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Verkhovets Law, Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers, know the awful truth – every day, six people are hit by a car just in Toronto. A frail senior doesn’t make it through an intersection. A sweaty jogger never turns the corner. A child in a crosswalk won’t finish his ice cream. All innocent victims of pedestrian accidents; lives brutally altered by impatient, texting, distracted, raging, speeding, fatigued-or worse intoxicated drivers.
Here’s why you need Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers: When human flesh collides with the metal body of a car, human flesh usually loses.
Our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers have seen the stats: Toronto Police reported that from 2015 to 2019 on average, 40 pedestrians died each year on our roads, while the number of significant injuries fluctuated from 112 to 172. Ontario saw 126 pedestrians killed in 2019 – more than 21 per cent of total car accident fatalities.
As for Canada, we’re one of only seven industrialized countries where pedestrian fatalities are rising. While the numbers are devastating, at Verkhovets Law, you are not a statistic.
The Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers at Verkhovets Law know the adage “innocent until proven guilty.” But in Ontario, under the Highway Traffic Act, when a lawsuit is launched against the driver in a pedestrian accident, it’s a reverse onus – guilty unless s/he proves otherwise. Meaning drivers are generally held liable in a pedestrian accident.
But what if the pedestrian accident survivor did something negligent to contribute to the collision?
There’s more: Our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers reveal an injured pedestrian can collect Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) through their insurance, or the driver’s. Even if they’re 100 per cent to blame. Plus, collecting does not preclude the launching of a lawsuit.
Further, the Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers of Verkhovets Law advise that even if you think there is no access to the accident benefits claim (AB claim) under the SABS because you did not have your own car insurance at the time of your injury, the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund is there for injured pedestrians.
Claims against the Fund are governed by the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act. (the MVACA). For example, an unidentified hit and run driver’s insurance obviously can’t be accessed, so they can sue MVAC for damages instead.
Finally, Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers explain the definition of a pedestrian for personal injury law includes cyclists and people on motorized bikes and in wheelchairs.
There are many legal roads you can take to restore your financial health after a pedestrian accident. Don’t do it alone. Call or email our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers now.
Our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers have seen it firsthand – a pedestrian is hit by a motor
vehicle and left with serious injuries, life-long disabilities, or even death.
Verkhovets Law, Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers, cite the 2019 report from The Ontario Road
Safety Research Office that breaks down pedestrian accident injury and fatality statistics:
Our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers have seen it firsthand – a pedestrian is hit by a motor
vehicle and left with serious injuries, life-long disabilities, or even death.
Verkhovets Law, Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers, cite the 2019 report from The Ontario Road Safety Research Office that breaks down pedestrian accident injury and fatality statistics:
Our Toronto pedestrian accident
lawyers handle these types of vehicle
claims:
Our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers handle these types of vehicle claims:
And our Toronto pedestrian accident
lawyers will help you with these types
of personal injuries:
And our Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers will help you with these types of personal injuries:
Broken bones
Concussions
Internal injuries
Soft tissue injuries
Whiplash
Verkhovets Law, Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers understand pedestrians are particularly at risk for a wide spectrum of injuries from an accident with a motor vehicle and a negligent driver behind the wheel. In Ontario, pedestrians are protected by laws to assist with the financial burden of reclaiming their lives.
As discussed earlier, Toronto pedestrian accident lawyers advise pedestrian accident survivors to apply for statutory accident benefits. Under the Insurance Act, a victim must make a claim within seven days and fill out the benefits form within 30 days. The accident benefits under the SABS cover: