How Personal Injury Lawyers Are Paid
People are sometimes reluctant to seek legal advice after being injured. They believe they cannot afford legal fees and expenses, particularly if their injuries have caused them to be off work.
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Why women are more seriously injured in a car crash
The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes
Crash-test dummies based on the ‘average’ male are just one example of design that forgets about women – and puts lives at risk
How women are put at risk on the roads
Crash-test dummies based on the ‘average’ male are just one example of design that forgets about women – and puts lives at risk
How women are put at risk on the roads
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Local senior engaged in battle with car insurer, provincial government
An elderly Dufferin County resident is currently fighting on two fronts after launching a lawsuit against a national insurance provider and calling on the provincial government to review what he called “bogus” legislation.
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Welcome to the Civil Resolution Tribunal
On April 1, 2019, the CRT will also start resolving many motor vehicle accident and injury disputes up to $50,000. Public beta test available NOW! Try it out and give us your feedback.
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Making the World Safer for Pedestrians
On a cold, crisp Virginia morning, engineers and technicians watched as a BMW SUV approached from the far end of a test track. As a pedestrian dummy moved across the road on a pulley, the vehicle slammed into it at about 25 mph. The dummy’s legs flew off as the force of the collision violently flung the rest of its body up and over the SUV. Even the auto-safety experts gasped.
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How landmark voyeurism ruling impacts insurers
In R. v. Jarvis, released Feb. 14, the Supreme Court of Canada convicted Ryan Jarvis of criminal voyeurism for surreptitiously filming students at Beal Secondary School in London, Ont.
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Lawyers coaching B.C. doctors to avoid injury caps under new auto insurance rules
B.C. doctors are being coached by trial lawyers to avoid classifying motor-vehicle injuries as “minor” under new rules that, starting in April, will cap some claims.