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North Gower Car Accident results in personal injury : Ottawa Lawyer David Hollingsworth
Ottawa Accident Lawyer, Ottawa Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth.. I wish this woman a speedy and full recovery from her accident.
Ottawa Accident Lawyer, Personal Injury Lawer David Hollingsworth- A 35-year-old woman is in hospital with serious personal injury after her vehicle crashed with a pick-up truck carrying a load of bricks in North Gower, south of Ottawa. The Ottawa woman was unconscious and trapped in her vehicle when Ottawa paramedics arrived at the scene in the 6000 block of 4th Line Road near Rogers Stevens Drive just after 11 a.m. this morning. Although the woman has slowly regained consciousness, paramedics say she continued to show signs of a serious head injury. She remains in serious condition.
With over 11 years experience as an Ottawa, Ontario personal injury lawyer, David Hollingsworth has been helping Ottawa accident victims and Ontario accident victims get the help they need following an accident. If you or a loved one has been involved in an Ottawa accident or an Ontario accident and have suffered serious personal injury you are likely entitled to compensation you are not receiving. Let an experienced and highly qualified Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa fight for you. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for free consultations.
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Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth interviewed for Law Times newspaper
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Ottawa Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers, Ottawa Law Firms Rash of pedestrian deaths a coincidence: lawyer by Susan Hughes |
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….David Hollingsworth, who runs a personal injury practice for plaintiffs at Goldberg Wiseman Stroud & Hollingsworth LLP in Ottawa, says one of the big issues in his city is a couple of really “nasty” collisions involving cyclists and buses. “We have designated bus lanes and designated cyclist lanes and locations in the city where you have to cut across the bus lane to the cyclist lane. There was a fatality, a young woman, doing just that. That is a hot topic here in Ottawa right now. There have been articles in the paper about what should be done, what they’re going to do to make our cyclists safer.” Another issue is the widespread flouting of the ban on driving while using a cellphone. But Kwinter says it’s a very difficult law to enforce. “You can pass all the laws you want but if you can’t enforce it so you can take somebody to court and get a conviction, what good is the law? I haven’t seen any cases where people have been charged but I would think that a police officer would have to be following someone. And if you’re following someone at night, it would be virtually impossible to see what they’re doing. How do you ever look into the car from behind a vehicle? In the daytime, you’d have to be either following the vehicle for a considerable period of time or be stopped beside the vehicle. And if anyone sees that they’re being followed by a cop car or that one is beside them, they’re not going to talk on their cellphone.” Hollingsworth agrees, noting he hasn’t seen or heard of any instances of enforcement. He thinks people are on the phone even more now since cars are better equipped. “There’s no question it’s a problem,” he says. “You have to dial the number, especially now with 10-digit numbers, and BlackBerrys have small buttons. You can see drivers tapping away at their phone. I guess any conversation, changing the CD is a distraction. But they’ve not got it up at their ear; they’ve got it down in their lap or leaning against the steering wheel.” The issue has also become an important matter in litigation. “I have a number of cases right now, one in particular which is a fatality, where the strong suggestion is that the driver who caused the accident was texting,” Hollingsworth says. “That’s now a common thing. Almost every time you’re in an examination for discovery, the question comes up for both parties: whether you were on your cellphone or were texting. The followup question almost always is, ‘Can I have your cellphone records?’ Obviously, that kind of distraction would lead to the contribution of fault.”…. To read the entire article visit the Law Times website.
For more information regarding Ontario and Ottawa bicycle accidents and cycling accidents, visit www.ottawainjury.ca
Ottawa Personal Injuy Lawyer David Hollingsworth can help you after your bicycle accident or cycling. David will meet with you for a free, no-obligation consultation and takes most Ottawa and Ontario personal injury cases on contingency, which means you won’t have to pay anything until David settled your case for you.
