Archive for the ‘Personal Injury Fees’ Category

How Ontario Injury Lawyer Fees are Determined [video]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Lawyers are governed by the Law Society of Upper Canada, but that being said, lawyers are not regulated on how much they can charge you on a per hour basis. It is a free market based on experience, as well as supply and demand. There are some exceptions to this rule when it comes to minors and disabled individuals who are always protected by courts pertaining to legal fees.

Personal injury law is different in how lawyers charge clients for their services. It is fair to estimate that at least 95% of personal injury lawyers are paid on a contingency fee basis. This means they only get paid a percentage of what they recover on your behalf.
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How Personal Injury Settlement Values are Determined in Ontario [video]

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

How do lawyers come up with personal injury settlement values in Ontario? In other words, how much is your case worth?

There are two critical factors that maximize the value of any settlement:

  1. Your personal situation
  2. How your lawyer approaches your case

Your personal situation is of course the most important factor taken into consideration. Factors like your profession, salary, age, severity of injury, expected medical expenses, your medical diagnosis and issues of liability (how the accident came to be) are all factors considered to determine how much you should be fairly compensated.
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Roger R. Foisy Slams Cost of Medical Records

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Roger Foisy was recently interviewed by one of Canada’s leading law publications, the Law Times, on the issue of excessive fees charged by pharmacies and medical offices for providing client medical records. The concern with these charges is they are out of line with the time spent retrieving and providing the information. Roger has been leading the client advocacy on this problem and has sounded the alarm. Eventually, these excessive costs impact clients’ net settlement values and increase costs for insurance companies – ultimately impacting premiums.

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