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In a recent Ontario case, the driver of the first car (the “First Driver”) was hit from behind by the driver of the second car (the “Second Driver”), who suffered injuries and sued for damages. As the court explained, this permutation is somewhat uncommon:
http://www.vandykelaw.ca/2017/
New Brunswick drivers can expect to see higher bills for car insurance beginning as early as next week, as insurance companies begin to respond more aggressively to escalating accident claims in the province.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Ontario’s lawyers will have to become a lot more transparent when they take a case on contingency — you don’t pay unless we win — and a lot more straightforward in their communications with clients.
In part 1 of our 2-part series, we told you all about intentional torts. Now, we’re going to go over what you need to know about the other type of tort claim: unintentional torts.
Unintentional tort claims are the more common type of tort claim that we deal with as personal injury lawyers. That’s because accidents happen, and often these accidents are caused by someone’s negligence.
http://contelawyers.ca/canadia
Ontario lawmakers should force insurers to notify claimants of the limitation period to challenge denials after the province’s appeal court ruled companies that fail to provide such a warning do not breach their duty of good faith to customers, according to a Kitchener, Ont. personal injury lawyer.
Nearly 1 million Ontarians are on social assistance, but you wouldn’t know it from the lack of attention they get.
Yes, that’s an enormous number of people. No, it doesn’t translate into 1 million votes.
Low-income people tend toward lower election turnouts, poor children aren’t voters, and welfare families can’t afford campaign donations. But the bigger reason why poverty remains a low priority for politicians is the cost — political and fiscal.
A cap on contingency fees is currently off the table for the Law Society of Upper Canada.
The provincial regulator released a number of proposed changes to contingency fee rules Friday morning in an attempt to make the fees more transparent, fair and reasonable, but a cap was not among the recommendations.
With a contingency fee structure, you don’t pay anything unless you recover compensation for your damages. Our fee will consist of a percentage of your settlement. In addition, we lay out all legal costs throughout the case, allowing you to put your financial resources to medical bills and rehabilitation.
Chronic pain cases are among the toughest assignments facing plaintiff’s personal injury counsel. I hope that the strategies which follow will help you obtain justice for the victims of chronic pain. These victims will need all the courage, energy and forensic skill you can muster if they are to get the compensation they deserve.
https://oatleyvigmond.com/stra