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…
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…