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Ottawa Accident results in child injury
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents on April 26th, 2010
Ottawa Accident Lawyer, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, David Hollingsworth…My thoughts are with this family..As a father of a six year old son myself, I am thinking about this boy, his family and I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
A 6 year-old boy is in critical condition with serious head injury after the minivan he was travelling in crashed into a diesel tanker truck in Ottawa Sunday morning. Ottawa police say the tanker was heading northbound on Merivale and had a green light when the van may have run a red and crashed into the rear passenger side. The boy and his three siblings inside the van were taken to the CHEO. Their father luckily suffered no personal injury and another adult passenger was taken to the Ottawa Hospital General Campus as a precaution. 4 children were in car seats and thankfully all wearing seatbelts. Police have not released names or laid charges in the accident.
With over 12 years experience as an Ottawa, Ontario personal injury lawyer, David Hollingsworth has been helping Ottawa accident victims and Ontario accident victims get the help they need following an accident. If you or a loved one has been involved in an Ottawa accident or an Ontario accident and have suffered serious personal injury you are likely entitled to compensation you are not receiving. Let an experienced and highly qualified and successful Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa fight for you and get you maximum compensation. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for free consultations.
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Arnprior Car Accident Lawyer, Fatal Crash Highway 174
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents on April 21st, 2010
Arnprior Car Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth, Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer…I’m sorry to report of this accident resulting in wrongful death. To the friends and family of the victims, please accept my sympathy…
Fatal crash closes parts of Highway 174 in Arnprior
A fatal collision has closed a section of Highway 174 in Arnprior. The fatal car accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 174 and White Lake Road in Arnprior.
With over 11 years experience as an Ottawa, Ontario personal injury lawyer, David Hollingsworth has been helping Ottawa accident victims and Ontario accident victims get the help they need following an accident. If you or a loved one has been involved in an Ottawa accident or an Ontario accident and have suffered serious personal injury you are likely entitled to compensation you are not receiving. Let an experienced and highly qualified Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa fight for you. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for free consultations.
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Children Head Injury , Ottawa Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, safety on April 19th, 2010
Ottawa Head Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyers, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth
Starting next year, the city of Ottawa plans to require children under the age of 13 to wear helmets at municipal indoor skating rinks, but may stop short of a bylaw making helmets mandatory for children in all outdoor sports. The city of Ottawa currently makes minors wear helmets when they participate in city-run skating programs, or use the indoor skateboard park or the BMX park. The new policy will extend mandatory helmet use for children to all Ottawa public skating sessions.
Last year, doctors from Ottawa CHEO spoke to the city’s community and protective services committee about how proper helmet use can prevent children head injury and children brain injury. They noted that Ottawa emergency-room doctors at the Ottawa hospital treated more than 50 Ottawa children last year with head injury and facial injury caused by skating and tobogganing accidents. About half of them suffered concussions while the other half had injury ranging from cuts to broken jaws incurred as a result of face-plants on the ice. However, when compared to sledding and skateboarding, ice skating accounts for the most ER visits for head injury in children. That’s why the city’s parks and recreation department is recommending that helmets become mandatory for children under 13 at all supervised, indoor skating rinks.
Whether it be on skates, on a bike or on a skateboard, I encourage everyone to help keep their children safe and have them wear a helmet. If you can’t afford one, there are programs in Ottawa that can help . For more information visit www.ottawainjury.ca or email ottawainjury@live.ca
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Ottawa Accidents Study : Lawyer David Hollingsworth shares…
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, safety on April 8th, 2010
Ottawa Accident Lawyer, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth-
Good news Ottawa ! The city is going to be looking closely at some of the most dangerous Ottawa accident intersections. In Ottawa, Ontario between 2004 and 2009 in Ottawa, there were 1,600 pedestrian-related Ottawa accidents resulting in personal injury. The Pedestrian Safety Evaluation Program aims to target 23 of the most collision-prone Ottawa intersections and make improvements for Ottawa’s pedestrian safety. The Carling-Holland intersection, which relies on a complex sequence of 14 separate lights, along with the intersection of Donald Street and Vanier Parkway will be the first to see changes.
Let’s hope we can make Ottawa a safer place and avoid as many Ottawa accidents as possible !
With over 12 years experience as an Ottawa, Ontario personal injury lawyer, David Hollingsworth has been helping Ottawa accident victims and Ontario accident victims get the help they need following an accident. If you or a loved one has been involved in an Ottawa accident or an Ontario accident and have suffered serious personal injury you are likely entitled to compensation you are not receiving. Let an experienced and highly qualified Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa fight for you. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for free consultations. David does not charge a nickel from his clients until they have received the payout on their settlement. David Hollingsworth and his personal injury team understand, they care and they are here to help.
