Personal Injury
Read about personal injury law cases in Calgary, AB, Canada. Learn the critical first steps after an accident leading to a personal injury claim. Get answers to most common questions our lawyers daily.
Insurance Companies and the Duty of Good Faith
Insurance companies are required to act in good faith. They are not supposed to fight tooth and nail to deny reasonable claims. If an insurance company does not act in good faith — if it behaves badly — a court can award punitive damages to the plaintiff....
When Does a Personal Injury Claim go to Trial?
The vast majority of personal injury claims don’t go to trial. Most get settled long before that in the months following the accident. In fact, well over 90 per cent of injury claims are settled without going to trial. This is good. Trials are stressful and uncertain....
How Not to Mess Up Your Personal Injury Claim
We care a lot about our clients. And we fight tooth and nail to get them the best settlement possible. But some clients are their own worst enemy. They hurt their chances of a fair and speedy settlement by doing silly things. Help your personal injury lawyer help you...
Personal Injury Compensation and Pre-existing Conditions
Let’s say you’ve suffered an injury due to someone else’s negligence. What if you had a pre-existing condition that made the consequences worse for you than they would be for someone without that condition? Is the negligent person nevertheless responsible for all of...
Question for Injury Lawyer – When Will I Get My Settlement?
This is a common question. In fact, it’s probably the most common question asked of personal injury lawyers, along with, “How much will I get?” Wanting to get your settlement quickly is understandable. After all, if you’ve been in an accident, you’ve incurred...
Accepting an Offer for a Personal Injury Claim
Let’s say you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident due to someone else’s careless actions. The other driver’s insurance company might contact you to offer a cash settlement. Should you accept?
How to Find and Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer
Let’s say you’ve been in a motor vehicle accident or were injured in a slip and fall. To ensure full compensation for your personal injury, you want to retain a personal injury lawyer. But how do you find and choose one? Finding the names of personal injury lawyers is...
Maximum damages and how much you can claim
I often have clients telling me, “Let’s go for a million,” or “I won’t settle for anything less than $300,000.” Well, in Canada, the Supreme Court set the limit on what one can receive as compensation for pain and suffering. The limit was set in a 1978 decision...
Fight the “Cap”
The so-called “minor injury cap” legislation, also known as the Minor Injury Regulation (“MIR”) has been in place in Alberta since 2004. It offers limited maximum damages for pain and suffering for “minor” injuries to $4,000 (subject to adjustment for inflation). In...