Completing Statutory Accident Benefits Forms
If you have had a motor vehicle accident, you will probably receive forms from your insurance company to complete. Alternatively, you might download the forms from the FSCO website. These forms relate to your application for Statutory Accident Benefits, also known as "no-fault" benefits in Ontario. In order to claim [...]
What A Civil Jury Doesn’t Know
After A Collision, Will You Have a Jury Trial? Jury trials can be risky ventures for Ontario collision victims, especially in Ottawa. Insurance companies often choose jury trials, instead of trials by judge alone, because they believe that juries are harder on injured plaintiffs than a Judge would be. [...]
Confused about 1-800 law firms? You are not alone!
Over the past 18 months, an increasing number of mysterious law firms have started to advertise in Ottawa. You've never heard of them, but suddenly they have a fleet (a fleet!!) of OC Transpo buses, billboards and radio ads. You see those ads and you may well wonder why an [...]
Preparing to Testify at Discovery
Most Ontario personal injury lawyers will tell you that in 2015, we are facing an upswing in the number of personal injury cases that are going to trial. Although the vast majority of accident cases still settle at mediation or at a pre-trial, select cases are being slated, quite [...]
How is my lawyer calculating my damages claim?
There are a number of factors that come into play when a personal injury lawyer calculates the damages for a particular accident. Damages are calculated on a case by case basis and reflect the specific circumstances of the accident in question. That being said, damages for injury cases in Ontario [...]
Ontario’s 2015 Budget is Bad for Accident Victims
Last week the Ontario provincial government released its 2015 budget. Although it did not get a lot of attention, an entire section of the budget is dedicated to proposed changes to how injured victims are treated after a motor vehicle accident. By and large, the news is not good. The [...]
I want to get Canada Pension Plan Disability
Many of our clients have been denied Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) upon first application. This is not surprising since over 60% of initial applications are denied. However, with our help, many clients succeed in getting CPP-D benefits by requesting a reconsideration within the timeline specified in the rejection letter. [...]
What to Expect if You Hire a Disability Insurance lawyer?
Understanding Your Denied Disability Claim: Expert Guidance from Auger Hollingsworth Lawyers Your lawyers at Auger Hollingsworth will help you understand the basis for the insurance company's denial of your claim. Whether it is short term disability, long term disability, Canada Pension Plan Disability or ODSP, our lawyers can explain, [...]
5 Things You Can DO Today to IMPROVE your accident case
5 Things you can do today to improve your car accident case If you have recently been in a car accident, you may feel overwhelmed and unsure about what to do. As Ottawa personal injury lawyers, we have had many clients ask us about what they can do to [...]
Making a Claim after an Accident While on Vacation
The last thing you want is to get injured on vacation. It happens. Fairly often, in fact! Injured in the United States? Most of the time if you are injured in the U.S., it will not be that difficult to figure out what to do. In many states there is [...]