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(613) 237-4922 ext.203
Ottawa bicycle accident lawyer – Ontario cycling accident benefits and compensation
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents, Personal Injury Claims, safety on April 6th, 2010
Ottawa Bicycle Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth, Ontario Bicycle Accident Lawyers-
Spring has sprung and the bicycles are out! I will admit my heart skips a beat every time my 4-year-old daughter clicks on her helmet and takes her Dora bike out. Riding a bicycle on the road can be dangerous and bicycle accidents can have lifelong implications, including ongoing medical care, pain and suffering, loss of income and the prospect of devastating effects on your family. Bicycle accidents and personal injury can be the result of a negligent driver. Drivers do not always think the person on the bicycle has the same rights, as does a car or motor vehicle.
Ottawa bicycle accidents can be especially injurious to the bicyclist because he or she has nothing to protect them from a high-speed impact with another vehicle and ultimately, the hard-pavement. Many Ontario bicycle accidents end in tragedy, which includes brain injury, head injury, burns and cuts, spinal injury, broken bones, fractures, and death. I recommend to all bicyclists to always wear a helmet to protect the sensitive brain against head and brain injuries, and to wear protective clothing with reflective qualities—essential for night-time cycling. The reflective gear acts to protect the cyclist by warning drivers in advance of his or her presence. The #1 goal of bicycle safety is to avoid getting hit by a car. Always practice safe cycling by using your hand signals, and riding in designated areas.
In Ottawa Ontario, every cyclist has a right and entitlement to compensation when a driver is negligent and causes an accident that results in their personal injury. Ottawa bicycle victims who suffer serious personal injury in Ottawa bicycle accidents and Ontario bicycle accidents need to protect their rights to compensation with the help of an Ottawa personal injury lawyer or Ontario personal injury lawyer that understands the laws regarding bicycle accidents in Ontario, specializes in personal injury and driver negligence and can help you get back to your life as best possible.
If you have been involved in a bicycle accident and suffered a serious personal injury, you are likely entitled to serious compensation. David Hollingsworth and his Ottawa, Ontario personal injury team have been helping Ottawa and Ontario accident victims get maximum compensation for their Ontario personal injury since 1999. David offers free consultations and takes cases on a contingency basis, which means no money upfront and he gets paid after you get paid. Contact David directly at www.ottawainjury.ca or call 613-978-9549.
Common Injuries from Motorcycle accidents – Ottawa Accident Lawyers
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Motorcycle Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents on April 1st, 2010
Ottawa Accident Lawyer, Ottawa Motorcycle Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth-
The weather in Ottawa is expected to hit somewhere in the high 20s this long weekend. With the warm weather, many motorcycle enthusiasts will likely be hauling their motorcycle out of storage and hitting Ottawa roads. Motorcyclists are not as protected as those who drive cars and most accidents result in quite severe personal injury. As an Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa, David Hollingsworth has helped many Ontario motorcycle accident victims get maximum compensation for the most common personal injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident.
Common Personal Injuries from Motorcycle Accidents
Top Ottawa Personal injury lawyer David Hollingsworth has dealt with a range of common injuries secondary to motorcycle accidents, which can include a personal injury-fracture, spinal cord injury, brain damage and concussion, nerve damage, emotional trauma, and pain and suffering. Basically, these accidents all have a common theme: you have been hurt and are entitled to maximum compensation for your personal injury.
Fractures are a common personal injury secondary to motorcycle accidents, which often throw victims from the motorcycle and can produce fractures and lacerations if bones break through the surface of the skin. This can also result in damage to tendons, joints and nerves.
Spinal cord injury are another very serious and common injury secondary to motorcycle accidents. They can occur if the vertebrae (or protected spinal cord that transmits nerve impulses from the brain to the rest of the body) suffers any injury. Severity depends on how much and what region of the spinal cord is damaged. Victims can become paralyzed from the neck down, or may lose some function in their legs, or any combination.
