Oct 21, 2014
As a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident Ms. A. required housekeeping assistance. The insurer denied Ms. A's claim, arguing th...
Featuring Kelley P. Campbell
Oct 16, 2012
M.B. was injured in a car accident in January 2008. He suffered head and other injuries and was taken to hospital by ambulance. After the accident he complained of headache, neck, leg and lower back pain.
He claimed his insurer was unreasonably withholding Income Replacement benefits and was asking for interim benefits to be paid to him pending the resolution of the dispute due to his severely deteriorating financial situation and his families need for support.
Featuring Kelley P. Campbell
Oct 16, 2012
M.M. was hit by a car at the age of five and suffered multiple injuries. A Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), a commonly used scoring system that describes the level of consciousness in a person following a traumatic brain injury, was taken by paramedic’s minutes after the accident and she received a score of 9 indicating a moderate injury. Her Insurer argued there was no evidence of brain injury and the low initial GCS score of 9 was caused by a hemodynamic instability (cardiovascular impairment caused by abnormal or unstable blood pressure).
Featuring Juan F. Carranza
May 13, 2011
T was involved in a very serious accident as a back seat passenger. His injuries are "catastrophic" and included serious orthopaedic injuries as well as a traumatic brain injury. T attended two medical examinations at the request of the Defendant, however one month before the pre-trial, the Defendant requested that T attend two more defence medicals.
Featuring Anu Bakshi
Apr 11, 2011
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After being struck by a car in August 2006, Mr. Jaggernauth sustained multiple serious injuries, including fractures of his cervical spine...
Featuring Kelley P. Campbell
Jun 12, 2010
S.D. was terminated from her job after being in a car accident. She came to Carranza without any work and any entitlement to disability benefits. Anu negotiated fair compensation for the loss of her job, monies for medical benefits and reinstatement of long-term disability benefits.
Featuring Anu Bakshi
Jun 18, 2009
G.P. was injured on his way home from work. He was unable to return to his physically demanding job, and due to his lack of English and marketable skills, he was unable to find a job of comparable pay. He was denied accident benefits including income replacement benefits and medical and rehabilitation benefits.
Oct 18, 2007
For over a decade, the indigenous Maya peoples of southern Belize have been seeking legal recognition of their customary land rights. Moira Gracey coordinated the legal team representing Maya villages before the Belizean courts.
Featuring Moira Gracey
Nov 23, 2006
A newcomer to Canada, AJ was on her way to her first day of work when she was struck by a car. She had a previous history of complicated back surgeries in her home country many years ago. The Insurer refused to pay compensation for her loss of earnings because it was their view that the victim did not have any Canadian work experience and her injuries were related to her back problems before the accident.
Featuring Anu Bakshi
Oct 13, 2006
Ms. Atwal was injured in a car accident, and sued in Superior Court the driver of the car and the company that owned the car. A year and a half after issuing the lawsuit, it was discovered that the defendant driver of the car was working at the time of the accident.
Featuring Moira Gracey
Oct 4, 2005
A.N. was injured in a car accident and through his insurer received statutory accident benefits and income replacement benefits. His income replacement benefits were terminated by his insurer and they tried to force him to be assessed by one of their doctors shortly before an arbitration hearing about his entitlement to Income Replacement Benefits.
Featuring Anu Bakshi
Aug 30, 2005
AV was injured in two separate car accidents over the course of a year. The adjuster for the insurance company had suspended her benefits and refused to reinstate them unless the she attended medical examinations. The arbitrator found that by requiring such a commitment, the insurer abandoned the proper process contemplated by the law.
Featuring Moira Gracey
Dec 31, 2004
S.S. was injured as a passenger in a van. She suffered from back pain, anxiety, depression and claustrophobia preventing her from using public transit and going to job interviews. She also suffers from poor concentration and memory issues since the accident. Her insurer argued that she was capable of sitting, typing, talking on the phone, filing, and other physical aspects of an office job and therefore not entitled to further benefits.
Featuring Moira Gracey
May 22, 2003
Ms. Clark came to us when the two-year limitation period for filing a lawsuit for her accident had already expired. Usually, this would result in a complete loss of her right to recover compensation from the person at fault for the accident. Kelley Campbell successfully convinced the judge that an exception to the rule applied to this case.
Featuring Kelley P. Campbell
Apr 3, 2003
Ms. Borja was injured getting off a TTC bus. The TTC tried to prevent her from proceeding to arbitration because she did not attend a number of medical assessments that they had arranged.
Featuring Kelley P. Campbell
Dec 31, 1999
After an accident, a mother was rendered quadriplegic and her son suffered serious brain injuries. Lawyer obtained accident benefits for the mother including the purchase and building of a new wheelchair accessible home and a significant settlement for income loss to a minor for her son.
Dec 31, 1999
R.A.’s mother became a quadriplegic as a result of car accident. Her lawyer secured funding for an accessible home and compensation, and was also able to obtain a loss of earning capacity settlement for R.A.
Dec 31, 1999
This ruling will encourage insurance companies to obtain the information they need early on in the process, thus improving the chances generally of earlier settlements for injured people.
Featuring Kelley P. Campbell
Dec 31, 1999
The client came to our firm to seek fair compensation after former lawyer settled his accident benefit claims for a very small amount of money, less than half of one year’s income loss. We were able to re-open the claims that were settled and successfully sued the no-fault insurer as well as the former lawyer.
Dec 31, 1999
The boy ran from in front of an ice cream truck towards his house and was hit by a driver going the speed limit. Initially the police labelled the accident “unavoidable due to the actions of the child”. His lawyer argued that the truck and the car were equally negligent. He was awarded over three million dollars in damages.
Featuring Moira Gracey and Juan F. Carranza