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Category Archives: Car Accidents
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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Does Your Car Have A “Black Box” Like An Airplane?
After an airplane crashes investigators obtain important information from the plane’s black box. The black box (or flight data recorder) records all of the pilot’s actions. The data obtained from these devices is often crucial in determining what went wrong. … 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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Social Justice: Law should offer real compensation to children who lose parents
The low quantum of damages in fatal accident cases is difficult to understand. This insightful article highlights that “the law doesn’t presume any compensable award for loss of guidance, care, and companionship by an eligible family member”, and discusses how … 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
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
Appeal Courts back big award in fatal crash
Great news for our clients! A civil court jury’s award last year to children who lost their mother in a Sunset Strip car crash in Owen Sound six years ago — which set a new high-water mark in Ontario courts … Read More
Why Won’t The Bar Serve Me Another Drink?
Author: By Brian M. Cameron 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 … Read More
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The Minor Injury Guideline and its impact on accident victims
Author: Shane Henry The Toronto Star recently published an article about the effect that the Minor Injury Guideline is having on Ontario accident victims. On September 1, 2010 drastic changes were implemented to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule. These changes … Read More
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Pedestrians vs. Motor Vehicles
A person who has been injured as a result of the negligence of another person is entitled to compensation. The general rule is that the injured person has the responsibility (or onus) of proving the defendant’s negligence. This general rule … Read More
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