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Expediting a Catastrophic Application

When a person is seriously injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident, costs for medical, rehabilitation, and attendant care services are often substantial. In most cases in Ontario, those who...

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Jazey v State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Arbitration Decision...

On December 9, 2014, Arbitrator Knox M. Henry released a decision on the case of David Jazey and State Farm Mutual Insurance Company. Amongst other issues, the case dealt with whether an insured person...

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Comparative Analysis of Damages Concepts in Tort and under the SABS

Click here to read original paper with citations. Introduction In Ontario a person hurt or killed in a car, truck, bus, motorcycle, snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle crash is usually entitled to at...

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Using GPS Data to Determine Fault in Motor Vehicle Collisions

As personal injury lawyers we use many tools to determine who is at fault in motor vehicle collisions. We have witnesses interviewed. We question the involved drivers. We hire engineers to...

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The Dangers of Medically Unfit Drivers

Medically unfit drivers pose a serious risk to themselves and the public. Driving is a deceptively complex activity. It requires the constant use of our eyes, mind and body. Medical conditions which...

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Retroactive Accident Benefits – Are They Available?

If you or someone dear to you was injured in a car, truck, ATV, snowmobile or motorcycle accident in Ontario, and an Application for Accident Benefits was not filed immediately with the insurance...

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Will My Vehicle Protect Me In A Crash?

In the late 1950’s Ford Motor Company introduced the Lifeguard options package. This optional package provided the Ford owner with seat belts and a dished steering wheel. Seat belts were a novelty at...

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Accidents with Uninsured Drivers: What Happens Now?

What happens when you are injured in Ontario as a result of a motor vehicle accident and the driver of the vehicle who struck you did not have insurance coverage? You may be asking yourself: Will I be...

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“I Bent My Fender… What Do I Do Now?”

Even the best drivers can become involved in a car accident. Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act creates a duty to report to police any accident that results in personal injury, property damage of over...

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Accidents with Uninsured Drivers: What Happens Now?

What happens when you are injured in Ontario as a result of a motor vehicle accident and the driver of the vehicle who struck you did not have insurance coverage? You may be asking yourself: Will I be...

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Should You Sue Your Own Family?

You are headed up north for a family weekend at the cottage. You are a front seat passenger in your father’s vehicle when you are involved in a motor vehicle collision.  You are seriously injured....

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“My Friend Borrowed My Car and Crashed It, Now What?”

Few of us think twice about lending our cars to family or friends. We tend not to consider the possibility that an accident could occur when someone else is driving our car. Provided the borrower is...

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