For those unfamiliar with personal injury law, and more specifically, the law surrounding motor vehicle accidents (car crashes, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian-car accidents, bike-car accidents), the idea of what the law should be and how it works is perceived to be rather straight forward. Car accident. Innocent accident victim not at…
You have been bitten by a dog. The dog bite isn’t a small one. Rather, it’s quite a serious injury which will leave permanent and emotional scaring. Your local Animal Control Unit is investigating the case, and has filed charges against the Dog Owner. But the charges, and the potential…
Sometimes personal injury cases are investigated by the police. Sometimes, criminal, or quasi criminal charges will be laid on the Defendant (the at fault party). What does this mean for your personal injury case, and how will your personal injury case be impacted by these charges and the ensuing police…
On June 22, 1990, the Ontario Government introduced the threshold for general damages in car accident cases. This meant that each injury needed to be deemed as a “serious and permanent impairment” of an important physical or psychological function. If the personal injury did not meet the medico legal threshold…
Law shows on television make the litigation process look so easy! Why can’t my personal injury case work like that? There’s generally a formula for legal dramas on television. That formula has worked for a very long time for shows like Law and Order. Within the first 5-7 minutes (or…
I’m not a big hockey fan. But, I love watching the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I want them to win. But I really don’t care if they lose. I certainly don’t live and die by their wins, or by their losses. While I am somewhat indifferent…
This might seem like a very niche topic for the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog as it relates specifically to Ontario teachers seeking to claim, or who have been denied long term disability benefits by The Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan (OTIP) The reality is that there are a lot of teachers out there.…
Recently, a post went viral on Tik Tok of a York Regional Police officer checking out his mobile device while driving at what appeared to be a high speed. It would seem unfair that a police officer would be driving around in his police cruiser checking out his cell phone…
Car insurance, and making a claim after a car accident in Ontario should be simple and straight forward. But, as a personal injury lawyer with two decades of experience in the field, I can tell you that it’s not. Far from it! In fact, car insurance and accident benefit claims…
The greater your injuries, the greater the value of your personal injury case. The same applies in the opposite. The less severe your injuries, the less value your personal injury case will have. It’s always good to have a healthy and high quality of life and a lower value personal…