Ottawa Personal Injury Cases

A Sample of our Ottawa Personal Injury Cases from 2009 – 2012

• A woman who was injured in a serious accident and who had been denied a catastrophic determination by her insurer for 2 years settled her arbitration with an admission that she was catastrophically injured.
• A young man who was injured as a passenger in a single car rollover accident received $150,000 at mediation.
• A man who was struck as a pedestrian settled his Ottawa law suit for $875,000.
• A man who suffered a fractured wrist after a slip and fall at his apartment settled his case for $72,000.
• A woman in her 70′s settled her slip and fall case for $35,000.  She fell at a fast food restaurant.
• An Arnprior resident settled his motor vehicle accident case for $110,000 during discovery.  The accident was in Ottawa west.
• A man from Eastern Ontario settled his motor vehicle accident case for $73,000.
• A woman in her 40′s settled her car accident case at mediation for $178,000.
• A woman from Brockville settled her statutory accident benefits case for a 5-figure sum.
• A man in his 30′s settled his bicycle accident case before starting a law suit.  The accident was in the Glebe.
• A man in his 40′s settled his statutory accident benefits at a private mediation for $400,000.
• A senior citizen from Nepean settled his pedestrian accident case for $125,000 before starting a lawsuit.  He was struck while walking near his home.
• A boy from Carleton Place settled his car accident case for $160,000 as the case was nearing trial.  He was a passenger in the accident and airlifted to CHEO.
• A woman in her 20′s suffered a fractured elbow in a car accident while she was riding her bicycle in downtown Ottawa.  She settled her claim without starting a lawsuit for $72,000.
• A woman who suffered a shoulder injury and a concussion in a serious accident with a tow truck settled her claim for $170,000.
• A man who was denied disability insurance from his mortgage disability insurer settled his claim with the insurer who had alleged misrepresentation.
• A woman who was struck as a pedestrian in Westboro settled her tort claim for $450,000 and her accident benefit claim for $582,000.
• A nurse received a settlement of $158,000 for her accident benefits following an accident on the 417 near Blair Road.  She had previously settled her claim against the driver who hit her.
• A man from Carleton Place received $75,000 after suffering a broken elbow in a crash.
• A Cornwall man settled his accident benefits claim after settling his tort claim.
• A 20-year old woman settled her car accident claim for scars on her hands.
• A Richmond, Ontario woman settled her motor vehicle accident case for $125,000 without a lawsuit.
• A restaurant server settled her claim against the City of Ottawa arising from a broken sewer grate at a pretrial.
• A Cornwall restaurant owner settled his car accident case for $85,000 without starting a lawsuit.
• A man who had a serious accident on Highway 401 settled his accident benefit claim for $750,000.  He had previously received funding from his insurance company for the full purchase price of a  new home in Ottawa.
• A teen who suffered a bicycle accident in Ottawa settled his claim against the vehicle who hit him for a confidential amount.
• A woman in her 40′s settled her product liability case for 6 figures.
• A man who suffered a knee replacement after an injury on a Gatineau city bus settled his accident benefit claim.
• $138,000 for a woman in her 50′s who broke her ankle after a slip and fall on ice in Perth.
• $80,000 from the accident benefit insurer of a 40-year old man who suffered an accident out of province.
• $389,000 for a nurse in her 40′s struck in a motor vehicle accident on Highway 417.
• $160,000 for a woman injured on highway 7 when her vehicle rolled off the road.
• $65,000 for a man in a motor vehicle-truck-pedestrian case.
• A man from Ottawa settled his Southern Ontario serious whiplash case at mediation less than a year after the case began.  He later settled his accident benefit case for an additional amount.
• A 64 year old woman settled her motor vehicle case for a confidential amount.  She continues to receive accident benefits.
• A 42 year old woman settled her back injury case after a slip and fall on a retailer’s stairs.
• A 54 year old Ottawa woman settled her soft tissue case for $70,000. She continues to receive accident benefits.
• A man in his mid-30′s injured in a single car accident settled his claim for more than $1.3 Million.
• A 57 year old man settled his accident benefit claim for $110,000, after already receiving $130,000 in benefits since his accident.
• An Ottawa woman in her 70′s recovered substantial damages for an injury to her neck after slipping and falling at a department store.
• An Ottawa nurse with a torn rotator cuff settled her case with Ottawa lawyer Brenda Hollingsworth’s assistance for a generous amount without a lawsuit.
• A widow from Orleans recovered damages with our help after breaking her ankle at a rental cottage she was visiting.
• An 84 year old woman from Alta Vista settled her case, without starting a law suit.  She was struck as a pedestrian walking to her doctor’s office for a check up.  She later settled her Ontario accident benefit case for an additional amount.
• A father in his mid-50s settled two accident claims, on for an accident on Sussex Drive, another for an accident on Meadowlands.
• A mother of two in her early 40′s settled her case after being rear ended at a Tim Horton’s drive-thru
• A man in his 80′s received a six figure settlement after he was rear-ended by a truck on Preston Street.
• A 50 year old Ottawa man obtained a six figure settlement after being struck as a pedestrian.  We had already negotiated a substantial payment from his accident benefit insurer to settle that claim.
• A woman in her 50′s recovers damages for negligence by her dentist who slipped while drilling and cut her tongue.
• A woman who slipped and fell at a Nepean area shopping complex recovered damages after fracturing her patella.
• A 40 year old woman who was struck from behind while stopped in Ottawa west recovered a generous settlement for her soft tissue injuries.
• A 14 year old boy recovered a substantial settlement after being struck as a pedestrian and fracturing his knee near Prince of Wales and Meadowlands.

A Sample of Ottawa Personal Injury Cases from the Fall of 2008

• A 41 year old woman had a minor fender bender at a Tim Horton’s drive through.  She settled her case for a healthy 5-figure settlement.
• An 82 year old Ottawa man received very large arrears in payments from his accident benefit insurer after a single letter from our law firm.
• A 52 year old government employee recovered from a municipality after a fall on ice left her with a seriously broken leg and ankle.
• Our client was a father of five children.  He had not worked since his car accident on the 417 at the St. Laurent onramp in October 2004.  We obtained a very healthy settlement for him before trial.
• A 39- year old man was a passenger in a car that suffered 4 impacts in an accident on the Queensway.  We obtained a significant settlement for this man at a settlement conference presided over by a judge.
• Our clients’ elderly mother was struck by a vehicle as a pedestrian in a parking lot of her nursing home.  We obtained both accident benefits and a damages settlement for her family without having to start a lawsuit.
• We obtained a significant settlement for a single mother of five young children who suffered a knee injury when her minivan was struck from behind on Alta Vista Drive.
• We recently settled a claim by a child who was struck while on a bicycle for significant damages. This case languished in another lawyer’s filing cabinet for a year and a half before we took it over and salvaged it for the client.
• We settled a case for a child who was injured in the school yard when a faulty fence sliced his head.  No law suit was required.
• We negotiated a favorable settlement for our client who sustained a shoulder injury in a motor vehicle accident without having to start a law suit.

Every case is different.  Speak to a personal injury lawyer to determine what your case might be worth.

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Ontario Personal injury Lawyers Richard and Brenda are here to serve you.  Call us at 613 233-4529 to see if we can help you settle your serious accident case.