Serious Cyclist Accident Involving Open Car Door
Ottawa Lawyer- Today we delivered a settlement cheque to a cyclist who was injured when a driver opened his door in traffic. My client struck the open door on his bike and went flying into a street in the Glebe. Fortunately for my client, there was no on-coming traffic. [...]
What is the Minor Injury Guideline? Ottawa Lawyer
If your accident benefit insurer has placed you in the Minor Injury Guideline, you will only have $3500 in medical rehabilitation benefits available, even if you have purchased upgraded accident benefits. You will not be eligible for housekeeping benefits or attendant care. For many people, the $3500 will be sufficient [...]
What Your Doctor Needs to Know before Filing an OCF 3
After an Ontario car accident, your physician will be asked to complete a Disability Certificate OCF-3 by your accident benefit insurer. The Disability Certificate OCF 3 is of vital importance to your entire claim for accident benefits. As a result, it is very important that your doctor consider the following [...]
5 Factors that Affect the Value of Your Ontario Accident Case
If you are like most of our Ottawa accident clients, you are very keen to know how much your accident case is worth. Who can blame you? You are going through this stressful legal process, it makes sense that you want to know whether your case is worthwhile. Unfortunately, [...]
Tough Times Ahead for “Smaller” Ontario Motor Vehicle Accident Cases
We have noticed that certain types of cases are getting harder to settle early on in the litigation process. Especially in auto accident cases, insurers are getting tougher to deal with and are requiring more medical evidence that our clients’ claims meet the legal threshold to sue. Remember, to successfully [...]
Ottawa Accident: Highway 417 and Boundary Road Rollover injures Teen Girls
OTTAWA LAWYER: A single-vehicle accident on Highway 417 southeast of Ottawa early on September 4, 2011 has put 4 teenage girls in two different hospitals. Their vehicle is said to have left the roadway and rolled over. The girls are reported to be aged between 17 and 19 years old. [...]
ARE AUTO INSURANCE ISSUES ON YOUR MIND THIS ELECTION?
With Ontarians going to the polls on October 6, 2011, it will not be long before candidates for members of Provincial Parliament appear at our doors looking to make friendly chit chat with perspective voters. Often candidates will ask voters what issues are important to them. Most often, in [...]
Avoid Backyard Pool Accidents: Ottawa Lawyer
OTTAWA LAWYER-- While on vacation we stumbled across a display by a community group in Florida that was advocating increased safety around backyard pools. Of course backyard pools are extremely common in Florida but they are increasingly common in eastern Ontario Water Watcher Lanyard particularly with the availability [...]
Ottawa Driver Travelling by Car in The U.S.?
We had a fabulous trip this summer, driving to Florida and then back along the Eastern United States. Before we went, we did what all Ontarians should do before a US driving trip. We called our auto insurer to check our insurance coverage. Yes, it sounds a little uptight. But [...]
Gap In Ontario Insurance Law Hurts Orphans, and Others
Kudos to Ottawa Citizen writer Joanne Chianello for her excellent article about the gap in Ontario auto insurance that robs deserving accident victims of insurance coverage because of criminal acts by the driver who caused the accident. Read it here: Ontario Insurance Law Gap Article In the article, Ms. [...]
