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Future Care Costs for Disabled Family

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersApril 29, 2019

Future Care Costs If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in an accident, your family may be entitled to make a claim for future care costs. This type of claim can be made if it can be foreseen that the injured person may continue to need care on a long-term basis. ...

Long-term disability benefits help workers who have been injured or who are seriously ill.

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersApril 22, 2019

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Long-Term Disability Benefits You may need time off work due to an accident, an illness, or an injury. If so, long-term disability benefits may pay you a percentage (usually 60 – 70%) of your monthly income. There are many different types of long-term disability (or LTD) ...

Distracted driving causes more accidents than impaired driving or speeding. Learn more about new laws designed to curb it.

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersApril 16, 2019

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Distracted Driving It’s the morning drive. You break up a sibling squabble between the kids before you drop them at their school. You whiz through the Timmy’s drive-thru and you eat your breakfast BLT and drink your double-double in the car. A toonie falls on the ...

Climate Change and Insurance Claims

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersApril 9, 2019

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Climate change and insurance claims are inextricably linked. Learn more about how climate change may impact insurance claims. Every day we hear reports of weather anomalies and effects that may be caused by climate change. Storms are wilder, fires are more prevalent, ...

Pedestrian Accidents in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesApril 2, 2019

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Drivers in Toronto are notorious for bad driving habits, and are often cited as the worst drivers in Canada. Pedestrian Accidents in Toronto Before the first month of 2019 was over, six pedestrians had died on Toronto streets, putting us on track for one of the ...

FAQs Personal Injury Claims

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMarch 31, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions About Personal Injury Claims If you are considering contacting a personal injury lawyer, you may have questions about what they do, or how the process works. Here are some answers to the questions they are most often asked: What should I do if ...

Personal Injury Claims and Social-Media

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMarch 25, 2019

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Personal Injury Claims and Social Media According to CanadiansInternet.com, which monitors technology use by Canadians, 74% of us use the internet at least three to four hours each day. Social media was the third most popular activity online, and, by 2018, 80% of Canadians ...

Public Transit Accidents in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMarch 20, 2019

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Public Transit Accidents Nearly 40% of commuters in Toronto take public transit to and from work each day, according to 2016 long form census data, and this percentage may rise as the transit system expands. With so many passengers travelling daily and the sheer number of vehicles ...

Claiming Long-term Disability Benefits in Ontario

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMarch 16, 2019

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What Are Some of the WORST Roads in Ontario?

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMarch 11, 2019

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Worst Roads in Ontario Every year, the Canadian Automobile Association publishes a list of the most dangerous roads in Ontario. Drivers are asked to nominate and then vote on which roads are in the worst shape. These “dangerous roads” often include major roadways ...

March Break Travel Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMarch 6, 2019

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Travel Safety In the bleak mid-winter, more than three million Canadians carve out some time for a tropical vacation. Whether you’re booked for a week in Jamaica, two weeks on the Yucatan Peninsula, or a long weekend in Turks and Caicos, you’ll be anticipating some fun ...

Ski Resort Accidents

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersFebruary 20, 2019

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Ski Resort Accidents This winter, thousands of Canadian skiers will hit the slopes for fun in the snow. There are over three hundred ski resorts in Canada, with an estimated 4.3 million visitors annually. For the vast majority of these skiers, all that they’ll take home ...

Safe Winter Driving

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersFebruary 10, 2019

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Safe Winter Driving Most Canadians have experience driving in snow and ice, and even through blizzards. But even the most expert winter drivers should learn new techniques and brush up on tried-and-true ones once in a while. And if you’re a novice driver, knowing some ...

Distracted Driving Laws in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersFebruary 1, 2019

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Applying for Income Replacement Benefits

By AnonymousJanuary 20, 2019

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Photo cred: http://steveinaspeedo.tumblr.com/ Who Are Income Replacement Benefits for? If you were employed prior to a car accident, you may be eligible for income replacement benefits. If you have lost your income for a period of time due to the accident, you may be ...

If you’ve been in a car accident in Ontario, know what to do.

By NolaJanuary 10, 2019

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If you've been in a car accident in Ontario, know what to do. You must notify your insurance company that you are filing a claim under Ontario’s no-fault insurance regulations within seven days of the accident. Once you’ve received the application for benefits forms, ...

What You Need to Know Regarding Car Accident Claims

By MarkDecember 20, 2018

Photo cred: http://zephyrs-den.tumblr.com/ (@zephyrs-den) Filing Your Car Accident Claims In the event of a car accident, you will need to file your car accident claims through your insurance company. A lawyer can help you through every step of the way if you ...