What Sets McLeish Orlando’s Toronto Car Accident Lawyers Apart?
Experienced Car Accident Trial Lawyers
Our firm has a reputation for its outstanding trial experience. We prepare every case as if it is going to trial, and we take every step required to ensure our clients receive the full compensation they are entitled to. Insurance companies know this, and we are often able to reach a fair settlement long before trial. When we believe that our clients are entitled to more than what is being offered as settlement, we are always prepared to proceed to trial and advocate on their behalf.
Contingency Fee Retainer Agreements
We enter into contingency fee retainer agreements with every client we take on. This means that we only get paid when your claim is successfully resolved. We then receive an agreed upon percentage of the funds you receive as payment for our services.
We will hire and pay the experts that are needed to develop the evidence in your case, be they doctors, engineers or life care planners. You will never be asked to contribute to the cost of developing evidence in the case or pay anything towards legal fees until a settlement or judgment is received. We use these agreements to ensure that every person who is seriously injured in a car accident can access justice, not just those who have money.
Quality Over Quantity – Toronto Car Accident Lawyers
At McLeish Orlando, we believe in providing top quality service to a smaller number of seriously injured clients, rather than taking on as many clients as we can. This means that we selectively consider every potential client that contacts our office and only accept clients that are seriously injured. By limiting the number of clients that we represent, we ensure that we can spend the time, energy, and resources required to provide you with the best possible service and results.
Extensive History of Helping Our Clients
For over 20 years, our Toronto car accident lawyers and staff have worked on car accident files every day. Every car accident file is handled by a specialized team comprised of a:
- Partner
- Associate Lawyer
- Accident Benefits Coordinator
- Law Clerk
- Legal Assistant
Your team will be in contact with you through every step of your car accident file, ready to answer questions and assist with all matters.
Types of Car Accidents We Have Helped With
Over the years, we have been exposed to a broad range of types of car accidents, including:
- Highway collisions
- Intersection collisions
- Multi-vehicle collisions
- Commercial vehicle collisions
- Motorcycle and car collisions
- Truck collisions
- Head-on collisions
- Hit and Run collisions
- T-Bone collisions
- Rear-end collisions
While no two accidents are the same, given our breadth of experience, it is likely that we have assisted a client in a situation similar to yours and will bring that invaluable experience to your case.
Dangerous Driving Habits that Cause Car Accidents
Car accidents are far too common in Ontario. The Ministry of Transportation Ontario reported a total of 23,689 fatal and personal injury collisions in 2020, and 34,130 in 2019. These collisions caused the death of 535 people in 2020 and 582 in 2019. Car accidents are common but they are often avoidable and should not be tolerated.
All drivers in Ontario owe a duty of care when operating a vehicle. This duty is owed to passengers, other road users, pedestrians, and roadside property owners.
Some of the common forms of dangerous driving habits that cause car accidents include the following.
Distracted Driving
The widespread use of cellphones, touch screens, and other technology related distractions while driving has significantly increased the number of distracted driver related car accidents. Ontario Government data shows that the number of fatal collisions due to distracted driving has doubled since 2000. If you or a loved one have been injured by a distracted driver, contact our office for a free consultation to discuss your next steps.
Impaired Driving
When an impaired driver causes a car accident that results in the personal injury or death of others, it generally results in criminal charges. However, criminal law provides punishment – it does not provide compensation to victims. While it is generally a straightforward task to establish an impaired driver was negligent, the driver’s insurance company will aggressively defend the claim for damages that result from the accident.
Navigating the legal system on your own can be challenging, confusing, and result in under compensation. Contact our office for a free consultation if you or a loved one have been injured by an impaired driver.
Disobeying Traffic Laws and Aggressive Driving
In Ontario, the Highway Traffic Act creates numerous offences for unsafe driving practices in order to regulate safe driving. Some of these offences create a requirement to stop at stop signs, red lights, and crosswalks. The HTA also has offences aimed at aggressive and careless driving. When a driver is charged and convicted under the HTA in a car accident that you are involved in, the Evidence Act creates a presumption of wrongdoing against that driver in any civil action that you bring related to that accident. This area of evidence law is technical, but it can be beneficial to your case. Discuss these options with one of our experienced car accident lawyers during a free consultation.
Types of Serious Injuries Caused by Car Accidents
Ontario’s Accident Benefit Coverage
What Accident Benefits Are?
Ontario has a complicated hybrid no-fault and lawsuit system for car accidents. Everybody who suffers a personal injury in a car accident in the Province of Ontario is entitled to no-fault benefits. The accident benefits an injured person may be entitled to include income replacement benefits, non-earner benefits, caregiver benefits, medical and rehabilitation benefits, attendant care benefits, case management, expenses of visitors, housekeeping and home maintenance, and loss of educational expenses.
The severity of injury has a dramatic effect on a person’s right to claim medical, rehabilitation and attendant care benefits. A non-catastrophically injured person is entitled to a maximum of $65,000.00 for these expenses while a catastrophically injured person is entitled to a maximum of $1,000,000.00 for medical expenses. Our car accident lawyers have a proven track record of success in obtaining a catastrophic designation for our seriously injured car accident victims.
How Our Car Accident Lawyers Can Help?
Our personal injury lawyers have access to the most highly skilled rehab professionals in the province and will work with you to ensure that you make as full a recovery from your injuries as is possible.
The accident benefits regime is extremely complicated and can be difficult to navigate on your own. It is highly recommended that you contact an experienced car accident lawyer to assist you with navigating your right to accident benefits.
When to File a Lawsuit After a Car Accident?
The compensation received through the accident benefits regime for income replacement and medical and rehabilitation expenses provide immediate assistance to someone who has suffered serious injuries in a car accident but the no-fault system will not provide compensation for the lifelong implications of the injuries suffered.
A person who is injured because of a negligent operator in a car accident is entitled to sue the at-fault operator for a variety of damages including damages for pain and suffering, loss of income and the cost of medical care.
Time Limit to Start Your Car Accident Claim
If you or a loved one have been injured in a car accident, you should be aware of the Limitations Act, which sets out the time limit to commence a legal proceeding at two years from the day the claim was discovered, barring any exceptions outlined in the Act. While this may sound like a long time, there are many important steps that need to be taken before commencing a lawsuit. We recommend that you contact our office for a free no obligation consultation as soon as you are able to follow a car accident.
Our Toronto Car Accident Lawyers are Here for You
Proper legal representation is crucial in obtaining the proper designation under the no-fault rules and full compensation for damages in a lawsuit.
A key to our firm’s successful record in car accident lawsuits, is that we conduct a thorough investigation at the outset of every case. We then build an airtight case consisting of facts and expert opinions.
The car accident lawyers at McLeish Orlando have been voted by other lawyers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Canada and the Lexpert directory. Our impeccable track record of success is built upon a dedication to ensuring that our clients receive the full compensation that they deserve. While most cases settle out of Court, we prepare each case for trial from the moment we are retained, ensuring that the insurance company defending the case understands the consequences of not offering a full and fair settlement.
Proper legal representation is crucial in obtaining the proper designation under the no-fault rules and full compensation for damages in a lawsuit.
The car accident lawyers at McLeish Orlando have been voted by other lawyers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Canada and the Lexpert directory. Our impeccable track record of success is built upon a dedication to ensuring that our clients receive the full compensation that they deserve. While most cases settle out of Court, we prepare each case for trial from the moment we are retained, ensuring that the insurance company defending the case understands the consequences of not offering a full and fair settlement.
