law. Unfortunately in Ontario, this couldn’t be further from the truth. The Ontario Government, at the behest of…