Income Replacement Benefits vs. Non-Earner Benefits
What are Income Replacement Benefits?
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Receiving a Settlement in Ontario Injury Lawsuits
There is a misconception that most car accident lawsuits and other personal injury claims are won or lost at trial. In fact, approximately 5% of cases are tried before a judge or jury – typically, when the defendant refuses to accept liability or disputes the extent of the plaintiff’s injuries and losses. The other 95% of injury lawsuits are resolved by a negotiated settlement between the parties.
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Ontario Car Accident Settlement: Assessing Value
If you were seriously injured in an Ontario car accident, you are entitled to “no-fault” accident benefits from your own auto insurer regardless of who was at fault for the accident. These benefits can include income replacement, treatment and rehabilitation, attendant care, and housekeeping assistance.
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Campisi’s Point of View Sought on 3-Year Old Accident Case
In the October 11th, 2022 article, “Elderly Couple Struck by Pickup Suing for $3.4 M“, local news publication Thorold Today cites the expert opinion of Campisi leader, lawyer, and Osgoode Hall professor Joseph Campisi in a story about a St. Catherines couple who are suing a Thorold city councillor for $3.4 million, alleging he was “careless” and “incompetent” when he hit them with his pick up truck as they crossed a downtown intersection in 2019.
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Representing Yourself in a No-Fault Insurance Claim? You Need to Know This.
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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2022 Deductible Thresholds Explained
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.
Campisi’s Nathan Tischler Quoted in Canadian Underwriter Magazine
In the August 31st, 2021 article, “Shhh! Don’t show this article to a jury in a vehicle accident lawsuit“, insurance industry magazine Canadian Underwriter cites the expert opinion of Campisi lawyer Nathan Tischler in a story about motor vehicle accident tort claims. In the context of a recent lawsuit, writer Greg Meckbach highlights this fact to which jury members are often oblivious: that a statutory deductible of almost $40,000 exists for pain and suffering in these cases.
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No-Fault Insurance: Top 5 Common Questions
If you ever search for Ontario No-Fault Insurance, you’ll see Google return over 3.5 million results in less than a second. Between those results and the questions that our team of lawyers and experts commonly hears, we wanted to provide this quick reference for Ontarians searching for clarity.