Category: Personal Injury Law

Any good personal injury lawyer should stand ready to support an accident victim’s consideration of a personal injury claim. Any such victim could have been physically or mentally harmed to an extent that has not yet become apparent. A claim for a minor impairment provides ground for claiming possession of a more serious impairment. Read More

The first word of advice for that potential claimant concerns an action that should be taken by any accident victim, regardless of where the collision has taken place. That victim should seek immediate medical attention. Injuries must be treated promptly; an effort to check for an unseen injury ought to be initiated just as soon as possible. Read More

Authorities in Canada do not like to hit Canadians with nothing but bad news. In 2011, a change in the laws that applied to drivers reduced the benefits available to any driver involved in an accident. At the same time, the 2011 change provided drivers with the chance to make up for the lost benefits by purchasing additional coverage. Read More

Two of the benefits enjoyed by any victim relate to the goal of the adjuster, the one that works for the other party’s insurance company. All adjusters know that their success gets determined by their ability to clear a claim in a hurry. At the same time, the successful adjuster must force the victim to accept a low settlement. Read More

Internal appeals are a tricky situation. In the aftermath of a denied disability insurance benefits claim, an internal appeal is more often than not a waste of time and nothing more. Read More

To many, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal to lend your car for a trip to the grocery store, a concert, or sports event, but something as simple as passing your keys to a friend or family member can quickly end in a storm of legal problems, confusion, and frustration. After you have read this article, you may be thinking twice or thrice before you lend your car in the future. Read More

If you are guilty of causing injury to another person, you are responsible for paying damages suffered by them. You are the defendant and your insurer is usually the one that will reimburse the other parties finances from the accident. If you have been injured, the other parties are the ones responsible a reimbursement settlement. This amount of money could add up to thousands or even millions of dollars, if the other person’s injuries, or your injuries, are life altering or very serious. There are other methods in place when a resolution is disputed. Mediation may be one of these methods. Read More

If you have been considering a lump-sum buyout of a disability insurance benefits policy, you may be asking yourself whether this even makes sense in your specific situation, and how exactly this process would work for disability insurance policies. Or even more simply: maybe you don’t even fully know what exactly a lump-sum buyout is. Read More

After an illness or disability has taken a hold of you and left you unable to work, you may have immediately started looking into benefits you could apply for in order to be able to keep your home and feed yourself. So you looked into what you needed to do, you made an appointment with your doctor, you filled out the paperwork, and you sent off your claim… And then you were denied. So what now? You can no longer work, you have no secondary source of income, but you still need money to survive. Read More

If you are in a position in which an injury or medical injury has left you incapable of working, you may currently be worrying and wondering about where to go from here. First of all, you will be relieved to know that there are multiple types of disability benefits available to you. However, which ones apply to you is dependent on your circumstances. To help you figure out the correct steps from here on out so you can get the benefits you are entitled to, we have put together a guide below which should contain all necessary information to get you started down the right path. Read More