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Snowmobile Accident? Ottawa Lawyer explains accident benefits…
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Personal Injury Claims on January 17th, 2010
Ottawa personal injury attorneys: It seems as of late that there are in incredible number of snowmobile accidents in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario areas. These accidents are often resulting in death and serious injury. The area police and Ottawa personal injury accident attorneys are investigating the snowmobile crashes. “While snowmobiling is fun and exciting, it can also be dangerous and accidents can result in death or serious injury. Sadly, suffering a personal injury or losing a loved one to a snowmobile accident is not an uncommon winter accident in Ontario,” David Hollingsworth, an Ottawa Ontario personal injury attorney. Approximately 13,400 people end up in hospital emergency rooms for snowmobile related personal injury each year. Of those, sadly, about 110 people die from snowmobile accidents.
About David Hollingsworth, Personal Injury Attorneys in Ottawa, Ontario:
For the past 12 years, the Ottawa Ontario personal injury attorneys, car accidents, slip and falls, brain injury, spinal cord injury, broken bones, attorneys at Goldberg Stroud LLP have represented all types of personal injury accident cases in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. David Hollingsworth has a very high success rate in fighting for justice and achieving lucrative settlements for his clients.
If you have suffer a personal injury or lost a loved one due to a snowmobile accident, you may be entitled to Accident Benefits from your automobile insurance. David Hollingsworth, Personal Injury attorney in Ottawa Ontario, helps Ontario accident victims who have been in a snowmobile accident get compensation they need to help them focus on their recovery. Call David Hollingsworth 613 978-9549 or visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information. David offers free consultations and you do not pay until you get paid. He can help !
Ottawa attorneys..seat belts, helmets, car seats and air bags = safety
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, safety on January 11th, 2010
Ottawa attorneys..David Hollingsworth reports on the importance of wearing seatbelts! The importance of wearing a seatbelt. It is so simple to buckle up..please do it !! It could save your life and the life an additional 5,000 lives annually!
Ottawa personal injury attorney David Hollingsworth is reminding Ottawa and Ontario motorists to wear their seat belts as it is one of the single most important safety devices to protect yourself and your loved ones and is among the most effective way to protect your loved ones. Seat belts, helmets, child car seats and air bags prevent thousands of traffic deaths each year.
The following suggestions are just some (and there are many , many more) steps that can protect you and your family and save your life….
Wearing a seat belt or a motorcycle helmet, bicycle helmet is a decision that can change your life.
“It only takes a split second to buckle up and it also only takes a few seconds to suddenly be in a car accident” said Hollingsworth, a well-respected personal injury lawyer of 12 years whose law firm handles Ontario car, pedestrian, ATV, snowmobile, motorcycle, truck accidents as well as Ottawa slip and fall accidents and accidents throughout eastern Ontario. “Wearing your seat belt or a helmet should not be a decision, it should be automatic and will change your life in the event a car accident or any accident.”
Seat Belt Statistics..Statistic show that seat belts saved approximately 15,147 lives between the ages of 5 and older in 2007 and child car seats saved 382 lives of children aged 4 and younger. Motorcycle helmets saved 1,784 lives, and air bags saved approximately 2,788 people. Sadly it is also estimated that 5,024 more lives could have been saved if all drivers and passengers had worn a seat belt. And another 800 lives could have been saved if all motorcyclists wore helmets. Traffic accidents and death are on the decline since the 1990s, even though the use of seat belts has steadily improved. In 2009, about 84 % of motorists wore seat belts. Did you know that a passenger who is wearing a seat belt in the front seat is 37 percent more likely to survive a potentially fatal crash than one who is not? Did you also know that drivers are 48 5 more likely to survive when buckled up?
Knowing that, it’s crazy not to buckle up and out your helmet on. Please buckle up and drive safety in 2010,” said Hollingsworth.
David Hollingsworth is an Ottawa Ontario Personal Injury Attorney who has been obtaining fair compensation for Ottawa and eastern Ontario accident victims since 1997. David’s high success rate and excellent knowledge of personal injury law has made him one of the best Ottawa lawyers specializing in personal injury law and cases involving, car, truck, ATV, pedestrian, motorcycle, and slip and fall accidents. For a confidential free consultation contact David Hollingsworth, Ottawa attorneys by phone at (613) 978-9549 or visit our Ottawa law firm’s website at http://www.ottawainjury.ca
Accident results in head and spinal injuries for a young girl.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents on May 10th, 2009
My thoughts go out to the friends and family of Aleesha Van Loon. I was happy to read that she is recovering. The 15-year-old teen continues to recover from a serious head and spinal injury six days after she was in an accident , when she was struck by a car when she was crossing the road in front of Parry Sound High School.
the Police reported that Aleesha Van Loon lives in Seguin Township, and was crossing Joseph Street on Thursday afternoon when she was struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old Parry Sound High School student coming out of the school’s parking lot.
The girl’s mother, Carrie Van Loon, and other family members have been filing updates on a Facebook page to let friends know how the teen is doing.
According to the posts, Van Loon suffered fractures to her skull and damage to her spleen. She also has fractured vertebrae, but X-rays suggest doctors won’t need to operate.
Thankfully her family has been updating everyone, saying that she is doing much better and recovering. It has been reported that Aleesha is doing well, with a breathing tube removed and is now awake, disoriented, and answering basic questions correctly. Her family clearly loves her and described her as “a fighter”, according to the report in the Ottawa Citizen. A quote from the Citizen:
“Although all of this is very upsetting,” she said (her mother). “She is doing really, really good.”
A police report said Van Loon was taken to the West Parry Sound Health Centre by ambulance, and was then air-lifted to an Ottawa hospital. REports indicate that the OPP Technical Collision Investigator was called in to assist with the investigation, which is still underway, police said Monday.
The Ottawa Citizen also reported that Shahina Butt, principal at Aleesha’s high school, said 4 or 5 guidance counsellors from the Near North District School Board came to help students deal with emotional issues after the car accident. She said things at the school have returned to normal now.“We are hoping that the child is okay,” she said. “The students definitely feel for their fellow students.”
One man, who lives close to where Aleesha was hit, said witnesses saw the her fly almost 20 feet after being struck.
Get better Aleesha !!
David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Ontario personal injury lawyer specializing in personal injury
