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Ottawa accident Ottawa Trainyards results in very serious personal injury
Personal Injury Lawyers Ottawa Ontario..David Hollingsworth — A strange Ottawa accident resulted in an Ottawa woman and her 2 children being injured when her SUV hit a hydro transformer at Ottawa Trainyards last night. The driver was brought to an hospital to be treated for personal injuries. A 12-year-old girl was able to free herself from the SUV, but fell unconscious as she hit the ground. When Ottawa rescue crews arrived at the Ottawa accident scene, she had regained consciousness but seemed to be suffering from distress. She was rushed to an hospital in critical condition. A second child was also taken to hospital with minor injuries. Sometimes the effects of serious personal injuries are not visible but in fact can be very serious, life threatening and life altering injuries. I hope that is not the case with this young girl..
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Child Brain Injury Lawyer in Ottawa – What to do and expect…
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury on February 8th, 2010
Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth explains what to expect if your child suffers from a traumatic brain injury in Ontario.
Traumatic Brian Injury ( TBI ) in Children
Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth explains what to expect if your child suffers from a traumatic brain injury in Ottawa or brain injury in Ontario. As a parent, we are ready to do anything possible to protect our children from harm, pain, or suffering. Unfortunately, we cannot protect our children from everything. If your child has suffered a traumatic brain injury (or “TBI”), you must consider your options and make actions that will be in your child’s best interests, to help them on their road to rehabilitation and recovery.
There are some things that can be expected if your child has suffered a TBI. Generally, any injury to a child, including a TBI, is extremely serious and should be treated as such. Children can be even more susceptible to brain injuries than adults, however, because a child’s brain and body are still in a state of development and a TBI can cause permanent disability and limitation in terms of functioning, movement, speech, or thought development process.
Your Child’s Medical Support Team
If you believe that your child is a victim of a TBI, your first step is to seek appropriate medical help as soon as possible. This involves consultation with various doctors, such as a general practitioner, a pediatrician, neurosurgeon, and any medical brain specialist generally, especially one that deals with children’s brain injuries. This also involves consultation with a psychologist and psychiatrist, to ensure that your child’s mental health is also assessed during this complex brain injury process. These steps will help to safeguard and protect for your child’s rehabilitation and they will also empower you and your family with options and ideas to consider in the ongoing recovery process.
Your Child’s Legal Support Team
In addition to the medical team of specialists helping to assist in your child’s recovery and rehabilitation, it is also necessary for you to enlist the help of a personal injury lawyer specializing in Traumatic Brain Injuries. A Top Children’s TBI Lawyer such as David Hollingsworth has a highly specialized expertise in this area of law. It is important to consult with an experienced Ontario brain injury lawyer that will share the process with you. Generally, the process is complex and can be painful since your Child’s Brain Injury is a real tragedy. But there are steps that you can take to deal with the situation once it has happened, to ensure for your child’s best future prospects in terms of health and happiness in mind.
How to Secure Maximum Compensation
A top Ottawa Children’s Brain Injury lawyer can help you to determine who may be responsible for your child’s TBI. If the injury is due to someone’s negligence in any capacity, then your child is entitled to maximum compensation for his or her injuries. An Ottawa personal injury lawyer or Ottawa brain injury lawyer will seek compensation for you and your child to assist in recovery.
Since brain injuries are often known as “invisible injuries”, they can be complex and difficult to fully understand and to deal with. Children, after-all, often have less developed communication capabilities and are often not able to as easily or fully nuance their symptoms, or even to understand that they have developed. A children’s TBI can be a real life altering experience for the victim of the personal injury, requiring ongoing medical treatment and rehabilitation. A good personal injury lawyer will ensure that your child’s compensation will be adequate to deal with future years to come, and this is where an experienced Ottawa brain injury lawyer is critical. Your Top Ottawa Children’s brain injury lawyer will be able to help you to secure for your child’s financial future, and also to develop a life care plan. You owe it to yourself and your child to speak to the right Ottawa brain injury lawyer and do this properly. Your child has been through enough. You have been through enough.
