Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

There are a lot of aspects of a car accident that are inconvenient. Even a minor fender bender can be an inconvenience since you’ll have to take the steps to repair the vehicle. One of the more inconvenient situations with a car accident is when the vehicle is totaled. This is a term used by insurance companies to determine that it’s not financially worth it to fix a vehicle. So, the insurance company will give you a set amount and take the vehicle to the scrap yard and sell it for parts to try to recoup some of the costs. Read More

You might be tempted to pretend a minor car accident didn’t happen by not reporting it to your insurance company. After all, the risk of the premiums of your car insurance going up are very real if an accident is reported. So, you might think, why bother increasing my expenses for something that doesn’t look like to be a big deal? Read More

A motorist that drives down the road without insurance faces the prospect of being hit with a stiff penalty. If the same motorist were to become involved in a motor vehicle accident, then the severity of the expected consequences would vary, depending on the location of that particular collision. Read More

Residents of Ontario that do lots of driving do not feel inclined to worry constantly about possible involvement in a motor vehicle accident. Each of those same drivers knows that he or she could gain access to helpful accident benefits, following such an occurrence. Read More

In personal injury law, the ability to be compensated for your injuries doesn’t rely entirely on whether or not you were employed at the time. Lost income and the loss of future earnings potential are just a couple of the damages in an accident benefits claim or personal injury lawsuit. Additionally, your medical expenses as well as your pain and suffering are treated as separate damages. Read More

Some adults feel ready to negotiate with the insurance company, after having become involved in a car accident. Still, a readiness to operate as one’s own negotiator does not guarantee possession of all the skills displayed by an expert negotiator. Read More

The passenger or driver that has become involved in a car accident enjoys certain rights. Still, that same person could lose those rights, by failing to submit an accident report. Read More

If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident, your insurance company will be studying the information from numerous sources, in order to determine who should be named as the at-fault driver. The insurer does not assume that the police report has identified the correct motorist. Read More

How supportive is Ontario’s Disability Support Program? That question re-states in a different way the question in the title. The re-stated question helps to clarify ODSP’s meaning (Ontario Disability Support Program). Read More

Residents of Ontario, like all Canadians must deal with the fact that there is a cap on the damages for pain and suffering. The existence of that cap affects the size of the award granted to any accident victim with an injury that is valued at less than $124,000. Read More