Have you been in a recent accident and not sure what to do next? It can be challenging to understand what steps to take when you have been hurt in an accident. You may be entitled to compensation, but first you need to determine liability and fault. Here we help navigate you through the frequently asked questions about accident fault and what to do in case of an injury.
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Although the mandatory wearing of seatbelts significantly reduced fatalities and serious injuries resulting from car accidents, many belted occupants were still suffering injury when their head hit the dash or steering wheel. It is in the prevention of this type of head trauma where the introduction of airbags has played a substantial role. However, it should be noted that airbags are designed to be used in conjunction with a properly worn three-point seatbelt, and without this latter constraint, preventable injuries will continue to occur.
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Bikes are treated like cars in some parts of the Highway Traffic Act, but differently in others. In section 1(1) of the Highway Traffic Act, bikes are defined as:
The Plaintiff in the civil action, Soczek v Allstate Insurance Co. (2017), lost her house and suffered serious injuries after her husband doused her with gasoline and lit her on fire. As a result these actions, the Plaintiff suffered burns over a large percentage of her body as well as substantial damage to her home. The Plaintiff’s husband was subsequently convicted of attempted murder in a separate criminal action.
The dangers of opioids have been front and centre, as our country and province deal with a growing crisis.
However, there are many who depend on these painkillers for medical purposes, including one Toronto woman.
Natalie Morin has been taking opioids for the last 17 years but when she tried to part ways with the pills in favour of medical marijuana, she was told the cost would be substantially higher.
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For many Canadians all it takes is one event, one moment, to go from getting by to living on the street or not knowing where their next meal is coming from.
For one 63-year-old Belleville resident, who asked only to be identified as Ron, that moment came when an injury to his foot sidelined him for eight months. Doctors were able to save the foot, but, by the time he was mobile again, crippling arthritis had taken root.
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If you have been hurt in an accident caused by someone else’s negligence, you may have a right to seek compensation by way of a personal injury lawsuit.
Back in 1978, the Supreme Court of Canada set an upper limit or “cap” on pain and suffering damages in Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd. J.A. Andrews was only 21 when he was rendered quadriplegic from a motor vehicle collision. The Court wrote that “It is difficult to conceive of a person of his age losing more than Andrews has lost.” He was ultimately awarded $100,000 for his pain and suffering.
Access to justice is being denied for injured Ontario motorists as a result of the mandated use of the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) as the exclusive means to resolve all accident benefit disputes given that the LAT does not allow a claimant to recover any dispute costs. But, thankfully, the courts have found a back-door way to award arbitration costs to injured motorists as part of tort cost awards.
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With any insurance claim, a protracted battle starts — and a personal injury lawyer’s role is to fight with your insurer to oblige them to honour the policy, Toronto-area personal injury lawyer Darryl Singer writes in The Lawyer’s Daily.