PERSONAL INJURY
Personal injuries arising out of slips and falls, motor vehicle accidents, and other casualty events, are the most frequently litigated civil matters before our courts. Our law firm's Personal Injury Group is well positioned to maximize results for our clients, while minimizing time and expense.
Our Personal Injury Group has extensive experience with all manner of claims, including fatalities and such catastrophic injuries as quadriplegia and paralysis.
While we appear regularly before all levels of courts, on motions, trials, applications, and appeals, we frequently make use of mediation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques to minimize costs. We also collaborate with an extensive team of support experts to assist us in preparing and assessing our clients' cases, including:
- private investigators;
- medical, vocational, and rehabilitative experts;
- forensic accountants and actuaries; and
- accident reconstructionists.
We regularly represent clients in all manner of personal injury claims, including those arising from:
- motor vehicle accident;
- slip and fall;
- assault;
- sports accident;
- municipal liability;
- occupiers' liability; and
- general casualty.
Our Personal Injury Group is an experienced team of Toronto trial lawyers that can analyze the issues and develop a creative strategy to manage and resolve personal injury claims quickly and efficiently for our clients.
- The New Era of Auto Insurance Fraud - Identity Theft and the Health Care Practitioner by Maya Jacob, OBA, Health Matters, Health Law Section, April 01, 2012
- Case Study - Kusnierz v. Economical - Decision from the Court of Appeal by Michael Blinick, Transportation Newsletter, January 07, 2012
- Videotaping Defence Medical Examinations: An Overview of the Case Law by Alan Drimer, Yu Mai, MB Transporation Practice Group Seminar, November 10, 2011
- Change in circumstances permits multiple applications for determination of catastrophic impairment by Lia Preyde, September 27, 2011
- Legal determination that an at-fault motorist is underinsured is required before a plaintiff's OPCF 44R coverage is triggered by Lia Preyde, September 27, 2011
- Spectator Liability in Canada: An Overview by Alan Drimer, Sabrina Lucibello, First presented at a Sports Liability Seminar, March 03, 2011
- Sports Camp/Clinic Liability by Martin Smith, Sabrina Lucibello, First presented at a Sports Liability Seminar, March 03, 2011
- Plaintiffs Cannot Bargain Away Their Insurer's Rights and Still Hope to Recover from their Insurer by Robert McGlashan, OBA Insurance Law Newsletter Volume 21 No. 1, December 01, 2010
- Self-proclaimed Self-employed Contractor Entitled to Income Replacement Benefits Calculated as an Employee by Michael Kennedy, MB Transportation Newsletter, March 01, 2010
- A Dirt Bike is Considered an Automobile by the Ontario Court of Appeal by Michelle O.P. Dunbar, MB Transportation Newsletter, February 01, 2010
- Loss transfer regime is applicable even when the accident occurred outside of Ontario, if Ontario insurers are involved , MB Transportation Newletter, February 01, 2010
- Mustapha Revisited: Is the job only half-done? by Hillel David, Lisa La Horey, January 01, 2010
- Before You Settle - Lockhard v. Quiroz v. C.A.A. Insurance Co. (Ontario)[1] , MB Transportation Newsletter, January 01, 2010
- The Notional Equivalent of Being “Struck” by an Automobile: Tucci v. Pugliese , MB Transportation Newsletter, January 01, 2010
- Ontario Court of Appeal Sends Strong Message about Mandatory Mediation , MB Insurance Coverage Newsletter, January 01, 2010
- General Damages which are exactly $100,000.00 are subject to the statutory deductible: Winckle v. Siodlowski , MB Transportation Newsletter, January 01, 2010
- Claimant can meet one definition of catastrophic impairment but not the other: Pastore v. Aviva by Michelle O.P. Dunbar, MB Transporation Newsletter, January 01, 2010
- Whether a psychological injury in conjunction with a physical injury can be considered catastrophic: Fourniev v. Coachman , MB Transportation Newsletter, January 01, 2010
- On Your Bike by Van Krkachovski, Ogra's Milestones, December 01, 2008
- Lights and Siren by Van Krkachovski, Ogra's Milestones, September 01, 2008
- Cracks in the Defence, Sidewalk Maintenance and Municipal Liability by Van Krkachovski, Ogra's Milestones, June 01, 2008
- Treading on Thin Ice, Keeping Sidewalks Safe by Van Krkachovski, Ogra's Milestones, February 01, 2008
- Social Host Liability - A Fresh Approach by Hillel David, Advocates Quarterly volume 30, August 01, 2005
- Proving Causation Where the But for Test is Unworkable by Hillel David, Paul McCague, Peter F. Yaniszewski, Advocates Quarterly volume 35, August 01, 2005
- Thin-Skull Claims: Recovery for Accident Neurosis by Hillel David, The Advocates Society Journal, December 01, 1988