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Mental Health After Injury
This blog post is adapted from a Free Legal Information Friday from January 29, 2021. You can watch the video version HERE. Picture this: You’ve been in a car crash. You’re hurt. Your body is in pain. You can’t go back to work. Bills are piling up. You’re healing, but, you’re not healing as fast ...
Rob’s Placement as an Agent of Good
This is a guest post from our placement student, Rob Stefanelli. He has been working at White Macgillivray Lester since January. He completes his placement this week and then will graduate law school. After that, he’ll be working for us for a couple of months before heading off to practice law in the big city ...
Abolish The Pain and Suffering Damages Cap
This blog post by Duncan Macgillivray was originally featured on the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog on May 31, 2017. Back in 1978, the Supreme Court of Canada set an upper limit or “cap” on pain and suffering damages in Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd. J.A. Andrews was only 21 when he was rendered quadriplegic from a ...
Everyone Should Have $2M Automobile Liability Limits
This blog post by Duncan Macgillivray was originally featured on the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog on September 5, 2018. Automobile liability insurance covers you if you are sued for injuries caused in an automobile accident. Your insurance company appoints a lawyer, defends you and pays out any damages (up to the liability limits). In ...
The Cruelest Personal Injury Law
This blog post by Duncan Macgillivray was originally featured on the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog on November 2, 2018. There are a lot of cruel personal injury laws: caps on pain and suffering, secret deductibles, biased doctors, the list goes on. But, there is one that is the worst of them all: The cap ...