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Month: August 2017

Safety advocates call for harsher dangerous driving penalties

Car Accidents / By / January 31, 2022

In July, 21-year-old Mitchell Irwin was handed a four-year prison sentence and concurrent six-year driving ban for killing 26-year-old cyclist Adam Excell in a 2015 hit-and-run. Excell’s family believes the sentence is too lenient, and has found support among road safety advocates and car accident lawyers. “It doesn’t seem like justice was served today,” Excell’s …

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For amusement park thrill-seekers, injuries are an unfortunate possibility

Personal injury / By / August 24, 2017

As a fixture in regional fairs and large events like the Canadian National Exhibition, Ferris wheels, rollercoasters, and other amusement park rides are a common scene across Canada and the United States during the summer months. These rides are, in general, a perfectly safe source of old-fashioned fun, but a small malfunction or instance of …

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What is being done to address the pervasiveness of concussion in sport?

Brain Injury / By / January 31, 2022

It’s no secret that concussions are pervasive in contact sports like football and hockey, but new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests the problem may be even more widespread than previously feared. The study, which has caused alarm among brain injury lawyers, was conducted by researchers at Boston University. …

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Drowning fatalities on the rise in Ontario

Personal injury / By / January 31, 2022

In early July, media across Ontario reported the tragic story of Jeremiah Perry, a 15-year-old student at North York’s C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute who drowned during a class trip to Algonquin Park. Jeremiah was swimming with classmates in Big Trout Lake when he disappeared; his body was recovered the following day. Unfortunately, Jeremiah’s story is …

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