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Dangerous Toys Cause Child Injuries

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 30, 2021

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Dangerous toys injure thousands of children every year. Learn more about how to prevent toy-related injuries. Dangerous Toys Most of us remember a favourite toy or two fondly, even decades after childhood has ended and are aware of how important they can be for a child's ...

Bone Fractures: First Aid for Accident Victims

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 24, 2021

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Bone fractures are common injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents. Learn more about fractures and first aid treatments for them. Bone Fractures Human bones are incredibly strong. In fact, ounce for ounce, a human bone is stronger than steel. Bones are rigid, but they ...

Icy Road Safety: What to Do If Your Car Breaks Through the Ice

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 18, 2021

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Icy road safety tips can help to keep you safe. Learn more about what to do if you have to cross an ice road. Icy Road Safety Did you know that Canada has more than 5310Km of icy roads? These roads, which are created when the ice on rivers and lakes freezes hard enough to ...

Snowmobile Safety Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 12, 2021

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Snowmobile Safety Ontarians love snowmobiling! We have over 30,000 km (18,641 mi.) of interconnected trails, one of the longest networks of recreational trails in the world, through some of the most beautiful landscape anywhere. These trails are maintained by the very active umbrella ...

Winter Driving Tips for Canadians

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 6, 2021

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Winter driving can be difficult but being prepared and knowing what to do will help to keep you safe. Explore these winter driving tips. Winter Driving Canada is famed for its beautiful winters and most of us embrace the season’s pleasures, such as skiing, skating, ...

COVID-19 and the Ontario Legal System: Update

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 1, 2021

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COVID-19 impacts on the Ontario legal system have caused courts to pivot to electronic means. Learn more about how courts are now operating. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges for many sectors of society. For the legal system, which relies heavily on an ancient ...

Driving Safety Tips Help Prevent Accidents

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 30, 2020

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Driving Safety Tips In Ontario last year, more than 62,000 drivers were involved in motor vehicle accidents causing personal injury or fatality. Many of these accidents were caused by driver error or unsafe driving practices. Experts recommend being aware of your own driving style ...

Stresses of COVID-19 May Affect PTSD Victims Adversely

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 25, 2020

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COVID-19 May Affect PTSD Victims Do you have PTSD as a result of a motor vehicle accident? A recent article in the British medical journal the Lancet discusses some of the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people who suffer from mental health challenges such as PTSD. ...

What to Do After an Accident

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 20, 2020

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After an Accident Happens Canadians have a reputation for being overly apologetic. In fact, it’s been shown that citizens of the Great White North will often apologize even when the person they’re talking to is clearly in the wrong. Did the Tim Hortons server get your ...

Making an Insurance Claim for Post-Concussion Syndrome

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 15, 2020

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Post-Concussion Syndrome If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident or a slip-and-fall, you may have sustained a concussion. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is caused by a blow or jolt to the head (or an impact to the body) that causes the head to ...

The Dangers of Cannabis-Impaired Driving

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 10, 2020

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Cannabis-Impaired Driving Two recent surveys from the Canadian Automobile Association contain some alarming statistics about drivers and cannabis use. The surveys found that: One in five younger Canadians say they have driven high or have travelled in a vehicle with a high ...

Winter Slip and Fall Accidents

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 5, 2020

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Winter Slip-and-Fall Accidents As soon as snow begins falling in the GTA, our hospital emergency rooms begin seeing victims of slip-and-fall accidents. Every year in Toronto, people are injured by slipping and falling on icy sidewalks or on melted snow in indoor spaces. Recently statistics ...

E-Scooters in Toronto, Should They be Allowed?

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 1, 2020

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E-Scooters on GTA Streets On January 1 of 2020, the Ontario government launched a five-year pilot project for electric kick scooters, allowing them on city streets in the province (subject to municipal regulations). Ottawa, for example, has given the green light to a city-wide e-scooter ...

Communication Is Key When Meeting with a Personal Injury Lawyer in Ontario

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesNovember 30, 2020

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Meeting with a Personal Injury Lawyer Did you know that the initial meeting with a personal injury lawyer in Ontario is almost always free? If you’ve been injured in an accident, don’t hesitate: contact a personal injury law firm today, and learn more about your options. ...

Hot Coffee Insurance Claims and Ontario’s SABS

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesNovember 25, 2020

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Hot Coffee Insurance Claims In the 1990s there was an infamous lawsuit involving an elderly woman who sued McDonald’s for millions of dollars because her coffee from an Albuquerque drive-through window was too hot. Comedians had a field day with the story, and there was even ...

Social Host Liability Claims

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesNovember 20, 2020

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Social Host Liability Claims In 2006, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in Childs v Desormeaux, a case involving social host liability. On January 1, 1999, after leaving a private party in Ottawa, hosted by Julie Zimmerman and Dwight Courrier, Desmond Desormeaux drove ...

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Personal Injury Law in Ontario

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesNovember 15, 2020

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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Personal Injury Law The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, with effects felt in nearly every corner of the globe. In Canada, children’s schooling has been interrupted, forced to comply with social distancing measures, or ...

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