Category: Personal Injury FAQ’s

Surgical negligence occurs when a professional makes a mistake that could have been avoided while you were in his or her care. While some errors are due to simple incompetence of a surgeon, others are normally due to poor procedures or preoperative planning. (more…)

When you are driving a car and someone slams into you, it becomes rather clear that the other driver contributed greatly to the occurrence of that unfortunate event. Even if the other driver were to say that you caused the collision, the damage to your vehicle might indicate something else. Unfortunately, not all accidents are like a collision on a roadway. (more…)

Different states within Canada have different rules, regarding how a claim should be made, when more than one person is at fault for a given accident. Under most laws, one of the careless and neglectful parties (defendants) provides the victim with the full amount of deserved compensation. Then the one liable party that has paid the victim can sue for compensation from the other liable parties. (more…)

As a victim seeks compensation in a personal injury case, the amount of that compensation should reflect the extent of the damages. The cost of some damages should be rather clear; those would include each damaged section of the victim’s automobile or other item of personal property. Added to that would be the cost of physical and mental harm to the person that has been victimized. (more…)

Personal injury lawyers in Barrie do not pretend that the job of completing and filing an auto insurance claim should never be viewed as a long and tedious task. Still, an injury lawyer that specializes in personal injuries can suggest ways to ensure the claimant’s receipt of the expected compensation. In other words, if the victim of an accident sticks to the established process, that same person should receive a monetary reward. (more…)