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Insurance Claims and Personal Injury Cases

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesFebruary 7, 2020

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Insurance Claims and Personal Injury Lawsuits If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident, you may be wondering about the difference between making an insurance claim and taking legal action in the form of a personal injury lawsuit. While the two things are very ...

9 Reasons Why Personal Injury Claims Fail

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesFebruary 5, 2020

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Why Personal Injury Claims Fail While there is no lack of information online about personal injury law firms, there are few articles that outline common errors and pitfalls to avoid when making a personal injury claim. In this article, we will examine various reasons why claims ...

Personal Injury Lawyers Help with Wrongful Death Claims

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesFebruary 3, 2020

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Wrongful Death When a spouse, child, or sibling is killed in an accident, family members are often in shock. These traumatic deaths strike without warning: one moment your family is whole, and the next, life changes forever. Survivors might feel misplaced responsibility for ...

Whiplash Injuries

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 31, 2020

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Whiplash Injuries Because whiplash is a common injury for those who have been involved in a motor vehicle collision, it is often regarded as less than serious by those who are unfamiliar with it. An employer may expect an employee with a whiplash injury to resume all work activities ...

Snowmobile Accidents in Canada

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 28, 2020

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Snowmobile Accidents in Canada Canadians are enthusiasts when it comes to winter activities. Along with hockey, we take advantage of our wintry weather to participate in leisure activities such as skiing, skating, curling, tobogganing, and snowmobiling. The first modern snowmobile, ...

Traumatic Amputation Injuries

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesJanuary 27, 2020

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Traumatic Amputation Injuries If you have suffered an amputation from an accident, you may be facing the future with many questions. Will you be able to go back to work? Will you be able to care for your family? Will you yourself need extra assistance or care? Will you need ...

David and Goliath; Przyk v. Hamilton Retirement Group Ltd

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersAshley FrydrychJanuary 13, 2020

In many personal injury lawsuits, the Defendant in the action is defended by their insurance company. For example, when a plaintiff sues the driver/owner of a motor vehicle that is responsible for injuring them in a car accident, the driver/owner’s automobile insurance takes ...

Boutique Law Firm

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJanuary 9, 2020

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Boutique Law Firms If you are looking to engage the services of a lawyer, you may see that some law firms are designated as “boutique law firms.” But what does that mean, exactly? And what are the advantages or disadvantages of opting for a boutique firm? In ...

High Behind the Wheel

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersJanuary 1, 2020

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Drivers High Behind the Wheel With the legalization of cannabis in Canada after passage of the Cannabis Act (C-45) in October 2018, usage of the drug has increased, according to Statistics Canada. In a survey from May of 2019, 18% of Canadians aged 15 and older reported using ...

Pedestrian Deaths in Toronto

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersDecember 27, 2019

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Pedestrian Deaths in Toronto Toronto’s Vision Zero project was launched in 2017 with the aim of reducing pedestrian deaths in the city to zero, but despite this initiative, people continue to die on GTA streets. With an all-time high of 41 pedestrian deaths in 2018, and ...

Product Liability Cases in Canada

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 19, 2019

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Product Liability Cases in Canada Have you been injured by a defective product? Do you have a claim against the manufacturer or seller? An experienced personal injury lawyer can help you to learn more about product liability cases in Canada, and help to guide ...

Personal Injury Lawyers in Toronto, Ontario.

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersDecember 16, 2019

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Personal Injury Lawyers You are probably familiar with the names of a few personal injury law firms. In fact, if you watch television, you may even have a catchy jingle or two from personal injury law commercials running through your head! Unfortunately, many people may have ...

Class Action Suits vs. Mass Torts

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersDecember 9, 2019

Class Action Suits vs. Mass Torts When an event causing injury or death to many people occurs, such as an airplane accident, an exposure to a toxic substance such as asbestos, or the discovery that a medical implant has been defective, the victims usually want to pursue legal ...

Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help with School Bus Accident Settlements

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersArticlesDecember 4, 2019

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School Bus Accidents are More Common than You Think A recent Ontario Court of Appeals ruling held that a bus company must pay a $7 million award to a 13-year-old girl who suffered brain damage when she leapt out the emergency exit of her school bus on the day she graduated from Grade ...

OPCF44 Family Protection Coverage

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersDavid RichmonNovember 27, 2019

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OPCF44 Family Protection Coverage: An Essential Insurance Option Last month in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, twenty-four-year-old Desiree Evancio was dragged five city blocks by a van and trailer operated by a member of a U.S. punk rock band. This horrific motor ...

Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents

By Sokoloff - Personal Injury LawyersNovember 8, 2019

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Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents Each year in Canada, 2,000 people are killed and 10,000 are seriously injured in traffic collisions. Sadly, many children are reflected in those statistics. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death and hospitalization ...

Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers Help Accident Victims

By Glenna MacDougalNovember 5, 2019

Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers Nearly 90,000 Canadians live with a spinal cord injury. The effects of an SCI depend on the severity and location of your injury, (paralyzed, quadriplegic, paraplegic) but these injuries can be life-changing. A severe ...