The OCF-1 is the Application for Accident Benefits. How do I get an OCF-1? Getting an OCF-1 Application for Accident Benefits is very easy. You can download a copy here at from the website of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. But most people get the OCF-1 from their car…
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Treatment after a car accident in Ontario
Many clients and prospective clients want to know where they should go for treatment after a serious car accident in Ontario. It’s a common question because there are so many options and there is no “right way” of doing it. But there is certainly a wrong way of getting treatment.…
What to do after a car accident in Ontario?
It’s amazing to me how many people don’t know what to do after they’ve been involved in a car accident in Ontario. Before you call a personal injury lawyer and we get into all the legal mumbo jumbo; there are a few basic and common sense steps which you will…
Bad Facts Make for Bad Law: WSIB vs. Accident Benefits
Recently I read a very troubling decision from the License Appeals Tribunal (Travis v. Aviva Insurance Company, 2021 CanLii 120883 ON LAT) This case is about a first responder firefighter, who heroically responded to the North York Van Attack which took place on April 23, 2018. You may recall that…
Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Case Managers Oh My!
After a serious motor vehicle accident, you will need a lot of help. You will need help from doctors, nurses, personal support workers. occupational therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, surgeons, internists, nutritionists, speech language pathologists, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, accountants, friends, family and more! Some of these services are FREE…
Accident Benefit Disputes in Ontario and Life at the LAT
When you’ve been wronged and want to seek justice; you sue. It’s sounds simple and it ought to be. Trouble is, when it comes to accident benefit disputes following a car accident in Ontario, you can’t sue anymore. Your right to sue in Court and have your case heard before…
Car Accident Claim or WSIB Claim? Which route do I choose?
Car accident law shouldn’t be confusing. But it is! Workplace injury law shouldn’t be confusing either. But it is! Part of the reason that both car accident law and workplace injury law are both so confusing is because there are man made laws behind both; which usurp natural law. For…
Tone Deaf Insurance Companies Not Helping Curb COVID
The majority of insurance adjusters I have spoken to during the COVID Pandemic are all working remotely from home. I know this because I speak with, or correspond with insurance adjusters every day. It goes with the territory being a personal injury lawyer. In phone calls, or Zoom calls I…
Trust your family doctor; not the doctor paid by your insurance company
I think it’s fair to say that North American society has become more skeptical over the years. We are more skeptical of government. More skeptical of science. More skeptical of our leaders. More skeptical of large businesses. More skeptical in general. Or perhaps, a more accurate comment is that social…
Accident Benefits: If you don’t use ’em; you’ll lose ’em!
After you’ve been seriously injured, or even not so seriously injured in a car accident, or motorcycle accident in Ontario, the injured party; regardless of fault is entitle to accident benefits. This is what Ontario’s “no fault” scheme of accident benefits is all about. If you are not at fault…