Personal Injury Lawyers in Edmonton
Oh no! You got into a car accident with another driver, and in the stressful nature of the moment, you found yourself apologizing to the other driver and suggesting you were the one to blame. Do your apology and comments you gave in a vulnerable moment hurt your potential legal claim?
Losing a family member in a fatal accident is tragic. When this loss is caused by another person’s negligence, it can leave many questions for those left behind. In this blog, we will look at a recent case out of British Columbia and how the losses can be accounted for in a tragic accident.
If you are found guilty of committing a sex offence in Canada, you are likely to land in the National Sex Offender Registry. For the first time since 2011, the Federal government has introduced significant changes to how the registry operates. This is largely since in October 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada declared two parts of the Criminal Code of Canada unconstitutional. These two provisions dealt with Canada’s National Sex Offenders Registry. The court gave the federal government one year to update the law or have the registry become inoperable. The two parts of the Criminal Code that were found to be unconstitutional were:
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Food poisoning is unfortunately common, with approximately 1 in 8 people in Canada getting sick each year due to contaminated food. Food-borne illnesses can lead to a variety of severe symptoms, some of which can even be life threatening. In light of the recent E. Coli outbreak in Calgary, this blog will look at when a bout of food poisoning can lead to a potential personal injury claim.
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The concept of mitigation is closely related to managing risk and personal responsibility. It is frequently described by the phrases ‘mitigating your losses’ or someone having a ‘duty to mitigate.’ While mitigation is a legal concept, it is rooted in everyday personal responsibility for lessening your losses. Mitigating your losses simply refers to taking reasonable steps after suffering a loss to decrease the impact of that loss. This guards against it getting worse in the future. For example, if you got a cut, you would clean and bandage it instead of bleeding out.
It may come as a surprise to many, but in certain situations, the Alberta government can sue you for healthcare costs. An example of this would be when someone suffers injuries as a result of somebody else’s wrongdoing (e.g., slips and falls, social host liability, dog bites, assaults). In this case, the government may sue the at-fault party to recover the healthcare costs of treating the injured person. In Alberta, it is the Crown’s Right of Recovery Act that gives the government or “Crown,” the right to recover healthcare costs. Recoverable healthcare costs include, but not limited to:
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