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Did you know that the Ontario Ministry of Health reports that between 2006 and 2010, 93.75% of cyclists under the age of 18 who were killed in cycling collisions were not wearing a helmet? The Helmets on Kids campaign was initiated in the London area in 2002 and was started as a joint project of Ontario Trial Lawyers Association members

In a new blog series we are naming ‘Rastin Review’ our Student-at-Law-- Sandy Chen assessed a recent decision made by the Ontario Court of Appeal. Continue reading to find out why and how a person injured as a result of municipal negligence received significant compensation. The recent case of Labanowicz v. Fort Erie (Town)[1] heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal was

A 17-day-old infant suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident on September 7, 2007, while riding in a car driven by his mother.  In 2014, the infant’s mother issued a Statement of Claim on behalf of her child (the plaintiff), which named the driver and the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident as defendants. Then, in

A man was injured in a motor vehicle collision on Highway 401 that resulted in several impacts to his vehicle and caused him severe injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. About eight months before the trial date, the plaintiff moved to strike the three jury notices filed in this action. The plaintiff’s motion, in Kwok v. Abecassis, was based on the argument

According to the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), 7,500 cyclists are seriously injured in Canada each year and Statistics Canada reports approximately 60 fatalities annually.  Cyclists are most often injured at intersections; however, the incidence of cyclists being ‘doored’ (injured when hitting an opened car door) is on the rise in many communities.  Global News recently reported that 1,308 Toronto cyclists

We can get hurt at any point in time.  When it comes to compensation and coverage, the circumstances around your accident are scrutinized by insurers in an effort to validate and sometimes minimize your coverage.  Sadly there are many fraudulent claims submitted yearly here in Canada and it only makes the fight for compensation that much harder. In this case

We generally rely on professionals in their respective fields to guide us through serious situations which are of great importance to our lives; the police to protect us, schools to educate us and doctors to help us be mindful of our health.  But what happens when one of these fails us? It is severely and negatively impactful if the care

As taxpaying citizens, we expect a certain duty of care from the government.  Basic amenities like street lights, maintenance of roads and proper hazard signage are part of the responsibility that is owed to us by our respective municipalities. Sometimes this issue arises in personal injury cases that originate from car accidents.  Individuals may seek compensation if they believe that

A seemingly common decision to drive while intoxicated can have irreversible consequences, not just to the perpetrator, but to those surrounding them as well.  Such was the case of Hunt v. Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc. Mid December of 1994, Ontarian Linda Hunt was working as a part-time receptionist at the Sutton Group.  On the day in question, there was

A brain injury occurs when the brain suffers some sort of traumatic event that results in injury, ranging from minor to severe.  Brain injuries can be categorized as traumatic brain injury (or TBI), usually resulting from an powerful blow to the head from an external physical source such as a car accident, motorcycle accident or even a fall, or acquired brain injury (or ABI), more commonly associated with