In today's episode of Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers on CHCH Morning Live - Driver Safety and Tort Claims. Listen to the podcast or watch the video podcast on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/387760259 Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers Website. https://neinstein.ca/
In today's episode of Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers on CHCH Morning Live - Driver Safety and Tort Claims. Listen to the podcast or watch the video podcast on Vimeo.
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You've been in a serious accident, don't know where to turn to get your life back on track. And that's where a personal injury lawyer. Here we can help, and we've got an expert, actually two experts right here from Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers. Thanks so much for joining us. You guys specialize in this stuff. So, Rose Leto thanks for joining us and Ruth Fernandez, as well as we're going to talk about avoiding these kinds of situations, but also there's been many changes in Tort law and other personal injury law here in Canada, which is certainly a different situation than across the border.
But that perception is correct. There is much more in terms of claims across the borders. And there absolutely is. And you hear a lot in the media about the amounts of claims and in Canada. Claims are limited. So we don't see the same numbers as we do in the United States. Let's break it down just in terms of the criteria with personal injury.
So to make a claim, a tort claim for personal injury, you have to have a threshold of a serious and permanent impairment. So there has to be some permanence to your injuries, some scarring, permanent injuries, stuff that's not going to go away in time. And, and that has affected your life in a serious way and your money earning capability.
Absolutely. So that's one of the major factors. We look at someone's ability to return to the same job, to be gainfully employed and to support their family in Canada. Its is usually why is it the gamut in terms of injuries, but is it a largely, what are you seeing in terms of claims? Can you get to see everything from a whiplash and a muscle strain up to a full brain injury and paraplegia and quadriplegia?
Full gambit. Now there has been changes as well. Let's talk about some of the thresholds. Yeah. So one of the major changes that we've seen recently is with the accident benefits and that being, the insurance companies have reduced the amount of money people could get for treatment. So $3,500 for minor injuries and they've reduced the maximum claims and non-catastrophic injuries to $50,000.
And that's not a lot of money when someone needs some, medical and rehabilitation, no, it's not. That'll burn up very fast. Very quickly. In terms of larger claims in deductibles or anything, we need to know in terms of that no oil, mostly for tort claims, you're limited to the policy limits and, and most people in Ontario at least have at least a million dollars.
It was just that split second moment. You know, that changes a lifetime. And I know at Neinstein you're very proactive just in terms of a brain injury conferences and that sort of thing. We should mention too, there's actually an app that you guys are developing right? At Neinstein Personal Injury lawyers we've recently developed an app for people that may be involved in collisions.
It's something that you can upload to your iPhone or your Android phone, and it takes you through the entire process. It'll give you some background on our firm. It takes you to a section of the app where you can create a report, take pictures, perhaps take a video of what's happened in the actual collision.
And, once you're ready to submit, you know it goes directly to our firm and it's a free consultation. So, you know, everybody can feel that, in anything that streamlines the process because its absolutely needed. I mean, it's an overwhelming process and we want people to feel a little bit more secure and knowing that their information is going to the right hands.
And what we need to remember is that we provide free consultation. So money should never be an issue for anyone looking for advice over the telephone. It's not a concern. We have a toll free number on a website, so long distance charges don't need to be incurred. And we travel through all of Ontario clients and of course you specialize in this.
This is a personal injury. What you do. Yeah. Right. https://neinstein.ca there's a website right there, Rose Leto, Ruth Fernandez. Thanks so much for joining us. So yeah, and safe driving all summer long.
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