Understanding the mechanics of a personal injury action.
At the OPILN, we believe in ongoing continuing legal education. Our lawyers participate in ongoing legal education seminars and attend conferences to keep current with the law of personal injury. What we do that we believe is different than other personal injury law firms is no legal education. Our lawyers also receive training in medicine. Our lawyers read texts on physiology, science and medicine. We meet with our medical experts and ask questions. We believe that in order to properly represent injured clients, we need to understand the medical science behind the injury. To us, understanding the personal injury law is simply one part of the puzzle. We believe that understanding the science behind the injury is crucial to being a successful personal injury lawyer. Whether it is gaining a better understanding of the science of medicine or the physics and engineering principles of a complex machine or scene of an accident, science is vital to our practice of law and our success which we have enjoyed over the years. At the Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer Network (the lawyers of PQTLaw), we take the extra step to be ahead of our competition. Call us for a free consultation. Call 613-315-HURT (4878). Ask for Marc Quinn.
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Trip and Fall - Slip and Fall Cases - Fair Compensation
Trip and fall Cases - Slip and Fall Cases
Trip and fall cases involve an injury caused by a fall to the ground caused by striking an object with one’s foot as opposed to slip and fall cases where someone is injured by slipping, usually on ice, water or other slippery surface. In a trip and fall case, a person’s foot encounters an object on the ground or a foot steps into an unexpected hole or uneven surface causing a fall. Examples of trip and falls are: tripping on an object in a grocery store or tripping in a hole in a parking lot or uneven sidewalk.
In order to seek compensation for injuries caused in a fall you must show that the injury was caused by someone else’s negligence and that the injury you suffered was caused by the fall.
To prove negligence, you must prove that the owner or occupier of the property upon which you fell owed you a duty to ensure the property was safe. This obligation, legally speaking, is found in the provisions of the Occupier’s Liability Act of Ontario. If the owner and/or occupier owed you some legal duty to protect or warn you of dangers on the property, and they did not take reasonable steps to protect you, liability will usually follow. The question then becomes one of assessing the injured person’s damages and quantifying the fair monetary compensation.
If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident contact Marc Quinn, Ottawa Accident and Injury Lawyer at 613-266-7266.
Trip and fall cases involve an injury caused by a fall to the ground caused by striking an object with one’s foot as opposed to slip and fall cases where someone is injured by slipping, usually on ice, water or other slippery surface. In a trip and fall case, a person’s foot encounters an object on the ground or a foot steps into an unexpected hole or uneven surface causing a fall. Examples of trip and falls are: tripping on an object in a grocery store or tripping in a hole in a parking lot or uneven sidewalk.
In order to seek compensation for injuries caused in a fall you must show that the injury was caused by someone else’s negligence and that the injury you suffered was caused by the fall.
To prove negligence, you must prove that the owner or occupier of the property upon which you fell owed you a duty to ensure the property was safe. This obligation, legally speaking, is found in the provisions of the Occupier’s Liability Act of Ontario. If the owner and/or occupier owed you some legal duty to protect or warn you of dangers on the property, and they did not take reasonable steps to protect you, liability will usually follow. The question then becomes one of assessing the injured person’s damages and quantifying the fair monetary compensation.
If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident contact Marc Quinn, Ottawa Accident and Injury Lawyer at 613-266-7266.
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