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Ottawa Lawyer : Car Accidents : Honda Recalls
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Resources, safety on March 16th, 2010
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer , Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth shares Car Recalls:
Honda Canada is recalling 1000s of vehicles in Canada after customers complained about the brake pedals felt “soft” or had to be pushed lower and lower over time before the vehicle would stop. The recall affects 24,680 Odysseys and 4,137 Elements from 2007-08 model year. There have been no confirmed car accidents in Canada related to this problem and it will begin notifying customers directly at the end nect month. Honda’s competitor Toyota has also had its own brake-related recall, covering 3,300 Prius hybrids in Canada due to complaints of inconsistent brake feel.
David Hollingsworth is dedicated to serving Ottawa and Ontario clients with the determination to getting maximum compensation and the help they need for recovery from a personal injury and an accident. Client by client, he has built a strong reputation for high-quality work, knowledge, experience, compassion and a high standard of service and ethics. David and his Ottawa personal injury team specialize in representing people and families who have suffered serious personal injury or the loss of a loved one through car accidents, motorcycle accidents, premise liability accidents (slip and fall accidents) , and sexual assaults. Most of David’s clients are referred to him due to his reputation for thoroughness and attention to each and every cases and identifying fresh approaches to complex personal litigation. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information, ottawa lawyers free consultations, or call 613 978-9549.
New Ontario Auto Insurance : Changes Accident Benefits : SABS
Ontario Insurance Claims Lawyer : Ontario Accident Benefits Lawyer shares of Ontario’s auto insurance regulations changes to SABS . Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth.
Ontario drivers take note: The new Ontario auto insurance regulations will take effect Sept. 1, 2010. The changes include major reductions to accident benefits available in non-catastrophic injury cases along with other significant changes.
The Ontario Minister of Finance has announced changes to Ontario automobile insurance designed to avoid premium increases by stripping down the basic auto insurance coverage.
The changes provide consumers with options to buy additional accident benefit packages at additional cost. The question is how many will? Most likely most car owners will opt for reduced basic auto insurance coverage which means many seriously injured accident victims end up with access to less insurance protection. Equally as disturbing, are those without access to their own automobile insurance policy will only be eligible for a very reduced basic auto insurance coverage.
Some insurers will experience a drop in insurance rates but it will be infortunately at the expense of the seriously (but not catastrophically) injured Ontario accident victims and those looking to fully protect themselves in an accident and are willing to pay a higher insurance premium.
What these changes mean for the people of Ontario…
The changes include a new Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) that now has a cap on medical/rehabilitation and assessment/examination expenses for minor injury at $3500.
New Minor Injury ( a sprain, strain, whiplash associated disorder, contusion, abrasion, laceration or subluxation and any clinically associated sequelae) Guideline for Ontario accidents.
Standard medical and rehabilitation coverage for non-catastrophic claims of $50,000, with optional coverage of $100,000 or $1.1 million.
Standard attendant care coverage for non-catastrophic claims of $36,000, with optional coverage of either $72,000 or $1.072 million. For non-catastrophic claimants, insurers will supply optional caregiver, housekeeping and home maintenance benefits.
Payment for all in-home assessments are capped at $2000 and will be available only to those claimants who have sustained more than a minor injury.
Rebuttal examinations and approval forms will be eliminated.
Several procedures will be simplified and merged (ex: treatment plans and applications for approval of assessments or examinations will now be merged into one process).
Adjusters will have discretion in the use of insurer examinations.
The new SABS also contains a definition for “incurred expense”.
David Hollingsworth has been an Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer since 1999 dedicated to helping Ontario accident victims. For more information on how these changes affect you, visit www.ottawainjury.ca or call for free consultation 613 978-9549.
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer – car accidents, slip and fall accidents.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, Ottawa Resources on February 22nd, 2010
Are you suffering from a personal injury and have been in an Ottawa motor vehicle accident , Ontario car accident or Ottawa slip and fall accident ? Let our personal injury team and lawyer David Hollingsworth fight on your behalf so you can move on with your life with your family and loved ones. Our team practices exclusively in Ottawa and Ontario personal injury law.
