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Ontario accident benefits and indexation. Should you purchase additional accident benefits?
Ottawa Insurance Claims Lawyers David Hollingsworth and Associates. In September 2010, The Ontario government through the Financial Services Commission of Ontario made significant changes to Ontario insurance plans. Not only did FSCO significantly reduce the accident benefits available to Ontario drivers, it introduced a 2 tiered approach for Ontario drivers. All Ontario drivers are required to purchase insurance. How much insurance you purchase is up to you. There are several “top ups” that can be purchased in the event that you or a loved one is in an accident in Ontario. Indexation is an additional Ontario accident benefit that can be purchased. This optional benefit provides for an automatic adjustment over time of several different accident benefits including income replacement benefits, medical and rehabilitation benefits, attendant care benefits and other Ontario accident benefits. The indexation of these accident benefits is determined by the changes in inflation based on Consumer Price Index of Canada. Basically, it’s an extra insurance policy that ensures that your benefit dollars keep up with the times.
In other words, a dollar today is not going to be worth what a dollar tomorrow will be worth. As an Ottawa personal injury lawyer, I know how important Ontario accident benefits are to my clients. Often times, people are unable to return to their previous life before the accident and are left with their insurance claim and accident benefits to carry them throughout the rest of their lives. I know that Ontario insurance premiums are already very high, so paying even more is frustrating; however, if ever you need to access these accident benefits, you will need them.
Something to think about…
David Hollingsworth has been an Ottawa injury lawyer since 1999 and has built the top team of Ottawa injury lawyers. As Ottawa personal injury lawyers, they are dedicated to helping Ontario accident victims who have suffered personal injury and those who have lost a loved on from Ontario accidents. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information or to contact us if you have been in an accident in eastern Ontario and want to make sure you are getting maximum compensation from your insurance company.
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Ontario Accident Benefits, Optional Accident Benefits Indexation
Accident North Glengarry results in death of Colin Geddis and Jasmine Morris and serious personal injury. Ottawa injury lawyer shares story.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, wrongful death on September 23rd, 2012
Personal Injury Lawyers Ottawa Ontario…update…Colin Geddis, 21 and Jasmine Morris, 26 have been identified as the deceased accident victims
original post: Sadly, 2 people have died after a terrible accident in North Glengarry Township. For unknown reasons, their vehicle left McCormick Road around 1 a.m. Sunday for unknown reasons, drove into a ditch and hit a tree. Inside the vehicle was a 21 year old man, along with a 26 year old woman . Sadly, they were both pronounced dead at the accident scene. The driver of the vehicle was a 25 year old male. He was airlifted to the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus with serious personal injuries. My thoughts go out to the Geddis and Morris families at this very difficult time. I’m sorry for their losses and I hope that the driver is able to pull through.
Welcome to our Ottawa Personal Injury lawyers report . This blog is written regularly by Ottawa Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth. David has been an Ontario personal injury lawyer since 1999. The Ottawa Injury Lawyer Blog reports on eastern Ontario accidents such as Ottawa car accidents, personal injury, Ontario accident benefits compensation, insurance in Ontario, news in Ottawa and events and news that relates to Ottawa, accidents and personal injury . Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information.
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Accident North Glengarry, Accident McCormick Road, Ontario Injury Lawyers
What do I do at the scene of a motor vehicle accident ? What should I do after the motor vehicle accident ?
What do I do at the scene of a motor vehicle accident ?
DO:
- Remain at the scene of the accident.
- Call the police and advise of the nature of injuries suffered.
- Provide the following information: your name and address, your vehicle permit number, and the name and address of the owner of the car (if it is not your car).
- Get the names, address, phone number, vehicle permit number and insurance information from the other driver(s) involved.
- Get the names, address, and phone numbers of any witnesses.
- Write down anything anybody says about how the accident happened.
- Tell the police officer if you think another driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
DO NOT:
- Move the vehicles, or any debris, unless they are a potential hazard to other motorists; or
- Sign documents or discuss the accident with anyone but the police.
What should I do after the motor vehicle accident ?
DO
- When you get to the hospital or to your home, you should call your insurance agent immediately. If you do not have your own insurance you may be entitled under someone else’s policy or through the Ontario’s Superintendent of Insurance through the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund.
- Make an appointment with your family doctor or attend a walk-in clinic.
- Take photographs of any damage to your car, truck, bicycle or motorcycle.
- Contact a personal injury lawyer.
