Category: MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario and you have insurance, there are certain accident benefits that are due to you as a matter of law. These statutory accident benefits cover a range of damages and possibilities and are available to injury victims regardless of fault. They are: (more…)

If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario, you have the benefit of our no-fault insurance laws to cover you with accident benefits. But what happens if the other driver is at fault? And worse yet, what happens if that other driver is not insured? (more…)

After you have been involved in a car accident, you need to contact the company that sold you a car insurance policy. That same company will have an intake operator accepting all calls from policy holders with a damaged vehicle, injured body parts or both. The intake operator will write down all the pertinent details, regarding the accident that you have reported. (more…)

If you have been injured in an accident, you don’t need a lawyer. You will report your accident to your insurance company and they will offer you a fair settlement — or not. (more…)

If you live in Ontario, you know that our insurance system is a “no-fault” one. But that doesn’t mean that no one is at fault for the accident. In fact, liability in an accident is important when it comes to determining settlements and compensation after an accident. (more…)

After a motor vehicle accident, the things you do in the following hours and days can be important if you need to pursue a personal injury claim. Not only are you feeling overwhelmed and confused but you may have suffered injuries. Make sure to follow these important steps after you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident (more…)

Most truck accidents happen for reasons that are much like those linked to the collision of two or three smaller vehicles. The driver has become overly tired. The driver is speeding or has failed to leave sufficient space between the driver’s vehicle and the vehicle being followed by that same vehicle/truck. (more…)

Ques. #1: Why does the driver of a truck have to meet standards that are much higher than the ones established for the average driver? (more…)

There is a simple reason that only a licensed driver has a right to sit at the steering wheel of a motored vehicle, while it goes rolling down the road. Any state or province grants licenses to those that have passed a written test and a driving test. Those tests are meant to test the knowledge and skill you have to become a license-holder. (more…)

If your ability to drive a car has diminished, due to the fact that you have recently taken drugs or have consumed alcohol, then, once you sit at the steering wheel, you become an unmistakable example of impaired driving. The effect that drugs or alcohol has had on your behind-the-wheel skills could be noted by other drivers. If one such driver happened to be a police officer, then that same officer might stop you, and ask you to pull over to the side of the road. (more…)