Recent cuts to the out of province payment plan in Ontario have prompted may people to purchase private medical coverage for out of province trips. A recent purchase I made for my daughter’s school trip made me realize how complex this issue is. Here are my tips....
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Free Legal Clinic In Pembroke November 1, 2019
Girones Lawyers is having a free legal clinic November 1, 2019 in Pembroke. We will be available to meet with you (by appointment only) for a free consultation. We can provide legal help with; Long/short term disability insurance denials Car accidents Wrongful...
Time To Regulate and Simplify Flood Insurance for Ontario Home Owners?
May 2, 2019. As the rivers and lakes across Ontario rise this week threatening home owners, I picked up my home owner’s insurance policy to review what kind of insurance coverage I had. My home is not in any danger, but I felt compelled to make sure I had sufficient...
Free Legal Clinic in Pembroke May 23rd 2019
Girones Lawyers are travelling to Pembroke on Thursday May 23rd, 2019 to offer a free legal clinic to local residents. Remember in most cases there are no fees until and unless we settle your case. If you or a loved one have suffered damage recently from: A...
Having trouble locating and serving a defendant? You may want to consider substituted service upon their liability insurer.
Locating and serving a defendant with a statement of claim (or other originating process) can often be a tedious, onerous task, even for the best process servers and investigators. Service becomes even more complicated when a defendant is purposefully evasive. If you...
I’m hurt, unable to work and broke. How can I possible afford a lawyer?
August 24th, 2016 - Depending on how you were hurt you may be able to hire a lawyer on a deferred fee basis. A contingency agreement with a law firm means that you will only pay the lawyer’s fees if, and when, the case is resolved for a monetary amount. The law firm...
3 Myths About Post-Concussion Syndrome, and How a Lawyer Can Help
May 5th, 2016 Some of my most disabled clients are those that have suffered from a severe concussion in an accident. They are also the ones that are most in need of a lawyer. There remains, both in the insurance and medical world, several myths about concussions....
Aviva Gets a Slap on the Wrist by the Ontario Courts for it’s No Settle Threshold Policy
May 19 2015. As many personal injury lawyers know some insurance companies can be easier to deal with than other companies. Aviva Canada has for years had a program whereby certain personal injury claims were considered “defendable” on the issue of the threshold. The...
Personal Injury Update: Lack of Objective Causes for Pain Does Not Mean You Don’t Have a Case & Defendants Cannot ‘Cherry-Pick’ Surveillance
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2014/2014onsc7179/2014onsc7179.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAMbWF4d2VsbCBsdWNrAAAAAAE&resultIndex=1There have been some very interesting decisions from the Ontario Superior Court dealing with motor vehicle accident cases in the past few months. They deal with issues we frequently help our clients solve: chronic pain and surveillance. The December 2014 case of...
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