Under provincial law in Ontario, every car insurance policy provides Statutory Accident Benefits. You may also have heard these benefits be called “no-fault insurance” benefits. These benefits come with every car insurance policy that is sold in Ontario. Although no...
Car accidents can happen in a split second and yet have terrible physical and financial consequences that last a lifetime. Below are ten actions you should take if you are involved in a car accident. Call 911. The sooner you alert the authorities, the sooner they can...
The auto insurance system in Ontario has many integrated protections aiming to provide compensation to those injured in motor vehicle accidents. All motorists in the province must carry minimum liability insurance of $200,000. However, most typical auto insurance...
Ontario law requires people who own motor vehicles to have auto insurance. Therefore, if you become injured and it is impossible to identify the other motorist who struck your vehicle, you could still recover some of your claimed damages. Submitting a Report to the...
Getting into a car accident is the last thing on a person’s mind when they walk out their door and head to their vehicle. Nevertheless, it happens across Canada approximately 440 times every day. We at McNally Gervan Personal Injury Lawyers of Ottawa understand how...
Many multi-vehicle accidents end in tragedy in the Ottawa area every year. The high number of transport trucks on Ontario highways is a factor, as the drivers and passengers of smaller vehicles in these collisions suffer severe injuries. In Ontario, Regulation 668...
A whiplash injury (or, simply, whiplash) occurs when a person's head snaps violently back and forth, and it usually occurs in rear-end collisions and accidents in which the neck can quickly accelerate and then quickly decelerate, such as physical assault, cycling...
Whiplash injuries are caused by the rapid acceleration and deceleration of the body as a result of an impact. For example, if a driver is waiting at a red light when her vehicle is hit from behind, she will be thrown forward in her seat, and then backward after she...
Autonomous vehicles will be more and more a fact of life in the coming decades. And while their arrival is a certainty, how they will function is not entirely settled. In particular, the kind of technology used by autonomous vehicles to see the road in front of them...
In speaking about adversity, John F. Kennedy vowed that “…we shall bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, and oppose any foe”. Though at the time these words related to global diplomacy, they nonetheless stand as a mantra for the lawyers of...