Brain damage and concussions can result from motorcycle accidents. Head trauma is common, causing a concussion or a traumatic brain injury that can dramatically reduce the victim’s overall quality of life and his or her ability to live independently. Often serious injuries can result in combinations of brain damage and concussion and spinal cord injury or some other serious issue – further aggravating your rehabilitation process and increasing the need to see a lawyer expert in your area of injury.
Nerve damage can occur when a motorcyclist lands on his or her arm, leg, or some other high nerve ending location of your body during an accident. The force of the impact can result in nerve damage and the loss of some or all function in the affected limb. Amputations may be required in any of the injuries depending on severity. There are methods of procuring compensation for such injuries.
Personal Injury-Disfigurement: Facial disfigurement can occur when drivers are not wearing protective face equipment. Trauma to the face can result in intense pain, and the driver with the disfigurement may go through painful and expensive plastic surgery or have scars fromhe motorcycle accident for life.
Emotional trauma such as pain and suffering is another devastating and common injury that can result from a motorcycle accident. Often, a physical injury has healed but the emotional scars still remain. These are what is known as emotional trauma or “pain and suffering” due to your accident. PTSD or “post traumatic stress disorder” is one among many forms of emotional trauma that can result from your injury.
As an Ontario motorcycle driver you do everything you can to prevent motorcycle accidents knowing that it can be dangerous. Even if you take every precaution, you may still end up with a personal injury from a motorcycle accident through no fault of your own. You may need compensation for medical needs, attendant care, housekeeping, and many other areas. David Hollingsworth is here to help.
If you are injured in an Ontario motorcycle accident you may need the help a highly skilled Ottawa, Ontario personal injury lawyer to help you maximize your insurance claim. Contact David Hollingsworth, Ottawa , Ontario Personal Injury Lawyer for a free consultation. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca or call 613 978-9549
Ottawa Pedestrian Accident Lawyer – Beechwood and Springfield
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents on March 29th, 2010
Ottawa Pedestrian Accident, Ottawa Car Accident Lawyer, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, David Hollingsworth..my thoughts go out to this man and I wish him a speedy recovery…
A 41 year old Ottawa pedestrian is in an Ottawa hospital with serious, non-life threatening personal injury after being hit by a motor vehicle at Beechwood Avenue and Springfield Road this morning just before 6:30 a.m., and was unconscious when Ottawa paramedics arrived. The Ottawa man soon regained consciousness and was treated on scene for serious head injury, a collapsed lung, fractured collar bone and ribs and facial injury. He now remains in an Ottawa hospital and is in serious condition.
Pedestrian accidents often result in serious personal injury or wrongful death, and can alter the lives of accident victims. If you or a loved one has suffered a serious personal injury or wrongful death as the result of a pedestrian accident, you are likely entitled to accident benefits you are not receiving. David Hollingsworth has been helping accident victims since 1999 get the maximum amount of compensation for their personal injury. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information.
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth : Bauer Recall hockey sticks
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in safety on March 18th, 2010
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth – Ottawa Catastrophic Injury Lawyer - Please check your kids’ hockey sticks and not the following list. Even the old “outdoor” sticks !!
Bauer Hockey is recalling 100,000 children’s hockey sticks due to possible lead content. These are the list of affected models in Canada:
Nike Bauer Supreme One90 youth and junior stick, including shafts and replacement blades, Nike Bauer Supreme Junior One50 junior stick, including shafts and replacement blades, Nike Bauer Supreme One40 junior stick, Nike Bauer Supreme One70 junior stick, Nike Bauer/Bauer Supreme One75 junior player and goalie stick, Nike Bauer/Bauer Vapor XX junior player and goalie stick, Nike Bauer Supreme LTX junior stick., Nike Bauer Apollo junior stick, Nike Quest Apollo junior blade, Nike Bauer Supreme Force junior stick, Nike Bauer Vapor XVI junior stick, Nike Bauer Vapor XXX Lite “Woody” junior stick, Nike Bauer Supreme Accel junior stick
Consumers can return the recalled sticks and will receive a brand new elite level hockey stick. for more information visit www.ottawainjury.ca
