Month: September 2017

Will marijuana legalization lead to a surge in product liability lawsuits

Legal recreational marijuana is looming in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged nationwide legalization by summer 2018, though the provinces have expressed varying degrees of doubt in their ability to hit that mark. In the meantime, legal experts including Ontario personal injury and product liability lawyers are preparing for what may be a “wild …

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Can insurance brokers help drivers cope with Ontario’s reduced accident benefits coverage?

For years, the Government of Ontario has promised to lower auto insurance rates, a goal that consumers – and car accident lawyers – broadly supported. In September 2010, the province introduced sweeping changes to the auto insurance system that significantly reduced basic coverage. According to a Toronto Star article from August of that year, the …

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Autonomous vehicles could make our streets safer, but hurdles remain

Experts in the automotive industry – including some car accident lawyers – believe autonomous vehicles will ease congestion and greatly improve road safety by transferring control from humans to machines that communicate constantly with the vehicles around them and do not suffer lapses in judgment, drive while intoxicated, or become distracted. Getting these vehicles on …

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