How Much Time Do You Have to Make a Slip and Fall Claim

If you slip and fall on someone else’s property and injure yourself, you may be eligible for compensation for your injuries. That is, if you are able to establish that the premises were not reasonably safe. How much time do you have to make a slip and fall claim? Learn everything you need to file […]

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Occupational injuries and LTD.

LONG TERM DISABILITY AND WSIB Many employers provide group benefits packages to their employees, including long-term disability (LTD) benefits. In addition, some employers also have an additional LTD policy to cover workplace injuries and illnesses caused at/by the workplace, called an occupational long-term disability policy. Some Ontario industries (eg. construction) are required by law to […]

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Clarifying what it means to be Additional Insured.

Additional Insured coverage What does it mean to be additional insured ? The law, like most things, can sometimes be ambiguous.  Where some laws are straight forward and easily understood, others leave a great deal of room for interpretation.  In the latter case, it is often left to the courts to interpret the law and […]

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Should you settle your personal injury lawsuit out of court?

Settling Personal Injury Lawsuit Out of Court If you have been injured in an accident and are considering a personal injury lawsuit you may be somewhat familiar with the process – accident, evidence, lawyers, court rooms, trial and compensation. But what about settlement? Most accident victims don’t consider settlement, yet the majority personal injury cases […]

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Determining compensation for an Ottawa pedestrian accident.

Ottawa Pedestrian Accident Lawyer In a city such as Ottawa,  pedestrian accidents are very common.  Every 5 years, the City of Ottawa collects statistics on Ottawa pedestrian accidents. The last report we could find was in 2013 and it reported that in Ottawa, there were a total of 351 Ottawa pedestrian accidents, 5 of which […]

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Compensation for sports injuries? Where does the line get drawn ?

Sports injury compensation claims                                      By: Brent Meadows   Our Ottawa personal injury lawyers are seeing more and more legal disputes in relation to recreational sports injuries.  One of our lawyers recently posted an opinion piece on this […]

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Injury compensation in recreational sports ?

Assault in Recreational Sports By: Brent Meadows  Personal Injury and Sports Recreational sports are a great source of fitness and fun. When we play sports we understand that certain risks may be involved. When people play in any form of organized sports they are consenting to some sort of risk. For example, in hockey, participants […]

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Boating Accidents in Ontario and Personal Injury Law

Boating Accident Ottawa Lawyer Boating Accident Law in Ontario It’s finally here…Summer and that means lots of time outside and for many lots of time on the water.  What many people do not know is that when it comes to driving a boat, there are many similarities to driving a car.  A boat is considered […]

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