Author Archives: Admin4

Considerations Under Contingency Fees: What to Take on and When

by Admin4

Contingency fee agreements are one of the main factors that make personal injury lawyers such a unique sort of professional. Perhaps it is the fact that all of us operate within the same specialized world that obscures how atypical our business model is compared to other professionals. Accountants, architects, doctors and even the vast majority of lawyers simply don’t operate on the premise that they will get paid only if the outcome of their services is ultimately successful to the client.

https://www.personalinjurylawyerservice.ca/articles-contingency-fees

How Permanent Is Social Media?

by Admin4

If someone told you 20 years ago that the incoming President of the United States would primarily communicate to the public using 140 character text messages typed on his phone, you would have called that person a lunatic.

http://oatleyvigmond.com/permanent-social-media/#.WJDZJn-9U2w

Looking out for pedestrians

by Admin4

This past year, Toronto experienced the highest pedestrian death rate in over a decade. While alarm bells should have been sounding a long time ago, civil exposure against the city and province is increasing day by day. The number of road deaths which involve driver on driver in the province has been going down for years. The same is not true for pedestrians.

http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/articles/3524

Why advances in treating those with brain injuries require advances in respecting their rights

by Admin4

Several years ago a father approached me, concerned about the care his son was receiving. The son had been in a car accident that left him with severe brain injury. He was placed in a nursing home, and his dad stopped by regularly to check in on him. The father feared his son was being ignored or, worse, left in pain or distress.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-us/why-advances-in-treating_b_14476796.html?

A broken system needs fixing

by Admin4

For years now, the time to obtain a trial in a personal injury action has been getting longer and longer. Some courts have attempted to utilize fixed trial dates while others have used rolling settings. Neither has helped with the extraordinary delay in getting to trial and now personal injury lawyers must also deal with the Supreme Court’s decision in R. v. Jordan 2016 SCC 27 which will exponentially increase the delay.

http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/articles/3525

Double-dipping lawyers taking big slice of injury settlements

by Admin4

It’s an open secret among Ontario’s personal injury lawyers.

For years, lawyers working on contingency for accident victims — “you don’t pay unless we win” — have been taking more money from injured clients than the law allows.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2017/01/28/double-dipping-lawyers-taking-big-slice-of-injury-settlements.html

Insurance company refused to believe Ontario woman dead, kept billing

by Admin4

For four months, one of Canada’s best-known property and casualty insurance companies refused to believe the mother of a 33-year-old woman who died and kept billing her for auto insurance premiums.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3210932/insurance-company-refused-to-believe-ontario-woman-dead-kept-billing/

Do lawyers use ‘hired guns’ in family law?

by Admin4

While in some areas of law, such as personal injury law, experts often work for either injured plaintiffs or insurance companies — getting the reputation as “hired guns” — that really isn’t the case in family law, says Feldstein, principal of Feldstein Family Law Group.

http://www.advocatedaily.com/andrew-feldstein-do-lawyers-use-hired-guns-in-family-law.html?utm_content=bufferc3563&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Appeal Court upholds a Finding of Negligence for Defendant Municipality in a Trail Biking Accident

by Admin4

The Municipal Corporation of the County of Bruce constructed a public park in 2005, for people to ride their mountain bikes on various trails and obstacles.  Three years after the park first opened, Stephen Campbell, a 43-year old man who was very experienced in mountain bike trail riding, fell while attempting to cross a constructed obstacle called ‘Free Fall’. 

https://www.personalinjurylawyerservice.ca/blog/appeal-court-upholds-a-finding-of-negligence-for-defendant-municipality-in-a-trail-biking-accident

Canada: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Jury Duty: The Trial Continues

by Admin4

While sorting through your mail it appears – a summons for jury selection. For some, it may be an inconvenience or cause hardship. For others, this civic duty might be intriguing or exciting. Regardless of how we might feel about receiving the notice, we can all agree that juries, for some legal cases, are an essential component of our justice system.

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=563904