Brampton personal injury lawyers know from experience that accidents can be disruptive events that shake people out of their normal routines. When serious injuries occur, there are enormous physical, financial and emotional burdens that are imposed on not just the injured victim but often on their families too.

Dealing with loss of income, inability to work, temporary or permanent loss of earning capacity, coupled with high medical and rehabilitation expenditure can be devastating. Besides these aspects, there is also a great deal of pain and suffering to be endured.

Contact the nearest personal injury lawyer in Brampton if you or a dear one has been injured in an accident. You may be entitled to compensation.

Claiming Compensation

Unfortunately, most accidents are avoidable and preventable, since many of them are the result of someone’s fault or negligence. The concept of compensation is intended to restore the injured person wholly or as much as possible to the state they were in prior to the accident. Though it may be impossible to compensate people for what they have irretrievably lost, monetary compensation serves to make their lives and that of their loved ones a little easier and more comfortable.

Those responsible for the accident and their insurers are liable to make the payment. In Ontario, car accident victims are also entitled to receive statutory benefits, regardless of fault.

Each accident is as unique as the circumstances surrounding it and the persons involved. However, there are broad guidelines and certain eligibility criteria that help to determine the nature/extent/amount of compensation.

Key Factors That Affect Compensation

It’s important to understand the claims process following an accident. Injured victims and their families are focused (and rightly so) on ensuring that they get the right medical attention and in getting their lives back on track. Yet this is a crucial time-period in terms of filing compensation claims, since the process is governed by stringent time-frames. Our 24×7 injury lawyers can provide the right information and advice.

There are several factors that affect when, how much and what kind of compensation you receive:

Severity of Injury: Logically, the greater the damage, the higher the compensation. The severity of injury is determined by calculating its impact on the person’s life. Catastrophic injuries, paralysis, disability, traumatic brain injury etc have a life-altering effect since they also involve the cost of future care.

Recovery-Time: Permanent damage, disability, loss of function/limb, etc can affect your ability to work/earn income because there is a longer recovery period or you may never fully recover. Longer and more treatment, expensive therapies etc may be required.

Laws and Regulations: Several complex legal and insurance issues are involved, including Ontario’s Insurance Act, traffic and police regulations and records, statutory benefits etc. 

Impact of Injuries: Loss of independence/inability to take care of oneself, effect on relationships, disruptions to daily life etc are examined.

Treatment duration, type, cause of injury, proof of negligence, your own contribution, credibility of witnesses, experts, etc are other determining factors.

An experienced personal injury lawyer can provide assistance, advice and advocacy.