The time immediately following your car accident can me the most difficult time; and the most important time in terms of getting your case on to the right start. There is a LOT of work to do immediately following your car accident. Lawyers know this. Insurance adjusters know this. Unfortunately,…
I was at our Peterborough Office at 380 Armour Rd in the East City today. En-route, it began to snow. Like real, hard core snow. Confession: I had my snow tires removed 3 weeks ago. With temperatures below freezing in Peterborough and the Kawarthas, I could have benefited from keeping…
The Law Society of Upper Canada is the regulatory body which governs lawyers in Ontario. They are considering some changes with respect to how lawyers do business, and administer services throughout the province. Currently, lawyers can provide legal services to the PUBLIC in a wide variety or ways: A sole…
Driving while using or even holding a hand held device has become a hot button topic across Canada. Charges in relation to distracted driving are on the rise, and are slowly catching up to those charges related to impaired driving. In Ontario, it’s illegal for drivers to talk, text, type,…
Our law firm litigates countless Long Term Disability (LTD) claims against large, multi-national insurers such as Great West Life, Sun Life, Manulife, Industrial Alliance, Desjardins, SSQ, Canada Life, Empire Life, RBC Insurance, Co-Operators, Equitable Life and the list goes on. Litigating these claims can prove to be difficult for a…
This week the Ontario Court of Appeal released a much awaited decision in the case of Westerhof v. Gee Estate. The appeal raised the question of whether or not the Rules of Civil Procedure allowed only experts engaged by or on behalf of a party to provide opinion evidence for…
Only 1% of car accident cases go to trial. That means that 99% of car accident cases settle outside of the courtroom. There are many advantages to settlement. Certainly of the settlement and the lack of appeal rights of the parties to the settlement come to mind. You control your…
Clients frequently believe that because a car accident happened, and they’re not at fault, that they’re automatically entitled to compensation for pain and suffering. That might have been the case in the 1960’s or 1970’s during the “auto-lotto“, but that’s certainly not the case in Ontario anymore. Lawyers refer to…
The term Fibromyalgia is becoming dated, although doctors, insurance companies and disability claimants still use it. The preferred term according to the Arthritis Society of Canada is “Chronic Widespread Pain“. Many of our clients deal with Fibromylagia/Chronic Widespread Pain. We often see it associated with many other symptoms including but…
In Ontario, injured parties who are seeking for compensation generally have 2 years from the date of the accident, or the date of denial to sue. With the exception of minors and sexual assault claims, this is the general rule of thumb which it should not be taken lightly. This…