Why Would An Insurance Company Get Hit With Punitive Damages?
Like an individual, each insurance company has a duty of care. According to the law, that duty of care calls for the company’s readiness to demonstrate good faith towards the policy holders. A willingness to deviate from that duty can invite the court’s imposition of punitive damages....
A Rise In The Number of DWI Drivers In Alberta
For decades, traffic authorities have talked to teenage drivers about the dangers linked to driving while intoxicated (DWI). Now those same authorities are returning to the classroom, in order to share information on a different sort of DWI. That is the dangerous practice known as driving while impaired. Drivers that…...
The Way A Personal Injury Settlement Has An Effect On AISH Eligibility
Some part of any personal injury settlement should go towards repaying the injured victim for his or her lost wages. After all, it is supposed to provide accident victims with a way to get back to the spot from which the claim has originated. In other words, it serves as…...
Safety Tips For Those Using Public Transportation In Alberta
Even though someone using Alberta’s public transportation system does not drive the vehicle that he or she rides, the same person should still obey certain safety rules....
How Insurance Companies In Alberta Try To Avoid Paying Unrepresented Claimants
An insurance company does not always have to play some sort of trick, in order to avoid paying an unrepresented claimant. Sometimes that unwanted action can be avoided by taking advantage of a claimant’s lack of knowledge....
Details On Tort Compensation For Caregivers
No family that has concerns about the care given to an elderly or injured loved one should assume that any given caregiver will always be there. Caregivers can get sick, or get injured in an accident. Depending on the circumstances surrounding that accident, an injured caregiver might enter a tort…...
Why Contact A Lawyer After Denial of Canadian Pension Plan Disability Benefits?
If you have been involved in an accident, you may have received injuries that make it too difficult to work or to do the same things you are used to doing throughout your day. You may be advised by your injury lawyer in Red Deer, doctor, or even friends and…...
How To Prepare For Returning To Work At End of Recovery Period
No one likes being confined to a bed, especially an injured employee that wants to be earning a living. Still, that same employee could face some real challenges, once he or she has decided to return to work....
How Someone With A Personal Injury Claim Can Prove Existence of Chronic Pain
Physicians and hospitals struggle to acquire a good understanding of any one patient’s pain. Hence, the victim of an accident, one that must deal with chronic pain, faces a real challenge. It can prove next to impossible to highlight pain in a personal injury case....
Correcting The Misinformation On Personal Injury Law
The public’s idea of the role of the personal injury lawyer has become distorted, thanks to the mention of such lawyers in so many movies and TV programs. That distorted view reflects the spread of misconceptions about personal injury claims....