Category: Personal Injury Faq’s

If you know of some gym in Ontario that never asks those that use that particular facility to sign a waiver, then there is a good chance that you might get compensated for a gym injury, one that you sustained while visiting that same facility. Of course, most of Ontario’s gyms do ask those that use them to sign a waiver. That signed document is supposed to remove the gym’s owner from any risk for being hit with a liability charge. Read More

Living with an injury or illness which keeps you from working on a daily basis can be a horrible and devastating experience that is oftentimes additionally worsened by financial troubles. To help ease your struggles in that department, at least, it is vital to be in contact with a long-term disability lawyer who can help you with your benefits claim. Read More

While road rage is oftentimes used as a device in comedy, experiencing it first hand in real life is generally far from amusing, if not dangerous. Speeding, reckless driving, spewing profanity, and shouting threats at other drivers are all common symptoms of road rage and can quickly lead to collisions. Read More

It may seem ridiculous at first, when you recount the events which surround the incident which caused your injury as if it weren’t completely obvious what happened. But once you realize that you will not just have to retell the events to receive compensation, but that you will also have to present proof for this string of events, things can quickly become confusing and overwhelming. Read More

Following an injury sustained in an accident, you will be looking down a road paved with paperwork, meetings, and appointments, especially if you now have the goal of filing a personal injury lawsuit. Read More

This article focuses on the limited time span during which Canadians injured in an incident on government property have for filing a personal injury claim. According to the law, each of them must notify the appropriate municipality within 10 days. Those victims that fail to present a notification within that short span of time lack the ability to seek compensation for the municipality’s alleged negligence. Read More

Motivated by the fact that society has chosen to accept recreational use of marijuana, Canadian legislators have enacted some new impaired driving laws. These represent an attempt to avoid creation of a group of mothers that advocate for more restrictions on drivers that get high, before sitting behind the steering wheel. Read More

Sometimes the insurance adjuster makes a lowball offer and then stubbornly refuses to offer even a tiny bit more. If you find yourself in such a situation, there is a good chance that the negotiations will stall. You must do your best to prevent a complete breakdown of the ongoing negotiations. Read More

The document that appears at the start of negotiations can influence the insurer’s thinking. That document is the demand letter from a claimant, typically an injured accident victim. If the letter’s contents have been well-organized, the insurer will have a greater level of respect for the letter’s author. Read More

Why would someone that has been injured in an accident find it necessary to write a letter? The notice letter represents the first step in the process used to file a personal injury claim. It gets sent to the responsible party. Read More