Understanding the Different Definitions of Disability
Clarity is critical in the world of contracts and obligations. When it comes to disability insurance, the insurance company typically makes use of one of two main definitions of disability in their contracts: total and partial. Most importantly, should you ever need to claim long-term [...]
Social Media and Protecting Your Credibility
In an age of increased connectivity and sharing, privacy is hard to come by. For years job seekers have often been warned about posting compromising pictures to their social media accounts; but now personal injury plaintiffs may also find that advice useful. Insurance companies have [...]
Legal Consultations – What You Can Expect
The unthinkable has happened: you’ve suffered a serious injury, one that threatens your job, family and the simple things you take for granted every day. You could be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed about what lies ahead. A free, no-obligation consultation with a personal injury lawyer [...]
Diagnosing Brain Injuries – The Glasgow Coma Scale
Considering the brain’s complexity, it should come as no surprise that many diagnostic tools for suspected brain injuries share that high level of sophistication. Sometimes, though, a simple test performed immediately following an injury can shed a great deal of light on the situation. The [...]
Common Complications of Spinal Cord Injury
When someone suffers a catastrophic spinal cord injury, their future is immediately clouded by a barrage of questions: How quickly will recovery proceed and to what degree? What will it mean for career and family? And what kind of complications or secondary effects are to [...]
Case Managers – Playing a Critical Role After a Catastrophic Injury
Following a catastrophic personal injury, it often takes a team of experts to handle the many intricacies of the case. While a personal injury lawyer fights on the front lines for an injured person’s legal rights, a case manager works hard behind the scenes, taking [...]
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund – A Last Resort
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario calls it, quite simply, a “payer of last resort.” The provincial government set up the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund (MVACF) as a way to extend its Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (part of the no-fault system) to every scenario, [...]
Fair Compensation for the Self- or Under-Employed
Employment today is a far cry from the days of stability and rigidity. Now, a person’s employment history can look radically different, including long stints of unemployment, underemployment or, increasingly, self-employment. Luckily, legislation does provide access to compensation for anyone whose employment situation defies easy [...]
Slips and Falls – What’s Expected of the Plaintiff
For such a seemingly straightforward event, a slip and fall causing serious injury can become incredibly complicated. Not only are you held to strict timelines in serving notice of your injuries in certain claims, but also satisfying the onus of proof – in civil cases [...]
Frontal Lobe Injury – Major Roles to Play
The frontal lobe of the brain is home to all sorts of wondrous activity, the kind that distinguishes one person from another and people in general from animals. It is hardly surprising, then, that a localized brain injury to the frontal lobe can severely hamper [...]