Ottawa personal injury lawyer David Hollingsworth offers free consultations, so feel free to contact him about your need for an Ottawa personal injury lawyer or Eastern Ontario personal injury lawyer and get a free evaluation of your case, or simply have some questions answered. You have been through enough, now let David Hollingsworth, Ottawa personal injury lawyer help. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca or call 613 978-9549 or 613 237-4922 ext 203
Insurance Claims Lawyer – Accident Benefits and the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Ottawa Resources, Personal Injury Claims on February 21st, 2010
Ottawa Insurance Claims Lawyer – Ottawa Accident Lawyer – Ottawa Accident Benefits David Hollingsworth - I often get calls asking me what to do if there is no insurance available to accident victims…
The Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund: No Insurance…
- to provide statutory accident benefits directly to those with personal injury involved in an automobile accident, who have no access to automobile insurance;
- to provide financial compensation for personal injury or property damage to victims involved in an automobile accident with an uninsured or unidentified driver or a stolen vehicle when no liability insurance exists; and
- to recover from the owners and drivers of uninsured vehicles monies paid out on their behalf, where legally permissible.
If you been involved in an Ottawa or Ontario car accident and do not have motor vehicle insurance, or if you been in an Ottawa accident or Ontario accident and other party does not have insurance, you may still have recourse. There are benefits available to you. I have successfully obtained significant settlements for my clients with personal injury from the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund. I helped them and I can help you. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information or call 613 978-9549.
16 Ottawa accidents this morning- hit and run accident results in personal injury.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents, Ottawa Resources on February 17th, 2010
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, David Hollingsworth – Ottawa Accident Lawyers- Ontario Injury Lawyer -
The Ottawa Fire Department were at the scene of a hit and run Ottawa accident this morning at Walkley and Riverside, where a 35-year-old woman had to be removed from her car. Luckily, she suffered non-life-threatening personal injury. Ottawa police and Ottawa emergency crews were very busy this morning with all the new Ottawa snow, responding to 16 Ottawa accidents and again are reminding Ottawa motorists and Ontario motorists to slow down and be careful on Ottawa roads to avoid an Ottawa accident and personal injury. Cst. Alain Boucher, Ottawa Police said it well. “Weather doesn’t cause accidents, drivers do.”
Ottawa personal injury lawyer David Hollingsworth has been representing catastrophic injury victims and Ottawa accident victims for over 12 years has achieved incredible results and compensations for his Ottawa personal injury clients. If you or a loved one has been catastrophically injured, or has been in an Ottawa accident or Ontario accident, Ottawa personal injury lawyer David Hollingsworth can help you answer your questions, explain your rights, help you achieve justice, get medical help and the financial compensation you need for yourself and your family. You’ve been through enough, now let him help. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for free consultations or call 613 978-9549.
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, David Hollingsworth – Ottawa Accident Lawyers- Ontario Injury Lawyer
Ottawa accidents and black ice. Lawyer- avoiding personal injury.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, Ottawa Resources, safety on February 6th, 2010
As an Ottawa personal injury lawyer, I have a large number of my car accident victims come to me and describe their Ottawa car accident or Ontario car accident. In the last month, there have been an incredible number of Ottawa car accidents due the ice conditions here in Ottawa and in Eastern Ontario. I know it’s obvious, but my goal here is to remind everyone the dangers of icy roads while driving in an attempt to avoid further Ottawa accidents and Ontario accidents as well as reduce the number of Ottawa accidents and Ontario accidents resulting in personal injury. “It goes without saying…If the roads are slick with icy roadways, drivers need to be extra cautious to avoid car accidents and personal injury.” “What makes it tricky is that black ice is very difficult to see,” says David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer. “Before you know it, an icy road can cause cars and vehicles to lose control, which often results in cars spinning around or out of their lane and colliding with other cars or objects. The result is often serious personal injury or can even result in death.”
When people can’t see the ice, they think it’s not there…but IT CAN BE !!! “Most accident victims don’t notice the ice on the road until it is too late,” says the Ottawa personal injury lawyer. “You have to automatically assume that if there is a chill in the air, there may be ice, SO… slow down in order to possibly avoid a car accident.” It’s just common sense, but we all need reminders because with life being as busy and hectic as it is, we often just get in the car and think about where we need to go and how to get there on time..”
For over 12 years, David Hollingsworth has been on Ottawa personal injury lawyer, specializing in Ottawa accidents and Ontario accidents. David’s personal injury practice focuses on Ottawa and Ontario accident victims of motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall accidents resulting in personal injury, Ontario Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Ontario Sexual Assault Claims, Ottawa, Ontario Serious Injury Law Suits, and other Civil Litigation matters. Ottawa and Ontario – Free Consultations. For more information, call 613 978-9549 or 613 237-4922 ext 203 or visit www.ottawainjury.ca
University of Ottawa: accidents -Lawyer in Ottawa shares report.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Resources on February 1st, 2010
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer – Ottawa Accident Lawyers- David Hollingsworth – I came across this study and found it very interesting as it relates to accidents, I thought I would share it with you and would love to know what you think.