Experienced Ottawa Children’s Brain Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth has been an Ottawa personal injury lawyer for well over a decade and has helped countless numbers of Ottawa brain injury victims get the help they needed. David is an Ottawa brain injury lawyer who understands what needs to be done to help those with a brain injury and has a very high success rate doing so. Call for a free consultations 613 978-9549 or 613 237-4922 or visit www.ottawainjury.ca. You owe it to yourself.
Motor Vehicle Accident Resulting in Child Personal Injury
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents on August 24th, 2009
Ottawa Lawyer David Hollingsworth-Ottawa Injury Lawyer. I too have a 5 year old child and couldn’t imagine this accident happening .What a tragic accident . To the family of Amelie Bornais.. I hope your daughter and granddaughter gets better soon. You are in my thoughts Amelie Bornais.
OTTAWA—Amélie Bornais, the five-year old Orléans girl who was struck by a golf cart at a Limoges campground Saturday evening, remains in serious condition in intensive care at CHEO, a spokewoman said Monday. However, Amelie’s grandmother Adele Sauvé, says the little girl is showing some encouraging signs. Amélie is now breathing on her own and is moving around in her bed, said Sauvé. Amélie was taken to the hospital with serious head injuries after she was hit by a golf cart at Kittawa Camping. “She is much better this morning,” said Sauvé. “We still have another 24 hours before we know for sure. We’re not out of the woods yet.” According to Sauvé, Amélie still has swelling on one side of her face and a lot of bruising from the accident. “She doesn’t know where she is,” Sauvé said. “They have got her on morphine. There is still a lot of pain.” Jacques Caron, 39, has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm while driving a motor vehicle. He was also charged with having a blood alcohol content exceeding 80 milligrams while driving a motor vehicle. The family, meanwhile, wants an end to drinking and driving at the popular seasonal facility. At the campground on Sunday, Amélie’s grandmother was surprised a similar tragedy hasn’t happened before. “It was a Christmas party going on Saturday night,” Sauvé said. “Every weekend people come from the outside and there’s a lot of partying going on. They go too fast. There’s kids all over.” Sauvé, who has lived at the campground every summer for 15 years, wants to see a greater security presence. Her granddaughter, Chantal Sauvé, thinks carts should be off-limits after dark. “After 9 p.m., the carts should be parked and nobody should drive,” said Sauvé, who is Amélie’s cousin. Kittawa Camping is a seasonal campground just off of Highway 417 on Limoges Road. There are 400 campsites, mostly filled with seniors and young families. The campground is a paradise for children — with a beach, playground, pool and bicycles. Guy Moreau, the manager of the campground, said many campers have their own golf carts to navigate the 135-acre site. Some have mobility issues and others simply enjoy it, he said. A speed limit of 10 km/h is posted, and a security guard drives around the camp from 8:30 p.m to 1 a.m. Moreau said there’s never been a problem with drinking and driving, and there’s no need to enhance security. “People have their own responsibility, we’re not a prison here,” he said. “People have to take care of themselves.” But Moreau said he would consider changing the rules about night-time driving in light of Saturday’s incident. Amélie and her father left the Christmas dance at 9 p.m. Saturday and walked past the playground when Amélie decided she wanted some juice at her trailer. Before anyone could stop her, she darted across the dirt road, said her aunt, Joanne Presley. Caron, 39, was driving a golf cart down the road at the same time, according to police. He could not avoid her, police said. Presley said her niece cried when she was struck, and remained semi-conscious. She had no injuries on her body, but multiple cracks to her skull. She was taken to CHEO and sedated overnight Saturday and again on Sunday. She woke up Sunday morning and tugged at the tubes on her face — a sign of hope for her parents, who remained by her side. Her condition improved to stable, but she was being kept under surveillance as doctors monitor her brain for swelling. Caron, who is from Ottawa, was released on a promise to appear in court in L’Orignal on Sept. 30.
