Personal Injury Cases and Steps Taken by Ottawa Injury Lawyers – Slips and Falls

If you have been injured if you have been injured in an accident anywhere in Ontario, chances are you may be able to obtain compensation from the person responsible for the accident. If you have been injured on someone else’s property, it is likely that the Occupiers Liability Act of Ontario will apply. This act mandates that all property owners and occupiers take reasonable steps to ensure persons using their property is reasonably safe at all times.

Your Ottawa personal injury lawyer will take many steps to advance your claim. For instance, in Ontario, parties are governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, which mandates every party to disclose all documents that are relevant to any matter in issue in an action whether or not privilege is claimed. Your injury lawyer will obtain all of these documents for you, review them and ensure that all relevant documents have been produced.

In addition, there may be documents in the hands of third parties that may be relevant and should be obtained. For instance, our lawyers will obtain any relevant accident or incident reports, police reports, medical documents, receipts for any expenses incurred relating to the accident and injury sustained, obtain statements from witnesses, obtain any investigation records and reports, make inquiries of any governmental or official agencies to obtain any relevant documents, maintenance records, inspection notes, maintenance logs, control logs, amulets call reports, emergency department records, weather reports, relevant photographs and diagrams etc.

There are numerous steps that must be taken to properly investigate an advance a personal injury action. Our lawyers are trained in investigative steps so that each and every document that may be relevant to your case is obtained, reviewed and analyzed.

At QTMG personal-injury lawyers, our lawyers are trained in all aspects of civil litigation including investigative steps, documentary disclosure and examinations for discovery.

Our litigation skills are continuously enhanced through seminars, conferences and courses.

If you or someone you care about has been injured in an accident, please feel free to contact any of our lawyers for free consultation. Our lawyers work on a contingency fee basis which means that no fees are charged until you win.

This brief article is provided for information purposes only. Each case must be assessed on their own facts and the content of this article is not comprehensively deal with all aspects of a personal injury matter or discovery process. Contact us detailed information.

Ottawa Injury and Accident Lawyers 613-315-4878 mquinn@ottawalawyers.com Marc N. Quinn, Injury lawyer and Mediator