Most drivers ‘feel they are superior behind the wheel’. Most motorists fancy themselves as better drivers than others on the road, Canadian psychologists have found. When Ottawa University researchers polled nearly 400 drivers ranging from the youngest to the very old, virtually all rated themselves favourably. This was especially true when older drivers were used for comparison, even if the person questioned fell into that category themselves. This bravado could lead to more accidents, the scientists warned. Clearly, it is impossible that all drivers are better, the psychologists told the Accident Analysis and Prevention journal. This might explain why young men tend to have more accident on the roads than other drivers
Psychologist Sylvain Gagnon
Since drivers underestimate their own risk and overestimate their ability, this may make them less cautious on the roads, they say. Sylvain Gagnon and his team asked the drivers to rate how they would fare with different driving conditions, including poor weather, emergency stops and fast roads with heavy traffic. They were asked to say how likely they would be to have a crash compared to an average motorist of the same sex.
Over-confidence
All drivers, men and women, young and old, rated themselves over the “average motorist”, especially when this average motorist fell into the over 65 age category. Young men felt the most superior. Middle-aged men rated themselves as better than similarly aged drivers, and far superior to younger and older motorists. Older drivers – aged 65 plus – felt most superior when they compared themselves with motorists of the same age. Mr Gagnon said that although this confidence is good for the ego, it could have dangerous consequences. “If you think that you are a better driver, then perhaps you start behaving differently behind the wheel and do not pay as much attention as you should. “This might explain why young men tend to have more accidents on the roads than other drivers.”
A spokeswoman for the Department of Transport said: “Britain has some of the safest roads in the world and we have cut the number of people killed on the roads by almost 30% since the mid 1990s. “But seven people are still dying on our roads each day so we must all do everything we can to further improve safety. “To ensure that new drivers understand the responsibilities faced by those who use the roads we are currently overhauling the driver training and testing system, including introducing a new pre-driver qualification in safe road use for 14-16 year-olds
Article courtesy of BBC News
If you have been in an Ontario accident and suffered a personal injury, you may need an Ottawa personal injury lawyer to help you get the Ontario accident benefits to which you are entitled to. As a personal injury lawyer in Ottawa, I specialize in helping car accident victims get the compensation they need. I can help you. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca or call (613) 978-9549.
Tailgating- major cause of Ottawa car accidents, Ottawa lawyer reports..
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Resources, safety on January 8th, 2010
Ottawa Car Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth reports..
The Ottawa Police have a new year’s resolution to target tailgating and those who failto obey stop signs. For the month of Janueary, the city of Ottawa and Ottawa police, will focus on drivers who follow the vehicle ahead too closely and those who don’t stop properly at stop signs. Tailgating caused 4,716 rear-end collisions in 2007 — the most frequent type of crash accounting for one-third of Ottawa’s car accidents. These collisions resulted in 4 Ottawa wrongful deaths and 1,470 Ottawa personal injuries — 17 of them life-threatening. Meanwhile, drivers who failed to stop at stop signs caused close to 1,700 Ottawa car accidnts in 2007, resulting in 8 wrongful deaths and 588 personal injuries — 27 of them life-threatening.
It seems pretty simple to me. Keep your distance- it’s a very easy way to save lives and avoid personal injury.
-David Hollingsworth, Personal Injury Lawyer in Ottawa, Ottawa Law Firms Goldberg Stroud LLP
Accident Benefits – Ottawa Lawyer provides a list of proposed changes to insurance claims and Ontario accident benefits
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Ottawa Resources, Personal Injury Claims on December 21st, 2009
Ottawa Accident and Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth provides a list of Ontario’s proposed changes to Statutory Accident Benefits. These changes have a significant impact on Ontario accident victims. This is a comparision of current statutory accident benefit coverage with the government’s proposed basic package, and illustrates choices that Ontario drivers would have when buying and renewing their Ontario car insurance policies.
