Tag archives: Medical Records

Chronic pain and personal injury claims

#AskTatyanaLoefflerVulpe A significant portion of the nation’s population, approximately 1.5 million people according to at least one survey, suffer from chronic pain. Unlike a broken bone or a scar, pain is not something that can be seen or experienced by anyone other than the person suffering from it. For the injured victim of an accident caused by the negligent or careless conduct of another party proving the existence of pain can become a real challenge, but there are ways for a person suffering from chronic pain to be compensated. What is chronic pain? Most injuries suffered in a car crash or ... Read more

What You Need to Know About Catastrophic Impairment

#AskZevBergman A motorcycle crash that was so bad that the 34-year-old husband and father was declared dead by police illustrates the effects a change in how Ontario law defines catastrophic impairment can have on the lives of victims and their families. As it turned out, the motorcyclist survived the crash and the premature declaration by police of his demise, but his medical condition and a new law combined to leave him on the verge of financial ruin. After being in a coma for a month and in need of long-term rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury, multiple fractures to his limbs and hands ... Read more