What is a catastrophic injury? The term “catastrophic” is seemingly common sense, and yet for many Ontario residents fighting for their rights in the legal world, it is a term which they are measured against but one that is often left shrouded in mystery.
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If you or a loved one is injured in an automobile accident, life can get turned upside down in a heartbeat. All you want is to receive the treatment and support you need to return to normal life and put the incident behind you. It can be tempting to try to simplify the process of recovery by dealing with everything yourself instead of hiring legal professionals to handle your case. This option can be the quickest and can seem like the most efficient approach.
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As parents and drivers, we all want to make sure that our kids are as safe as possible in the car. However, despite our best intentions an alarming number of avoidable injuries happen every year because of faulty or improperly used car seat / booster seats and/or other risks drivers create through carelessness and ignorance. Our goal with this article is to provide more information about car seats so that future injuries can be prevented.
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Buying or Leasing a New Car? OPCF 43 Insurance Could Save You Money.
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Updated September 12, 2023
In this video, our founder, Joseph Campisi, who is a Professor of Insurance Law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto explains in layman terms where to start and what to expect in trying to determine the value of your case.
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Recently, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) published its 2022 Automobile Insurance Indexation Amounts Guidance. This Guidance, effective January 1, 2022, establishes the amounts related to insurance claims that are subject to indexation for 2022. Indexation is tied to the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) and varies year to year.
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Ontario police are cracking down harder than ever on distracted driving in 2022, and penalties are getting steeper. And with good reason; deaths from distracted driving have doubled since the year 2000, and one person is injured at the rate of every half hour, according to Ontario.ca. Read on to learn more about the most common distractions (yes, texting, but that’s not all), and the potential consequences of breaking the law.
Impaired driving, also called driving under the influence or DUI, refers to the operation of a vehicle while the driver’s ability to do so is compromised by alcohol, prescription or non-prescription drugs, alone or in any combination. Types of vehicles where DUI charges could apply include not only road-going vehicles, but also off-road vehicles and ATVs, motorcycles, boats, and snowmobiles. While as a society we are doing a better job of exercising appropriate judgement when it comes to driving under the influence, DUIs remain the second leading criminal cause of death in Canada after homicide and the second most common criminal offence processed in Canadian courts.
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