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Month: May 2019

Low-income kids at higher risk of being hit by cars in Ontario

Car Accidents / By / January 31, 2022

A new study conducted by researchers at Sick Kids Hospital, York University, and ICES (formerly Clinical Evaluative Sciences) shows that Ontario children living in low-income areas are more likely to be struck by vehicles than children in high-income areas, a fact that may not surprise personal injury lawyers. The researchers examined emergency room data from …

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Weather Causes Lawsuit Landslide in Windsor

Slip and Fall / By / January 31, 2022

An “unprecedented” number of damages claims were filed against the City of Windsor last year, with most of the increase attributable to pothole claims and slip and fall injuries. The city awarded very few payouts, however; lawsuits against municipalities are often uphill battles for plaintiffs, as any slip and fall lawyer can attest. “When we’re …

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Ontario Aims to Restore $2M Accident Benefits Limit

Accident Benefits / By / January 31, 2022

Personal injury lawyers across Ontario cried foul in 2016 when accident benefits available to catastrophically injured patients were slashed from $2-million to $1-million. The latest provincial budget, released April 11, pledges a “return to the default benefit limit of $2 million for those who are catastrophically injured in an accident.” Stakeholders have embraced the announcement, …

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Driverless Cars Will Keep Passengers Safe, but Could Hurt the Insurance Industry

Car Accidents / By / January 31, 2022

The presence of driverless cars on Canadian roads is a foregone conclusion, but the laws that will regulate them and the impact their presence will have on the insurance and personal injury industries are less understood. To car accident lawyers, autonomous vehicles hold tremendous promise for improving road safety. The vast majority of serious motor …

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