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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...
Why you need optional car insurance benefits
June 30th, 2015 Several changes to the Ontario Accident Benefits regime in recent years has meant that yes, you DO need many of the optional benefits offered by your car insurance company. Because theses optional increases cost more money, many people opt not to...
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...
Has the Court of Appeal eliminated the impact of Rule 49 offers?
February 24, 2015 As a general rule in Ontario personal injury lawsuits, the loser pays the legal costs of the winning side. Rule 49 of the Rules of Civil Procedure deals with offers to settle which can reverse the standard “winner takes all” approach to costs....
5 reasons why you need more liability insurance and the OPCF 44F endorsement for your car insurance policy
June 2nd 2015 I have recently noticed that many of my clients only carry $1 million dollars in liability insurance. Also, not everyone carries the OPCF 44R Family Protection Endorsement. The OPCF 44R endorsement is an optional policy coverage selection but a very...
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