If you suffer personal injuries as the result of a car accident, you have the right to sue the at-fault driver for your pain and suffering, past and future loss of income, cost of future care, loss of housekeeping capacity and out-of-pocket expenses. What if your very own government stripped you of the right to sue for personal injuries in…
Car accidents can be traumatizing. The effects of personal injuries caused by a car accident can lead to or contribute to significant emotional shock, trauma and stress. Car accidents can also cause psychological injuries that may take years to abate, if ever. Chronic pain, as a result of personal injuries sustained in a car accident, may lead to depression, anxiety,…
After a car accident, some personal injuries will present immediately, and other personal injuries may take several weeks to months to become apparent. Some of those personal injuries will gradually worsen and other personal injuries will appear with a sudden and painful presentation. What is important to note is that if you are involved in a car accident, you may feel…
Believe it or not, jaw pain following a car accident is extremely common and oftentimes associated with whiplash injuries. Often, following a car accident, people complain of personal injuries including temporomandibular joint or TMJ pain. The TMJs are located where the jaw connects to your skull on both sides of the face and allows for the opening and closing of…
For many years it was believed that to sustain a concussion or a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), one had to sustain a physical blow to the head. However, modern medicine and research have turned this theory on its “head” and it is now accepted that concussions can be caused by the head being violently shaken without direct impact or…
Pedestrians often suffer catastrophic personal injuries when they are involved in a car accident (motor vehicle accident). Pedestrian car accidents are especially prevalent in the winter months as the roads frost over with ice, crosswalks become obstructed by ice and snow drifts, and the night creeps later and later into the day. Despite the freezing weather, pedestrians bundle up and…
As the winter holidays approach, many Canadians prepare for family vacations abroad. With gifts, packing, and the sun and sand on their minds, many people overlook the real possibility of suffering a personal injury while abroad due to a car accident or slip, trip and fall accident. Oftentimes, vacationers sustain personal injuries while on vacation, abroad, and are unable to…
For years, insurance companies have employed private investigators to capture video and photographic surveillance footage of plaintiffs who have sustained personal injuries in motor vehicle accidents or slip, trip and fall accidents and are in the process of advancing a personal injury claim. It is not uncommon for personal injury plaintiffs to find themselves being watched or followed from a…
The Minor Injury Regulation was established by the Alberta Government in 2004 to regulate how much compensation an individual can receive if their personal injuries have been defined as minor injuries. A minor injury is classified as a sprain, strain and/or whiplash associate disorder (WAD I or WAD II) injury, and psychological injuries that arise from the sprain, strain and/or…
It is a common misconception that the victim of a hit-and-run accident is unable to receive compensation because the at-fault party cannot be properly identified. However, within the province of Alberta, you may still be entitled to receive compensation, even if you are unable to identify the offending driver. The Government of Canada, through the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle…
