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Teen Drivers and Motor Vehicle Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMay 22, 2023

Teen Drivers and Motor Vehicle Safety Young Canadians make up 13% of drivers on our roads but are responsible for 20% of motor vehicle accident injuries and deaths. In fact, road crashes are the leading cause of death for drivers aged 15 to 24, and the main cause of traumatic ...

Life After a Traumatic Amputation

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersApril 11, 2023

Traumatic Amputation There are two basic types of amputation: surgical amputation and traumatic amputation. Surgical amputation is the name given to instances where a medical team makes the decision to remove a limb or other body part due to lack of blood flow and the resulting ...

Best Vehicle Safety Features

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJanuary 7, 2023

Best Vehicle Safety Features If you’re planning to buy a new car, you’ll want to consider which safety features you want. Of course, all vehicles in Canada must meet the Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, so many safety features are mandatory on new vehicles. These ...

Night Driving Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJune 1, 2022

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Night Driving Tips Driving at night is more dangerous than driving during the day. This knowledge makes many of us apprehensive about night driving; some even avoid it altogether. Nevertheless, most drivers will need to drive at night at least occasionally. How can you feel ...

Contaminated Food Products

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 20, 2022

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Contaminated food products can cause distress for consumers. Learn more about what to do if you have been injured due to a foreign object in your food. Contaminated Food Products We’ve all heard horror stories about people finding foreign objects in food products. ...

Therapies for Accident Victims

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 16, 2022

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Therapies for accident victims can help them to cope with the after-effects of a motor vehicle crash. Learn more about the types of therapy that can be effective. Therapy for Accident Victims Many of our clients have sustained injuries in car accidents, workplace accidents, ...

Finding The Right Personal Injury Lawyer

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 4, 2022

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The right personal injury lawyer can make a tremendous difference in your life. If you’ve suffered an injury, learn more about working with a personal injury lawyer. The Right Personal Injury Lawyer Often, when people are injured, they attempt to deal with their insurance ...

Civil Cases in Canada

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 31, 2021

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Civil cases in Canada differ from criminal cases in several ways. Learn more about how civil lawsuits work in Canada. Civil Cases in Canada If you are working with your personal injury lawyer to sue someone who caused you to be injured in an accident, you will want to know ...

What to Expect at a Discovery Hearing

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 23, 2021

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What to expect at a discovery hearing: learn more about how to prepare for this stage of your civil suit. What to Expect at a Discovery Hearing If you are bringing a personal injury lawsuit against the person responsible for your injuries, you will probably need to attend a ...

Compensation for COVID-19

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 10, 2021

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Compensation for COVID-19 may be possible if you can prove negligence on the part of the person, business, or organization that caused your illness. Learn more about how to proceed. Compensation for COVID-19 Did you catch the COVID-19 virus due to negligence on the part ...

Winter Driving Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 1, 2021

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Winter driving tips can help you stay safe this winter. Learn more about equipping your vehicle and driving safe. Winter Driving As Canadians, we know that we need to take extra precautions on icy roads and streets during the winter months. In poor weather, collision ...

What is Lawyer Client Privilege?

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesNovember 26, 2021

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Lawyer-client privilege is there to protect clients and to encourage frank disclosure of the facts. Learn more about this legal principle. Lawyer-Client Privilege In Hollywood legal thrillers, the concept of lawyer-client privilege is often used as a plot point: the ...

Preventing Traumatic Brain Injury

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesNovember 13, 2021

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Preventing traumatic brain injury can keep your family safe. Learn more about the risk of TBIs and how to take precautions to prevent them. Preventing Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injuries range from mild concussions to severe permanent physical and cognitive injuries ...

How the Pandemic Is Changing the Legal Profession: the COVID-19 Effect

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesOctober 25, 2021

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How the pandemic is changing the legal profession: learn more about the impact of COVID on Ontario lawyers. COVID-19 swept us into a world where we had to find different ways to do almost everything. Kids went to school via Zoom. We worked from home. Merchants left our orders ...

Preventing Dog Bites

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersOctober 21, 2021

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Preventing Dog Bites For dog lovers, one of the great pleasures of staying home during the pandemic has been being able to spend quality time with their canine companions. In fact, it’s become increasingly difficult to find a dog to adopt, as people who are now able to ...

Long-Term Care and COVID-19

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesSeptember 10, 2021

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Long-Term Care Homes and COVID-19 The past year and a half have been difficult for all of us, but for those who have lost loved ones, the pandemic has been devastating. In Canada, the toll has been particularly high for seniors living in long-term care homes and nursing homes. Approximately ...

Motorcycle Accidents on the Rise

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersSeptember 1, 2021

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Motorcycle Accidents on the Rise 2020 marked one of the worst years in decades for motorcycle fatalities in Ontario: 42 motorcyclists were killed on OPP-patrolled roads. Most of these accidents involved a single vehicle, and nearly half involved drivers over the age of 50. ...