- If you have any visible injuries, take photographs of these injuries. Also take photographs of any damaged clothing or belongings.
- Contact your employer or school and advise them that you were in an accident.
- Consider your needs for specialized equipment and home modifications.
- Keep a detailed record of all medications taken, assistance received from family, friends or professionals, all rehabilitation or doctors’ appointments, progress or development in physical, psychological or mental injuries, and all out of pocket expenses including parking, wheel chair rental, ambulance bills etc..
- Comply with all requirements of the Accident Benefits.
- Let your personal injury lawyer assist in completing the Accident Benefits forms.
DO NOT
- Provide any statements to your insurance company until you have consulted with a personal injury lawyer.
About Ottawa Ontario Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth———————————————————————————— David Hollingsworth has been an Ottawa Ontario injury lawyer specializing in personal injury representing Ontario accident victims since 1999. David practices with an established Ottawa law firm of more than 50 years of experience in representing accident victims, and helping personal injury accident victims get the compensation they need at an incredibly difficult time in their lives. David offers free consultations, takes cases on contingency and travels to homes or hospitals. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information. If you have a question, feel free to email david@ottawainjury.ca
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Ottawa Accident Lawyer : Ottawa Police Aim to Reduce Ottawa Car Accidents
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, Ottawa Resources on January 5th, 2011
Ottawa Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth….The City of Ottawa’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) is ringing in the New Year with a crackdown on tailgaters and stop sign runners. In 2009, tailgating caused 4,973 rear-end collisions – the most frequent type of Ottawa accidents accounting for 1/3 of Ottawa’s total car accidents. These Ottawa accidents resulted in one death and 1,373 personal injuries – 17 of them life-threatening personal injuries. Disobeying stop signs – including rolling stops – is also a serious issue on Ottawa roads. In 2009, 1,667 accidents at stop sign-controlled intersections resulted in one death and 462 personal injuries – 17 of them life-threatening personal injuries. Each month since 2004, STEP has been profiling and enforcing two initiatives that target specific traffic safety priorities. These initiatives support the City’s larger Integrated Road Safety Program (IRSP) public awareness and enforcement campaigns. In 2003, two City departments – Public Works and Ottawa Public Health – and the Ottawa Police Service developed the IRSP to provide a comprehensive approach in promoting road safety. Ottawa residents have identified traffic safety as a top priority. The IRSP is committed to using available resources to make Ottawa roads safer for residents.
Source: the Ottawa Police
About Ottawa Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————-David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Ontario Personal Injury Lawyer has been dedicated to helping Ottawa and Ontario accident victims since 1999. Due to his extensive experience and knowledge of relevant accident and personal injury issues, he has recovered millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of his Ontario personal injury and accident vicitms. David is dedicated to obtaining maximum compensation for his personal injury clients. David offers free consultations and makes home visits or hospital visits. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information.
mobile (613) 978-9549 (613) 237-4922 ext.203
Ottawa Accident-Serious Personal Injury- Bankfield Road, Highway 416
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents on December 13th, 2010
OTTAWA accident lawyers, Ottawa Lawyer - Ottawa Police reopened Bankfield Road from Highway 416 to William McEwen Drive around 6 p.m. Friday after a late afternoon Ottawa car accident that sent 4 people to an Ottawa hospital, including two with serious injuries and forced the closure of the stretch of road. Ottawa Police said two motor vehicles collided at around 3:30 p.m. Ottawa firefighters removed the front doors and the roof of the car to get three Ottawa accident victims out. The driver, a woman, suffered the worst personal injuries and was airlifted to an Ottawa hospital. Two other car occupants, a man and a woman, were also taken to an Ottawa hospital by Ottawa ambulance. So, too, was the driver of the minivan, although his injuries, like those of the two car occupants, were described as having non-life threatening. I send out good thoughts of full and speedy recoveries to everyone involved in this Ottawa accident. I hope everyone involved is and will be allright. Ottawa roads were very slick this weekend and it looks like they may continue to be so for the next couple of days. Drive safely out there. -Ottawa Car Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————-David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Ontario Personal Injury Lawyer has been dedicated to helping Ottawa and Ontario accident victims since 1999. Due to his extensive experience and knowledge of relevant accident and personal injury issues, he has recovered millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of his Ontario personal injury and accident vicitms. David is dedicated to obtaining maximum compensation for his personal injury clients. David offers free consultations and makes home visits or hospital visits. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information.
mobile (613) 978-9549 (613) 237-4922 ext.203
Ottawa’s west end car accident- woman and baby taken to Ottawa hospital
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents on October 13th, 2010
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers, Ottawa Law Firms, Lawyers in Ottawa..David Hollingsworth… Thankfully the baby in this Ottawa accident is ok, and the mother of the baby and the driver of the other car were taken to an Ottawa hospital. The baby was also taken to an Ottawa hospital as a precaution.
