• Personal Injury includes physical injury or mental anguish caused by the neglect, negligence or actions of another party or entity.
• Personal Injury can also mean damages or injury to character or reputation..... defamation of character.

Act now, because there are many time limitations on filing cases, some as short as a few weeks. Some municipalities have a ten day limit.

If you incur an injury or damages caused by the actions or neglect of another, that individual or company is legally responsible and can be required to compensate you. The courts will decide how much of the negligence or carelessness is attributable to each of the parties involved. The most negligent party is then held responsible for all or part of the damages you suffered.

The court will award an amount of compensation based on the strength of your supporting evidence and documentation, (medical reports, financial losses, costs etc), your losses and the degree of your injury.

Most personal injury cases will be defended by insurance companies. They will work very hard to prove your case is not valid or worth very much. You absolutely need a lawyer to manage your case. CanLaw's Lawyer Referral Services will find a lawyer for you.

You may be entitled to:

• Rehabilitation Benefits
  
• Weekly Cash Payments
  
• Travel Expenses
  
• Full Compensation
  
• and much more

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There are several categories of personal injury cases

• Slip and Fall Accidents

  You and the property owner will both be held responsible to varying degrees. You are expected to watch where you are going and realize that you can slip or fall or such in the daily course of your life. Property owners have a duty to keep their property safe.

  You are responsible for your own safety. If you don't take this responsibility seriously and you get hurt, you could be found "contributorily negligent", which means that a court could reduce the monetary award they'd otherwise give you, or give you nothing if they decide you're totally at fault. You could be partly or totally at fault if you were "under the influence," wearing worn shoes, or walking too fast on obviously slippery ground, or not paying attention while walking.

  Not paying attention while walking is going to be the cause of a lot of lost claims by people texting while walking. Watch where you are going and put the stupid phone away.

• Motor Vehicle Accidents:

  If you are involved, do not admit fault or responsibility. See a doctor and a personal injury lawyer even if you only have minor injuries. Some trivial looking injuries may have lasting consequences and leave you with long term pain and high medical costs. Even if you are partly responsible for the accident, you still may be able to collect compensation for your injuries.

• Product Liability:

  Strict product liability basically means that all the parties involved in the manufacture, and distribution and sale of a product can be held responsible for damages caused by the use of that product.

  If you have been injured by a defective product, you must absolutely prove that the injury was caused by the product and the product was defective. This could include faulty labelling or usage instructions.

• Medical Malpractice

  Doctors, nurses, and other health care practitioners can and do make mistakes. If you are injured as a result, you may be entitled to compensation

• Wrongful death:

  Wrongful death claims are brought by or on behalf of an immediate relative, spouse, parent, child of the deceased. They seek compensation for the losses resulting from a family member's wrongful death.Wrongful death claims usually arise from:
  Vehicle accidents
  Criminal actions
  Work related Employer actions
  Property Owner actions

• Disability Insurance Claims:

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• Motorcycle Injuries
• Medical Claims
• Swimming Injuries
• Diving Injuries
• Airplane Accidents
• Child Injuries
• Fractures
• Burns
• Brain Injuries
• U.S. Accidents
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Pelvic Injuries
• Prescription Errors
• Paraplegia
• Quadraplegia
• Nerve Injuries
• Car Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents
• All-Terrain Vehicle Accidents
• Snowmobile Accidents
• Boating Accidents
• Slips and Falls
• Catastrophic Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injuries