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Category Archives: Accident Benefits
Visitor Expenses
When a person is injured, family members spring into action and rally around to help out in any way they can. Visiting a loved one in the hospital or at home following an accident is simply an automatic reaction for … Read More
My Car Hit a Moose: What Are My Legal Rights?
As an Ontario resident, chances are that you have seen a deer or another large animal crossing on or near the highway on which you are travelling. You may even be one of the 10,000 or more drivers who have … Read More
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Pastore – Why Did it Take Five Hearings to Confirm “A” Means “One”?
Oatley, Vigmond had the pleasure of representing the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association in this appeal, involving Anna Pastore and her auto insurer, Aviva Canada inc. i Anna Pastore was 60 years old when she was in a motor vehicle collision … Read More
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Court of Appeal Restores Fairness to Those Who Suffered Psychological Impairments Stemming from an Accident
Toronto, September 27, 2012 – The Ontario Court of Appeal today released the decision in Pastore v. Aviva Canada. In this landmark decision, the Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision that would have severely curtailed benefits for people … Read More
Liability for Faulty Road Design
Nineteen year-old Shannon Deering was on her way to the movies with her sixteen year-old sister and a group of friends on the evening of August 10, 2004. She was driving on a very hilly road that had been resurfaced … Read More
Liability for Faulty Road Design
Author: Troy Lehman Nineteen year-old Shannon Deering was on her way to the movies with her sixteen year-old sister and a group of friends on the evening of August 10, 2004. She was driving on a very hilly road that … Read More
Lawyers Resign From Ontario Auto Insurance Committee
Roger Oatley of Oatley Vigmond Personal Injury Lawyers LLP along with Richard Halpern, partner at Thomson Rogers, Nigel Gilby, partner at Lerners LLP, and Stephen Firestone of Lackman Firestone, resigned from the Auto Insurance Committee created by Financial Services Commission … Read More
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Ontario government proposing further restrictions to the no-fault accident benefits system
Author: Shane Henry Catastrophic impairment is a designation that you can apply for if you are injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario. If your car insurance company accepts that you are catastrophically impaired it greatly increases the amount … Read More
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Why Won’t The Bar Serve Me Another Drink?
Many people, usually when they were younger, had this happen to them. They are out celebrating something or “letting off steam” and the bartender or waitress tells them they cannot have another drink. Businesses that serve alcohol do this for … Read More
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Are Insurance Companies Allowed to Spy on People?
If you have a personal injury claim against an insurance company there is a decent chance that the insurer will hire a private investigator to conduct surveillance on you. It is legal for private investigators to watch you in public … Read More
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