According to The Brain Injury Association of Canada, thousands of Canadians suffer brain injuries each year in numbers that are approaching epidemic proportions. Brain injuries often occur when a person is involved in an accident and a head injury is sustained. The effects of a brain injury can be devastating and the assistance of an experienced personal injury lawyer is often necessary.
In order to recover damages in a brain injury accident, a brain injury victim or his or her survivors must be able to prove that the brain injury occurred because of someone else’s negligence. There are many different types of accidents in which a brain injury can occur. For example, many traumatic brain injuries occur in motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall accidents, bicycle accidents and workplace accidents. No matter what the particular facts of the situation that led to the injury, the legal standard is the same. A plaintiff needs to prove that the defendant owed the plaintiff a duty of care, that the duty of care was breached because the defendant failed to act like a reasonable person would act given the circumstances and that the brain injury was caused by the defendant’s actions.
The damages sustained from a brain injury are often significant. Many people need lifelong care and suffer a considerable loss of income. Brain injury victims may be entitled to compensation for actual costs incurred, future costs expected to be incurred, loss of income and other non-economic damages such as pain and suffering.
An experienced Toronto personal injury lawyer will protect your legal rights and help you to recover the financial damages to which you are legally entitled.
According to The Brain Injury Association of Canada, thousands of Canadians suffer brain injuries each year in numbers that are approaching epidemic proportions. Brain injuries often occur when a person is involved in an accident and a head injury is sustained. The effects of a brain injury can be devastating and the assistance of an experienced personal injury lawyer is often necessary.
In order to recover damages in a brain injury accident, a brain injury victim or his or her survivors must be able to prove that the brain injury occurred because of someone else’s negligence. There are many different types of accidents in which a brain injury can occur. For example, many traumatic brain injuries occur in motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall accidents, bicycle accidents and workplace accidents. No matter what the particular facts of the situation that led to the injury, the legal standard is the same. A plaintiff needs to prove that the defendant owed the plaintiff a duty of care, that the duty of care was breached because the defendant failed to act like a reasonable person would act given the circumstances and that the brain injury was caused by the defendant’s actions.
The damages sustained from a brain injury are often significant. Many people need lifelong care and suffer a considerable loss of income. Brain injury victims may be entitled to compensation for actual costs incurred, future costs expected to be incurred, loss of income and other non-economic damages such as pain and suffering.
An experienced Toronto personal injury lawyer will protect your legal rights and help you to recover the financial damages to which you are legally entitled. Our firm has more than 100 years combined legal experience. We are ready to work for you and we encourage you to contact us today for an initial consultation.