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What Is the Law If I Sustained a Brain Injury?

By Stanley R.October 8, 2015

After suffering a brain injury, your mind is afloat in a sea of questions. How long will I be feeling this way? Will people be tolerant toward me and my injury? Can I afford missing work and paying medical expenses? Before answering these unknowns fueling your anxiety, it helps to ...

Hiring a Serious Accident Lawyer after a Car Accident Occurs in a Whiteout

By Kael'thasOctober 7, 2015

There’s a saying that goes something like this: ”it’s like trying to see a polar bear in a snowstorm.” In our case, your vehicle becomes that hard to see in a whiteout. This is because the snow hinders your visibility of the road and other vehicles on it. However, there are tips that ...

Embarrassing Injuries to Politicians That Could’ve Resulted in Needing a Personal Injury Law Firm

By SpringOctober 7, 2015

Politicians with Injuries With the federal elections coming up, everyone has politics on their mind. To distract voters from the political debate, it is interesting to find out which politicians have had injuries that could have resulted in a need for a personal injury law firm. ...

How Product Liability Compensation Can Result in a Personal Injury Lawsuit

By MarkOctober 7, 2015

Product Liability Compensation is a common occurrence in Canadian society due to the number of faulty products being released on an annual basis. The failure of products to adequately meet consumer needs can result in a personal injury lawsuit. Product liability can occur in several ...

The Dangers of Transport Trucks: Hiring an Accident Lawyer for Truck Collisions

By cjpOctober 6, 2015

The Danger of Accidents Involving Transports Transport trucks can be very dangerous on the road due to their size in comparison to other motor vehicles. Last year there were 6,140 truck crashes in Ontario, including 69 fatalities, leading to the need for an accident lawyer ...

Hiring the Best Accident Lawyer after the Fog Lifts

By Pamela ScottOctober 6, 2015

We’ve seen the scene from old cartoons like Scooby Doo: the car’s climbing a dark mountain, while fog forms a thick blanket around the eerie setting. A haunted house remains at the top of the steep rocky hill, but once the fog lifts, a non-threatening sight remains. The birds begin ...

Hiring Accident Injury Lawyers after a Highway Crash

By NolaOctober 6, 2015

When first learning to drive, highway driving can be everyone’s worst nightmare. However, the statistics show that highway driving is actually safer than driving on the roads in towns or cities. So why are we so afraid of high speeds? The Autobahn Highway in Germany ...

Finding the Right Car Accident Lawyers in Ontario after Aquaplaning

By Jonathan McClapOctober 5, 2015

Per Mertesacker is an Arsenal centre-back who dodged a serious injury, and potentially death, after he lost control of his vehicle and aquaplaned. Arsenal Football club is based in Halloway, London, where Per was driving home from his practice on the M1 when the car accident occurred. ...

When Black Ice Leads to Calling an Accident Claim Lawyer

By Stanley R.October 5, 2015

Ice can be the puppeteer in the winter; the vehicles are the puppets. Drivers may feel like they have little or no control on the roads, but it is the responsibility of the driver to know the best ways to prevent a crash when they’re on thin ice. Anyone who has lived in Canada ...

Alternative Medicines to Use for Whiplash Related Car Accident Injuries

By Lily DanielsOctober 5, 2015

Alternative Medicines for Whiplash Medications help with whiplash from car accident injuries, yet, occasionally, these normative measures of healing don’t have the desired effect on the injured person. Alternative medicines are another way to help with restoring the body to ...

Medications that Help with Trauma after a Car Accident Causes Brain Injury

By FluxOctober 2, 2015

Brain Injuries Brain injuries cause a variety of complex physical and psychological issues, while changing lives exponentially. Symptoms of a car accident brain injury include aggression, anxiety, arousal, cognition issues, eating problems, headaches, mood movements, obsession-compulsions, ...

3 Crucial Questions to Ask Your Car Injury Lawyer

By MarkOctober 2, 2015

It’s tempting, after a car accident, to pass off responsibility. In many ways, you should give responsibility to others (like your family, your claims adjuster, and your personal injury attorney) so that you can focus on your recovery. Dealing with the consequences of a motor vehicle ...

Helpful Organizations for Car Accident Victims

By NolaOctober 2, 2015

If you’ve ever been in an automotive collision in Ontario, you know the frustration, confusion, and even desperation of navigating the complexities and red tape that make up our province’s auto insurance industry. Compound those trials with a serious injury in a car accident, and ...

When a Personal Injury Claim Isn’t enough: Injury Prevention in Ontario

By SpringOctober 1, 2015

The federal election is fast approaching, as it has been for the past 1,000 years (or so it feels, at least). With a constant parade of television ads, newspaper reports, and dinner table conversations, the pre-election fervor puts Canadians at their most knowledgeable on all the ...

Effects of Being Hit by a Car: Injuries and Risks to Pedestrians

By Ms.CampbellOctober 1, 2015

Way back in the early 20th century, when cars started appearing en masse, urban planners (though, at the time, the term “urban planner” probably didn’t exist) were faced with a dilemma: cars need roads, but people also need somewhere to walk…and if people ...

Recover from Workplace Injury with an Ontario Personal Injury Lawyer

By Kael'thasOctober 1, 2015

Let’s conduct a brief logical exercise. Try to follow: a) people get injured sometimes, b) people spend more of their time at work than anywhere else (assuming people spend at least eight hours a day at their job), and, finally, c) when something happens to a person, it is most ...

Pedestrian Accidents Resulting in Spinal Injury Claim

By Pamela ScottSeptember 30, 2015

Ways to Avoid Pedestrian Harm Being a pedestrian in Toronto can be a frightening experience in more congested areas of the city. Between angry drivers trying to orient themselves through narrow streets, streetcars, buses, and cyclists, being a pedestrian can be a dance with ...

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