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  • Saturday, 14 December 2013
Legal Holiday Tips
Sandra Zisckind It is that time of the year again, time for fun Holiday parties and letting loose. Unfortunately, involving alcohol and letting loose is often a recipe for disaster. Employers, you can be responsible for your employeeโ€™s bad behavior as any holiday party can be construed as part of โ€œoffice hoursโ€. Employees, your employers…
  • Saturday, 30 November 2013
Under Pressure
Sun Media I was asked very nicely by the Commons Institute to speak to female lawyers Monday about some of the challenges we face. If anyone is reading this and attending, I am speaking at 4:30 p.m. because I have an important holiday show to attend at my sonโ€™s school. So stay late! My topic…
  • Sunday, 24 November 2013
Traffic Fatalities
Fatalities are becoming more and more prevalent. My heart goes out to the family who lost their son this week. I also have a 4 year old son. There is nothing worse. The Sun did a great job a couple weeks ago about the increase in fatalities in the City. I spoke last week about…
  • Sunday, 17 November 2013
Distracted Driving โ€“ The Sequel
Sun Media My associate just got this hand out from the Toronto Police that looks like a ticket but really it is a caution on distracted driving. Now I know I talk about this a lot but there are certain realities to this new high tech age we are living in. The hand out states…
  • Sunday, 10 November 2013
Sports Concussions
Sandra Zisckind I have decided, I am going to be the only one who doesnโ€™t talk about the mayor this week. It is not a moral stance but I think the media has done a great job covering it and hey what more is there to say? I want to talk about sports. Watching the…
  • Wednesday, 06 November 2013
Update: Sandra Zisckind discusses recent pedestrian-vehicle collisions within two-hour span
Yesterday, an article was posted about the five pedestrians that were struck by vehicles in only a few short hours (between 4:40 and 6:30 pm), including a sixth pedestrian struck early Wednesday morning.  Sandra Zisckind spoke to the incident on the Global News Hour: “Pedestrians, of course, have nothing cushioning them.” According to Sandra, “when a pedestrian…
  • Friday, 01 November 2013
Personal Injury with a Heart
Sandra Zisckind I am so happy to congratulate my brother Isaac Zickind on his โ€œLawyers Canโ€™t Jumpโ€ event. Basically a bunch of out of shape lawyers, (myself included) got together to play basketball and raise money for Sick Kids hospital. Isaac and two other lawyers from two other firms raised over $20,000.00 for the Leukemia…
  • Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Halloween Safety
Sun Media Itโ€™s Halloween this week. My son will be going as Lightning McQueen for the third year in a row (Disney owes me shares in their company). So we should talk about Halloween safety. Now I am going to admit to a practice I think is probably wrong but it is one I employ…
  • Sunday, 20 October 2013
Sandra Zisckind on Catastrophic Injuries
People often ask us what is a โ€œcatastrophic injuryโ€ for the purposes of a motor vehicle accident? Catastrophic is a legal definition under theย Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule. Generally, if you are catastrophic you are a quadriplegic, paraplegic or severely brain injured. But there is one other category that people are not usually aware of, that…
  • Sunday, 13 October 2013
Good and Bad In All Systems
Sun Media Clients often tell me, โ€œOh if I got injured in the U.S., my recovery would be better.โ€ That is not the case. As someone who studied in U.S. and got her law degree there, I can tell you that while our U.S. counterparts have some good points to their regime, they also have…

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