The intersection of Meadowlands Drive and Merivale Road was closed yesterday morning after a 9:30 a.m. multi-vehicle collision. Ottawa paramedics said two vehicles involved were heavily damaged. A 74-year-old woman was found without vital signs but regained a pulse en route to hospital after aggressive resuscitation measures by paramedics and firefighters. Fire department spokesman Marc Messier said firefighters were performing CPR on the woman while paramedics were busy assisting other injured patients when they first arrived at the scene. One of the firefighters rode in the ambulance with paramedics once they took over her care. She was stabilized prior to arrival at an Ottawa hospital. Terri Huard was heading west on Meadowlands and was stopped at a red light at Merivale when she saw a white car begin to swerve. Huard thought the car was trying to do a U-turn until she noticed the elderly woman driving had her head down. The car hit a Purolator truck before hitting a van carrying a mother and her nine-month-old child. The front of the white car was demolished.
“Thank God we had a red light because we would have been killed,” she said. “She would have hit us head on.” A 34-year-old woman was treated for neck and arm pain, and that woman’s nine-month-old child was taken to an hospital thankfully, as a precaution. The driver of the Purolator vehicle involved in the accident rescued the child from the woman’s vehicle.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————-David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Ontario Personal Injury Lawyer is dedicated to helping Ottawa and Ontario accident victims and has been since 1999. Due to his extensive experience and knowledge of relevant accident and personal injury issues, he has recovered millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of his personal injury clients. David is dedicated to obtaining maximum compensation for his personal injury clients. David offers free consultations and makes home visits or hospital visits. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information.
mobile (613) 978-9549 (613) 237-4922 ext.203
Ottawa Accident March Road Results with Young Girl Critical Personal Injuries
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents on August 15th, 2010
Ottawa Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth..Regrettably, I am reporting that a young girl remains at CHEO tonight with very serious, life threatening personal injury as a result of an Ottawa accident earlier this morning. My thoughts are with her family and friends at this very difficult time. Ottawa police have pleaded to the Ottawa commmunity for help in trying to figure out what happenned to this young girl. A 16 year old girl has been taken to hospital with life-threatening personal injuries after an accident at March Road near Highway 417 Sunday morning. Police said the 17-year-old was a passenger in a vehicle, whose driver lost control and hit a tree in the area of March and Thomas Argue roads at about 1:25 a.m. Thankfully, 3 other passengers, did not suffer personal injury. The young girl was airlifted to CHEO where she remains in critical condition. My thoughts go out to her and I hope to soon report of her full recovery.
update:
OTTAWA — A 17-year-old male has been charged with careless driving and driving with a blood alcohol level above zero after a car crashed into tree Sunday morning, police said. A 17-year-old girl was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an accident at March Road near Highway 417 around 1:25 a.m. She was airlifted to CHEO in critical condition.
I am relieved to report that this young girl’s condition has improved; although she still has a long way to go…Police said her condition has been downgraded from life-threatening to stable condition.
Police have charged the 17-year-old driver with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act. The youth was also charged with driving with a blood alcohol level above zero. New legislation, which came into effect in July, requires young drivers to be alcohol-free when they get behind the wheel.
David Hollingsworth, Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa has been dedicated to helping Ontario accident victims since 1999. As an Ontario lawyer in Ottawa , specializing in personal injury, David meets with people daily who have been seriously hurt and need help. Visit his website at www.ottawainjury.ca or email info@ottawainjury.ca for more information and a free consultation. David understand your needs and can help with your personal injury claim and other Ontario accident related issues. Call for a free consultation 613 978-9549 or visit www.ottawainjury.ca
Ottawa accident results in back injury, Personal Injury Lawyer in Ottawa David Hollingsworth
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Car Accidents, Ottawa Injury and Accidents on August 11th, 2010
Ottawa Ontario Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyers David Hollingsworth.. I hope every one involved in this accident recovers fully. A back injury can be a very serious and life altering injury. Two people suffered minor personal injuries in a head-on car accident in Ottawa, near the intersection of Woodroffe Avenue and Knoxdale Road Tuesday evening. At 9 p.m., Ottawa emergency services were called with reports of two drivers and one passenger involved in the two-car Ottawa accident. 2 Ottawa accident victims were transferred to Ottawa hospitals with sore backs, one to the Queensway-Carleton Hospital and the other to the Ottawa Hospital Civic campus.
