The OCF-1 Application for Accident Benefits is the first, and arguably, the most important form for starting any accident benefit claim following a car accident. If you don’t know what accident benefits are; you can learn all about them on the Goldfinger Injury Lawyers Website, or the Toronto Injury Lawyers…
Wednesday July 1st is Canada Day. Can you believe it? Because of COVID, most people are uncertain what day of the week it is. Let alone month or date. When it comes to stat holidays? Forget about it! Every day feels like a Tuesday on repeat like some cruel real…
Continuing with our COVID theme of straight facts and no filler or wonky political spin, for this week’s edition of the Toronto Injury Lawyer Blog, we will be focusing on Accident Benefit Claims in Ontario. Why are we doing this? Because we are finding so much misinformation going around right…
Did you know that Ontario car insurance companies are entitled to a secret credit approaching $40,000 for your pain and suffering in car accident cases? Probably not. It’s one of the best kept secrets in the insurance industry which insurance companies don’t want you to know about. In the past…
Every once in a while, what appears to be an ordinary slip and fall case, isn’t as straight forward as you would think. It takes a keen legal eye, with significant experience to get to the bottom of some of these tricky cases. And believe me; some slip and fall…
People who have been very very very seriously hurt in a motor vehicle accident need to know the ins and outs of the OCF-19 Application for Determination of Catastrophic Impairment Form. If your insurer deems your injuries to be “catastrophic” your benefits will skyrocket from $3,500 under the minor injury…
Summer long weekends can bring out the best, and worst in people. As a personal injury lawyer, we are consulted in situations where bad things happen. Often bad things happen to very good people. This can have a devastating impact on the lives of the injured party, along with the…
If you have been hurt or injured in a car accident in Ontario, you may be entitled to an income replacement benefit of up to $400/week (or more if you paid an additional insurance premium to increase your IRB level). $400/week isn’t very much money. But before you complain, all…
Everyone loves a good acronym. It’s fun to guess what the letters in the acronym stand for…..or don’t. Here are a few non legal examples: BRB Be right back GTG Got to Go LOL Laugh Out Loud Here are a few legal examples of acronyms which personal injury lawyers in…
If you are hurt or injured in a car accident in Ontario, you will be entitled to an array of accident benefits. These accident benefits are paid by your own car insurer, regardless of fault. If you did not have car insurance at the time of the car accident, the…