City of Ottawa Skating Safety: Rideau Canal

I am very happy that Ottawa children under the age of 10 will be required to wear protective helmets during public skating sessions held in City of Ottawa facilities effective January 1, 2012. It is estimated that 5,700 Ottawa children receive medical treatments in Ottawa emergency rooms, and 400 children are hospitalized, every year because […]

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David Hollingsworth Wins Groundbreaking Catastrophic Injury Accident Benefits Case at FSCO

Dirt Bike Accident Results in Spinal Cord Injury A young man was seriously injured in a dirt bike accident. He was in his early 20s when he suffered a serious spinal cord injury and became a paraplegic when he fell off his dirt bike while riding on a private track. He had no insurance and […]

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Difference between Catastrophic injury accident benefits and Non-Catastrophic injury accident benefits

Catastrophic Injury and Non-Catastrophic Injury: STATUTORY ACCIDENT BENEFITS Did you know that regardless of who is at fault, people injured in motor vehicle accidents in Ontario may be entitled to certain accident benefits from their own motor vehicle insurance company regardless if they have suffered a catastrophic injury or not? Even if you do not have […]

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David Hollingsworth selected -Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 Award -OBJ –

Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer – David Hollingsworth – Ottawa Accident Lawyer. I am excited to share with you that I have been chosen by the OBJ for the 2010 Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 Award. Congratulations and I look forward to meeting the other recipients and thank everyone for nominating me and supporting me […]

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Ontario, Ottawa slip and fall settlement / Ottawa Lawyer explains..

A slip-and-fall accident can happen any time of year Even though mild weather is coming to Ottawa, slip-and-fall accidents still happen regularly.  The ice is melting and has a slick layer of water on top, which remains invisible to the pedestrian. In most instances, when you suffer from a slip and fall accident, property owners […]

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Ottawa Paraplegia : Richard Perrin’s story..

I had the pleasure of speaking with Richard and thought I would share this article from the Ottawa Citizen with you…I wish him and his wife Maureen continued success in their recovery. Richard Perrin was in a terrible accident. He was thrown off a motorcycle at 160 km/h. He explained to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper…”I […]

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Ottawa Spinal Cord Injury: Rene Faucher, hockey accident -University of Ottawa

Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer supporting Rene Faucher Most of you have probably heard by now the very sad news about Rene Faucher. If you haven’t a few weeks ago, he caught a rut in the ice at the University of Ottawa and went head-first into the boards at a pick-up hockey game. The result is […]

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