Recently in the news, a Windsor Ontario doctor was disciplined for over prescribing opioid medication. His license to practice medicine was revoked. This was the first disciplinary case of its kind involving the over prescribing of opioid medication where the doctor lost his license to practice medicine. Also recently, the…
Fact: Goldfinger Injury Lawyers receives a spike in phone calls from prospective clients both during, and after the Labour Day Long Weekend. Fact: The majority of these calls come from injured accident victims and their loved ones inquiring about their personal injury claims as a consequence of somebody’s negligence which…
Goldfinger Injury Lawyers handle methadone overdose cases, and other cases involving pharmacist negligence. You might ask: how can this ever happen? If someone has a prescription, it gets filled with the right drug and the right dosage; and that should be the end of it. But mistakes happen. And they…
Last week’s entry of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog entitled “How Ontario Car Accident Cases and Pain and Suffering awards work in a Nutshell“ received resounding positive feedback from our readers. They appreciated how complicated legal terms and concepts were broken down in easy to understand English. This is something…
In law school, lawyers are taught to sue parties with deep pockets. Suing a Defendant who is without assets will net you a limited or a nil return. You can’t get blood from a stone. Understanding this concept is important to understanding how car accident cases work in Ontario. But…
*UPDATED RELEASE (July 31, 2018) Brian Goldfinger’s Legal Advertising Case Concluded TORONTO: A resolution reached on June 20, 2018 between lawyer Brian Goldfinger and the regulator of Ontario’s legal profession has resulted in new case law that will aid lawyers in navigating the rules that govern lawyer advertising. A resolution…
The purpose of this entry of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog is to focus on a rather long personal injury case called Davies v. The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington. This is the case about a Via Trail derailment on what should have been a routine trip from Toronto…
One of Brian Goldfinger’s very first personal injury cases which drew media attention was a dog bite case out of Toronto. This tragic case was covered by the Globe & Mail. The headline of the newspaper read “Man charged in fatal pitbull attack on dog“. The dog attack took place…
The word trust, in a non legal sense is defined as “the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” In the context of a personal injury case, there are times where trust can be a good thing; and times when it can be a very…
Toronto has seen a spike in pedestrian/car and bike/car accidents. Toronto has also seen a spike in fatality claims arising from such accidents. Vision Zero is a multi-national road traffic safety project that aims to achieve a highway system with no fatalities or serious injuries involving road traffic. Vision Zero has…