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March 4, 2016
Medical malpractice cases are notorious for being complex and hard-fought battles by medical professionals. Various factors come into play and you should make sure your lawyer has specific practical experience in these kind of cases. To be successful you, with your lawyer, will have to prove 3 things: 1) The doctor fell below the standard […] READ MORE>
February 9, 2016
We get this question all the time in our office in Ottawa. When you are on long term disability or need to be, you don’t have the energy to keep running around gathering information for the insurance company. Insurance companies know this and will exhaust you until you give up trying. At Girones Lawyer office […] READ MORE>
April 10, 2015
There 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 Maxwell v. Luck is a great decision for individuals suffering from chronic pain. […] READ MORE>
February 24, 2015
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. Typically if you offer to settle a case for $X […] READ MORE>
January 22, 2015
Although much has been made of the new summary judgment rules, the Courts appear to be struggling to sort out how best to apply these rules to the area of personal injury. Injury and accident lawsuits tend to turn on the credibility of the victims as well as the so called “battles of the experts”. […] READ MORE>