Canadian Statistics on Spinal Cord Injury (Paraplegia and Quadriplegia)
Paraplegia and Quadriplegia are spinal cord injuries with no known cure. These spinal cord injuries are extreme in nature and have the potential to impede the future enjoyment of life of the unfortunate victim, particularly if the injury is accompanied by financial hardship. If you are suffering a paraplegic [...]
Getting Compensation After Snowmobile Accidents in Ontario
Every winter our personal injury lawyers are hired by families of people who have been seriously injured, or who have died, while driving a snowmobile or skidoo in Ontario. As fun as they are, snowmobiles can be dangerous and serious snowmobile accidents happen every single season in Ontario. Auger [...]
Choosing Your Ottawa Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer
If you or a loved one in Eastern Ontario has suffered a spinal cord injury caused by someone else’s negligence, you need a personal injury law firm that is well equipped, experienced and with enough financial clout to fight for all available funding. Getting the maximum settlement or trial [...]
Serious Car and OC Transpo accident in Nepean
The Ottawa Sun is reporting a very serious OC Transpo accident in the area of Meadowlands between Indian Road and Viewmount in Nepean, Ontario. The accident was on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 around 11 pm. Three occupants of a car that collided with an OC Transpo bus were injured, one [...]
Ottawa Judge Awards $6.1 Million After Rollover accident on Highway 401
Ottawa Lawyer - The Honourable Mr. Justice Quigley released his judgment yesterday in our case involving a man in his twenties who suffered a serious spinal cord injury, among other injuries, in a single vehicle rollover accident. He was a passenger in the car. The accident was near Brockville [...]
Catastrophic Injury? What is a Catastrophic Injury? Ontario Accident Lawyer
In the context of a motor vehicle accident, including a car-pedestrian, car-bicycle, motorcycle or truck accident, the term "catastrophic injury" has a very specific meaning. When you are injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario, you are entitled to statutory accident benefits. These benefits are usually paid by your [...]
Ottawa Physiatrists- Who are Ottawa’s Physiatrists
If you have been injured in an accident, your family physician may recommend that you see a physiatrist for a diagnosis and rehab plan for your injuries. If you live in Ottawa, the College of Physicians and Surgeons identifies the available physiatrists as follows: Acharya, Meenaxi Surendra Elisabeth [...]
Making a Claim in a Hit and Run or Where there is No Insurance
If you or a family member has been injured in a motor vehicle accident by another driver who does not have insurance, or has inadequate coverage, don’t assume that you can’t bring a claim. In many cases, your own insurance or the insurance on the car you are riding [...]
What Are The Components Of A Rehabilitation Program?
The injuries that result from an Ontario car accident include fractures, sprains, chest or knee contusions caused by impacts with steering wheels, dashboard, or airbags as well as a wide variety of soft-tissue injuries. The treatment prescribed by a physiatrist or other specialist could include following, in addition to [...]
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 [...]