Coverage Current Coverage Proposed – Basic Coverage Proposed -Consumer Choices
Medical and Rehabilitation (non-catastrophic) $100,000 (non-catastrophic)
$1 million (catastrophic)
$50,000
$1 million (catastrophic)
Coverage includes assessments
$100,000; $1 million ($1 million option includes attendant care)
Coverage includes assessments
Medical and Rehabilitation (catastrophic) $1 million
$1 million
Coverage includes assessments
$1 million
Coverage includes assessments
Attendant Care $72,000 (non-catastrophic)
$1 million (catastrophic)
$36,000 (non-catastrophic)
$1,000,000 (catastrophic)
$72,000 ($1 million medical and rehabilitation option includes attendant care)
Housekeeping and Home Maintenance Expenses and Caregiver Expenses Caregiver benefit: up to $250 per week plus $50 per dependant; housekeeping and home maintenance up to $100 per week
Benefits available for catastrophic injuries
Caregiver benefit: up to $250 per week plus $50 per dependant; housekeeping and home maintenance up to $100 per week (non-catastrophic)
Income Replacement Maximum $400 per week; 80 per cent of net income
Maximum $400 per week; 70 per cent of gross income
Maximum $1,000 per week; 70 per cent of gross income
Death and Funeral $25,000 (eligible spouse); $10,000 (each dependant), maximum $6,000 funeral expenses
$25,000 (eligible spouse); $10,000 (each dependant), maximum $6,000 funeral expenses
$50,000 (eligible spouse); $20,000 (each dependant), maximum $8,000 funeral expenses
If you have any questions about these proposed changes, visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information.
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers -Holiday Safety Tips…
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Resources, safety on December 2nd, 2009
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers: David Hollingsworth: www.ottawainjury.ca
Tips and advice for safe driving and shopping this holiday season and throughout the winter.
The holidays are a time for joy and reflection, filled with happy homes, delicious meals, and many memories that carry us into a new year. Unfortunately, here in Ottawa and throughout Ontario, the holidays also brings snowy weather and a lot of additional traffic which often results in serious car accidents and personal injury.
Keep yourself, your family and your friends safe ! The following accident and injury safety tips serve as a good reminder to us all for a happy and safe holiday season and will help drivers and shoppers celebrate the holidays in peace.
We use our experience and resources to come to the aid of families who have been the victim of someone else’s negligence. This holiday season,let’s all try to prevent others from suffering the same fate with a few simple yet important safety tips to avoid a personal injury accident
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1. If possible, buy good snow tires and keep your car in good working condition, which includes checking your tires for air pressure and tread as well as keeping your gas tank at least half full to avoid a freeze-up. Taking your car to a mechanic to check your battery, antifreeze levels, and other factors can also prevent you from breaking down in bad weather.
2. Keep an emergency kit for your car. Make sure you have: jumper cables, flashlights, a first-aid kit, blankets, signal flares, and water. If possible, also include a cell phone.
3. Distracted driving is often just as dangerous as drinking and driving, so in addition to never driving after drinking alcohol, do not talk on your cell phone (it’s now the law here in ottawa, Ontario !), eat, text message, read a newspaper, or apply makeup (among other distractions) while driving.
4. Take your time and allow extra driving time for short and long trips. Between snowy weather and increased holiday traffic, delays are basically inevitable. By giving yourself extra time you’ll be less likely to speed or engage in other reckless driving methods to catch up on time.
5. When shopping, make sure to stomp the snow off of your shoes before entering a store while also using the rubber mats that should be provided by the retailer to remove additional moisture. Ottawa Slip and fall accidents are never fun and you don’t want to spend the holidays lying in an Ottawa hospital bed.
6. Unfortunately, crime rates usually increase around the holiday season, so please make sure to always be aware of your surroundings, try not to go to banl machines at night or when you are alone, and try to shop at stores that provide well-lit parking lots and security.
7. Wear comfortable shoes with good tread when shopping, especially if you have to walk through snow, sludge, or other wet conditions when entering or exiting a store. This will decrease your chances of a serious Ottawa slip and fall accident.
David Hollingsworth has been one of the best personal injury lawyers in Ottawa, specializing in Ottawa and Ontario car accidents, Ottawa slip and fall accidents, and Ontario Accident Benefits Insurance Claims. For over 12 years, Ottawa personal injury Law Firm of Goldberg Stroud LLP has been helping Ottawa personal injury accident victims and their families receive the maximum amount of compensation for their injury.
visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information regarding Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers and how the best Ottawa Accident Lawyers can help you with your personal injury.
