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How Personal Injury Lawyers can Help After a Hit-and-Run Injury

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesSeptember 17, 2020

Hit-and-Run Accidents Recently, a cyclist in Markham and a 17-year-old pedestrian in North York died when struck by drivers who then left the accident scene. Fleeing the scene of an accident is, sadly, not uncommon. In Oshawa in 2019, as a cyclist lay dying in the road, not ...

Distracted Drivers in Ontario

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesSeptember 10, 2020

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Distracted Driving in Ontario While “multitasking” may be a prized skill in the workplace or home, it is definitely not encouraged on the road. When you’re driving, your focus should be on driving, because when it’s not, accidents happen. Since the year 2000, ...

Play Safe! Tips for Playground Safety

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesSeptember 4, 2020

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Play Safe! Tips for Playground Safety This year, more than 29,000 children under the age of 15 will go to a hospital emergency room to be treated for injuries sustained on a playground, according to the Canadian Paediatric Society. Most of these injuries (up to 75%) are caused ...

COVID-19-Safety-Tips

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesAugust 30, 2020

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COVID-19 Safety Tips As governments around the world try to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus, scientists have been scrambling to supply us with facts that can help us to make good decisions. The first few months of the pandemic were punctuated by our ...

Injury Claims | Sokoloff Lawyers in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesAugust 20, 2020

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Get the Help You Need Claiming Compensation with Experienced Settlement Lawyers When you or someone you love has been involved in an accident – life changes. Wendy Sokoloff has been practicing for over 30 years and in 2002 started her own law firm. She has only ...

Getting Compensation for Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesAugust 11, 2020

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Motor vehicle injuries can result in pain and suffering, loss of income, and more. Learn more about what to do if you’ve been injured in an MVA and how personal injury law firms like Sokoloff Lawyers in Toronto can help you claim insurance benefits. Examples of the kinds of ...

Amusement Park Injuries

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJuly 10, 2020

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Amusement Park Injuries An amusement park or midway can be the perfect place for a summer outing with family or friends. Splashing down a waterslide, screaming as the roller coaster takes a wicked bend, or plummeting from a drop tower is exhilarating fun! But how safe are Canadian ...

Preventing Injuries while Camping in Ontario

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJuly 2, 2020

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Camping Safety Tips Canadians love the great outdoors! In fact, it’s estimated that approximately 20% of Canadians go camping each year. Most of us enjoy our time in the wilderness and return home safe and sound. But there are many hazards when camping, and accidents can happen. ...

Hiring a Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer: Young Drivers, Accidents, and Car Accident Settlements

By Lily DanielsArticlesJune 19, 2020

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As soon as you turn sixteen-years-old, it’s off to the races to get your driver’s license. You’ve had little to no driving experience, except in the dungy parking lot at your grandparent’s house, but you feel like a pro. After a few driving lessons with a strict ...

Dog Bite Lawyers in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJune 13, 2020

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There are approximately four million dogs in Canada, and dog bites constitute a complex health problem, with more than 500,000 incidents of dog attacks every year. Injuries can range in severity and may require recovery time. Learn more about how personal injury lawyers can ...

Wrongful Death Claims and Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMay 21, 2020

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Wrongful Death Claims Some of the most difficult cases that personal injury lawyers encounter are those involving wrongful death. “Wrongful death” refers to a death that occurs due to a fatal accident or injury that ...

Public Transportation Accidents in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesMay 10, 2020

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Getting Help After a Public Transportation Accident in Toronto With a population of 2.8 million and growing, the city of Toronto is a dynamic and bustling metropolis. According to the Toronto Transit Commission, daily ridership now tops 1.69 million. With numbers ...

Outdoor Activities and Staying Safe During COVID-19

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMay 1, 2020

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Staying Safe The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has forced us to focus on personal safety, for ourselves and for our families. But neither do we want to live our lives in fear of new and exciting experiences. Every exciting activity carries some types of risk; ...

Hiring a Car Accident Lawyer in Mississauga and Finding a Lawyer that Will Help You File a Neck Injury Claim

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesApril 21, 2020

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It might surprise you to hear that there are more car accidents that occur in the summer weather, than in the winter. Now, why is this? It’s because summer drivers are unaware of the mechanical issues that can go wrong in the heat, as well as the increase in pedestrians, cyclists, ...

Truck Accidents Suffered at the Workplace

By SpringApril 13, 2020

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Truck related accident injuries may be especially likely to happen at the workplace, particularly industrial or construction work accidents, where trucks are commonplace. Suffering an accident at the workplace can be more complicated than regular road accidents for a number of reasons. As ...

Filing a Personal Injury Claim after a Side Crash Occurs

By Kael'thasArticlesApril 1, 2020

You’re out driving in the cool, winter weather, when suddenly, a car swerves into your lane and crashes directly into the side of your car. Your car veers off of the side of the road into a pocket of green shrubbery and snow. You’re still traumatized by what just happened, ...

Limitation Periods Suspended by Order of Government of Ontario

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersMeral KesebiMarch 25, 2020

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As the COVID 19 crisis affects how the legal community carries out its work and responsibilities to the public and their clients, the Government of Ontario has passed a law to protect procedural legal rights. By order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection ...

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