Category: Motor vehicle accidents

If you live in a place which gets a lot of snow and bad weather, especially during the winter, you are well-versed with having chains on your tires and salting the roads, especially when they ice over. This is intended to prevent car accidents. However, as any personal injury lawyer knows all too well, accidents are inevitable. Therefore, you are likely to be involved in a car accident, especially during the bad weather of winter. The first thing to do is to seek legal counsel. The second thing to do is to read the information discussed in this article. (more…)

Car accidents are as commonplace as the Internet is. And while, as personal injury lawyers know all too well, they can involve third parties. You are required by law to carry personal auto insurance for your car. You may even be carrying car insurance with a third-party liability clause. You will definitely need your insurance if you are ever involved in an accident that was your fault, and you will definitely need third party liability insurance if someone else drives your car and gets into an accident. The real amount of TPL you need and more is the subject of this article. (more…)

According to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act, if your son or daughter causes an accident while driving your vehicle, you could be financially liable for the other party’s injuries and property damage. This law provides explicit guidelines regarding a parent’s liability in a motor vehicle accident that resulted careless or negligent driving. Furthermore, the law also states that, unless someone was driving the vehicle without the registered owner’s consent, that they will be held liable for any financial losses and property damage. (more…)

If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, then you must perform 2 acts that do not strengthen the protection of your rights. Still, once you have completed that pair of tasks, then you should feel free to focus on the action that does provide your rights with a larger level of protection. (more…)

Any resident of Ontario has 2 good reasons for considering the possibility of buying optional benefits. Each benefit manages to extend a bit further the scope of the coverage provided by the Province’s Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS). In addition, each optional benefit increases the total amount of money offered by SABS. (more…)