A lot of the clients at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers suffer from Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Depression. It’s not easy because nobody seems to understand these conditions. More on that later. We have expertise in handling chronic pain, fibromyalgia and depression cases which present in a variety of forms such as…
Personal injury law should be simple. Plaintiff sustains an injury in an accident (the damages component). Defendant’s negligence caused the accident (the liability component) Plaintiff’s injuries directly caused as a result of the Defendant’s negligence (the causation component). Any personal injury case without all three of these components will fail.…
Recently in the news, a Windsor Ontario doctor was disciplined for over prescribing opioid medication. His license to practice medicine was revoked. This was the first disciplinary case of its kind involving the over prescribing of opioid medication where the doctor lost his license to practice medicine. Also recently, the…
Everyone here at Goldfinger Injury Lawyers hopes that you had a safe holiday season, along with a Happy New Year. We also hope you’re doing your best to keep warm, as most parts of Ontario have experienced a deep winter freeze over the past month or so. We kick off…
Many of our clients suffer from fibromyalgia, depression and chronic pain. These injuries arise and present themselves in a wide variety of ways. Each case is fact specific. We never know how these injuries will present themselves or manifest. Our lawyers see fibromyaligia, depression and chronic pain in the context…
Over the past few months, we have seen a war play out in the media between Ontario doctors and the Ontario government. Doctors and the province have been operating without a proper contract in place for quite some time. Neither side can agree to terms. Ontario unilaterally cut doctor fees,…
The term Fibromyalgia is becoming dated, although doctors, insurance companies and disability claimants still use it. The preferred term according to the Arthritis Society of Canada is “Chronic Widespread Pain“. Many of our clients deal with Fibromylagia/Chronic Widespread Pain. We often see it associated with many other symptoms including but…
If you keep up with the news, you will know there’s a shortage of family doctors. This shortage is more pronounced in rural or remote communities. Perhaps the notion of a shortage of family doctors isn’t accurate, but I’ll let the people at the Ministry of Health and the OMA…
A recent CBC News story cited that chronic pain impacts one in five Canadians. That’s a helluva a lot of Canadians who have to deal with chronic pain. In case you’re wondering, “helluva” is NOT a legal term. Are you suffering from chronic pain? Do you know what it’s like…
How does an insurer, judge or jury assess one’s pain level? If their pain is not showing up on any x-ray, scan, or test result, then how does a Court truly know that the claimant is in pain; and in fact telling the truth? What’s stopping somebody from simply making…