David Hollingsworth has been an Ontario personal injury lawyer in Ottawa dedicated to helping Ontario accident victims receive the compensation they need following an accident. If you or a loved one has been injured or died as the result of an Ontario accident, you may be entitled to accident benefits you are not receiving. As an Ontario lawyer in Ottawa , specializing in personal injury, David meets with people daily who have been seriously hurt and need help. Visit his website at www.ottawainjury.ca or email info@ottawainjury.ca for more information and a free consultation. David understand your needs and can help with your personal injury claim and other Ontario accident related issues. Call for a free consultation 613 978-9549 or visit www.ottawainjury.ca
Bicycle Accident results in personal injury for 3 victims :Ottawa Lawyer David Hollingsworth
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Accident Benefits Insurance Claims, Personal Injury Claims on May 16th, 2010
Ottawa Ontario Bicycle Accident Lawyer , Ottawa Pedestrian Accident Lawyers David Hollingsworth- I caution everyone on the roads to extra vigilant..I am seeing way too many serious and fatal Ottawa bicycle and pedestrian accidents….Please drive , ride and walk safely !!
Accident investigators for the Quebec PP are trying to determine the cause of an accident that killed three cyclists Friday. A pick-up truck driven by a 29-year-old volunteer firefighter rear-ended a group of cyclists travelling east along Highway 112. It was noted that the driver of truck was “in his lane, travelling in a straight line at normal speed … it seems he just didn’t see the cyclists in front of him.
If you are hit by a car while on a bike or on foot, you may have an Accident Benefits claim for medical expenses, lost wages and manyother benefits, even if you did not own a vehicle or auto insurance , you are likely entitled to compensation through accident benefits, even if you do not have your own insurance. David Hollingsworth is an Ottawa Ontario Personal Injury lawyer with over 11 years experience helping accident victims get compensation for their injury. David has a very high success rate and has settled millions of dollars worth of cases. David gives FREE consultations and takes his cases on contingency : which means you do not have to paym until he gets your compensation money! Visit www.ottawainjury.ca or call 613 978-9549
Ottawa slip and fall accident ? Ottawa lawyer David Hollingsworth-questions..
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Ottawa Injury and Accidents, Personal Injury Claims, safety on January 27th, 2010
Ottawa Ontario slip and fall lawyer David Hollingsworth explains the dangers and factors involved in a slip and fall accident in Ontario.
With respect to compensation, a slip and fall victim’s eligibility will vary depending on the circumstances of the injury but overall, the fall accident will be similar to all Ontario personal injury claims. Namely, this means that your recovery may account for medical bills, wage loss, pain and suffering, and your potential for future medical expenses.
You are generally advised to visit a top Ottawa slip and fall lawyer such as David Hollingsworth as soon as possible after your injury to avoid limitations periods and the chance to secure and protect your interests. Similarly, you are advised to meet with a lawyer before meeting with an insurance adjuster, who may wish to settle quickly and for less than you deserve. Such adjuster’s attempt to establish if there was an injury, your role if any in the injury, and any prospective settlement that could be procured, often immediately. Questions from such adjusters can be very specific and it is best to speak with a lawyer such as David Hollingsworth to protect and safeguard your interests before signing any document. You do not want to lose out on what you deserve.
The responsibility for the injury can depend on the situation of your fall, and the idea of a “hazardous condition”, which relates to the situational potential for personal injury. Hazardous conditions can be temporary (such as the integrity of an easement or ice on a sidewalk), or permanent (property owners are held liable for permanent conditions since they are expected to have knowledge about their nature). The nature of your injury and the context of the slip and fall will determine who is responsible, whether it may be a property owner, a commercial enterprise, or some other individual. The key is to visit someone who is competent and experienced in dealing with such matters, as soon as possible so that valuable evidence is not lost and your position is secured to advance your claims so that you may receive the maximum possible compensation and support for your injury.
People claim slip and fall accident injury compensation each week. If you suffer from a personal injury due to a slip and fall accident, you need compensation and you owe it to yourself to see just how much you might be entitled to receive. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for a free consultation or call 613-978-9549. Ottawa slip and fall accident personal injury lawyers, David Hollingsworth
