Here’s the scenario: You or a loved one was hit by a negligent driver. The driver was texting on their cell phone at the time of the collision. The driver was charged and convicted of distracted driving and careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act. Liability is clearly not an…
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Ask a Personal Injury Lawyer: Rapid Fire Q&A with Brian Goldfinger
Throughout the course of the year, the Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Blog gets tonnes a questions from our loyal readership. We do our best to answer every question we can. Here are some of the best, and most commonly asked questions we have received. All of these questions have been…
The hidden costs behind rape and sexual assault cases (Ontario)
The front page of today’s Toronto Star is a feature article and photo of Mandi Gray. The headline reads “Putting A Price on Rape..Mandi Gray could have shared her trauma with the court. She opted to share her bills instead“. Kudos to Mandi Gray for eliminating the publication ban and…
How to complete the OCF-2 Employer’s Confirmation of Income Form (Ontario)
There are a lot of different OCF Claims forms to complete after you’ve been involved in a car accident in Ontario. In this “How to” series, the Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Blog examines how to complete the OCF-2 Employer’s Confirmation of Income Form. In order to recover income replacement benefits,…
Legal Costs in the context of a Personal Injury Case in Ontario
When I was a young personal injury lawyer, a very senior partner at the law firm I worked at had a great figurine on his desk of an old British looking lawyer wearing a wig with a dignified look on his face. Embossed to the bottom of the figurine was…
Changes to Definition of Catastrophic for car accidents in Ontario Post June 1, 2016
First and foremost, I would like to thank all those loyal readers of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog. Your readership, positive feedback and comments are all encouraging. We are glad and proud of keeping you informed and up to speed with the ever changing legal environment for personal injury claims…
Things to watch out for when it comes to your Long Term Disability Claim (LTD Ontario)
Our law firm gets a ton of calls from people who have been denied Long Term Disability (LTD) benefits from their insurers (Great West Life, Manulife, Sun Life, Industrial Alliance, SSQ, Co-Operators, RBC Insurance, Desjardins, Equitable Life, La Captiale Insurance, Canada Life, and the list goes on…). Although none of…
Insurer Cherry Picks what surveillance to disclose in a car accident case
Certain fact patterns in cases are so unbelievable, that even the most experienced and seasoned personal injury lawyer can’t make them up. Just when you thought you’d seen it all… It’s common for insurers in Ontario (and all across Canada for that matter), to retain private investigators to conduct surveillance…
More tips on completing the OCF-18 Treatment Plan after a car accident in Ontario
One of the most commonly asked questions of our personal injury lawyers is how innocent car accident victims can get the insurance company to pay for their medical/rehab treatment following a car accident. This involves the proposed service provider completing the OCF-18 Treatment Plan Form.The Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog has…
Keeping it safe this Simcoe Day August Long Weekend in Ontario
Three words that can get any Ontarian excited are “August Long Weekend“! Our personal injury law firm has seen a pattern over the past 8 years of a spike in new client calls after the long weekend in the following areas: Drunk Driving & Drunk Boating cases Fatality Claims (they…