What to do after a motor vehicle accident in Ontario
This week, personal injury lawyer Brenda Hollingsworth was interviewed on CTV Morning Live about what steps you should take after a car accident. If you were a passenger, driver, pedestrian or cyclist, the number one priority should always be getting to safety and seeking medical attention. Watch as Brenda describes [...]
Be Aware! End of Summer means Many Motor Vehicle Accidents in Ontatrio
To all our readers across Ontario, the personal injury lawyers at Auger Hollingsworth wish you a safe end of summer and Labour Day weekend. You may be surprised to learn that many serious motor vehicle accidents happen in August and over the last long weekend of the [...]
Who Cares about You After an Accident?
After an accident, you may wonder if it is really worth hiring a personal injury lawyer for your Ontario motor vehicle accident or slip and fall accident. Sometimes our personal injury law firm sees posts on social media ads for lawyers where viewers are-- how shall we say-- [...]
August Long Weekend Can be Dangerous
Stay Safe During the Civic Holiday! If you live in a place with heavy winters like we do in Ottawa, you would probably expect that most car accidents happen in the snowy icy months. However, both statistics and our own experience tells us that August is the most brutal month [...]
Cycling Deaths Lead to Calls for Increased Ottawa Bicycle Infrastructure
Two Ottawa cycling deaths this summer, combined with multiple Ottawa cycling injuries and countless close calls have left Ottawa bicycle enthusiasts spinning. If we accept that we are in a climate crisis (and how can we not?), surely we must do everything in our power as a City to promote [...]
What I Wish I Knew Before I Started my Injury Case
Having served 1000's of personal injury clients in Eastern Ontario, we have seen many local injury victims experience the legal system, and the accident benefit system in Ontario. Today we outline 5 tips we've garnered from hearing their stories. I wish I had checked in with my doctor more often [...]
The Holiday Gift of Safety
Here is Auger Hollingsworth Injury Lawyers' list of 10 awesome Gifts of Safety just in time for the holidays. FIRE EXTINGUISHER- Every home should have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen and probably also one in the garage. Many of us have old, expired extinguishers. Time to upgrade! FIRE [...]
Why Social Media is No Good for your Personal Injury Case
Every single week our Ottawa personal injury lawyers get a courier package from a defence lawyer enclosing photos from our client's Facebook page or Twitter. Most of the time the photos are reasonably innocuous -- no skydiving, bungee jumping or cartwheels. But the photos nevertheless compromise our clients cases. [...]
So Many Pedestrian Accidents in Ottawa!
The last few weeks in November have been open season on pedestrians (and a few cyclists) in the Ottawa area. All impacts between pedestrians and motor vehicles are avoidable. Steps Drivers Can Take to Avoid Striking Pedestrians There are obvious "good driving" steps that all motorists should adopt, including: avoiding [...]
Protect Yourself After Seeing the Insurance Company’s Assessor
It's in the news again. A medical assessor hired by an insurance company is criticized for an unfair and inaccurate report that further victimizes the injured claimant. How Can I Protect Myself when Being Assessed by the Insurance Company? There are steps you can take that will improve (but not [...]
