It’s absolutely important to point out that these types of accidents are rather regular. As unfortunate as it may be, they are usually going to end up with particularly traumatic complications. This is due to the fact that pedestrians are entirely exposed and there is absolutely nothing to protect them. Basically it’s usually a collision between an exposed common street walker and heavy machinery like a regular vehicle, for instance. You can easily determine which one is going to sustain more damage. However, there are quite a lot of things that have to be taken into proper account when it comes to pedestrian accidents. (more…)

There are quite a lot of things that go on in a personal injury case. However, the majority of those claims are actually never going to reach the court. This is especially true for the province of Ontario. Of course, this is strictly dependent on the type of claim as well as the practice area in which it falls but the general rule of thumb is that people prefer to settle. With this in mind, we are going to provide you with a few negotiation strategies to bear in mind when the time for head to head talk strikes.  Keep in mind that in the majority of cases you would have to be negotiating with adjusters who can be rather fierce. It’s their job to ensure that you don’t get the maximum out of your claim. In fact, their only intention is to make sure that you get as less money as you can or to delay the payment of your insurance for as much as it’s possible. (more…)

You probably know or you’ve read that the majority of personal injury lawyers in Ontario offer to work under the contingency fees. Unfortunately, some of the contingency fee agreements in the province have been under a thorough attack. However, this remains the most preferable way of handling the lawyer’s payment in these sorts of cases. Even though it poses a lot of different benefits for the client, contingency fee agreements are not an uncomplicated matter that doesn’t require any oversight. This is why the following is going to provide you with a brief insight on the things that you might want to be aware of when it comes to it. (more…)