Personal Injury Lawyers in Edmonton
MVA: Motor Vehicle Accident. Your Edmonton personal injury lawyer is Moustarah & Company who will fight to ensure that you receive fair compensation that you deserve from the auto insurance company. If you have been involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA), contact Moustarah & Company today for your free consultation. There are no fees until you collect.
We have previously discussed the different types of damages in personal injury claims. You might be wondering how Courts and insurance companies decide how to compensate you for your injuries and losses. Continue reading “How do lawyers decide how much a personal injury claim is worth”
With the weather improving and the sun coming out, many of us are eager to get on the road with our motorcycles. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced rider, you must follow good safety practices. Motorcycle accidents have a much higher fatality rate than car accidents since motorcycles don’t offer the same level of protection from airbags and seatbelts. As such, taking precautions can help avoid devastating consequences.
Seatbelts are essential. For most of us, tying our seatbelts as soon as we sit down in a car is as second nature as breathing – we almost don’t notice that we even do it.
The reason for this is simple: our Canadian society has widely accepted that wearing a seatbelt helps keep us safe while we ride in a car as a driver or a passenger, because it can entirely prevent, or significantly reduce, any injuries we may have if we were in a car accident.
Continue reading “What happens to my car accident injury claim if I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt”
Whiplash injuries usually happen because of the sudden back-and-forth motion of the head, arising due to car accidents, high-impact incidents or sports collisions. The unexpected impact results in a violent forward and backward head motion that strains the neck’s muscles, ligaments and tendons. Suffering a whiplash injury can be both painful and overwhelming. Symptoms typically emerge within 24 hours and include neck pain, stiffness, headaches, fatigue and in some cases, even cognitive issues. When facing such an injury, knowing how the liability is ascertained and the type of evidence required to prove a whiplash injury is crucial. In this article, we shall have a look into these aspects.
While attending to your physical injuries and seeking medical attention is of the outmost importance after an accident, once you have done so and the initial shock has worn off, the physical damage to your vehicle can loom large and be an undue source of stress during the early stages of your recovery.
Continue reading “What is the definition of Diminished Value of Vehicle in Alberta”
An Assessment by a Certified Examiner is a specific type of assessment performed for the purpose of determining whether your injuries from a motor vehicle accident are considered “minor” or not. If your injuries are considered minor, the Minor Injury Regulation would apply and result in a “cap” on how much you can recover in general damages, which we discuss in a previous blog (the Cap) post here.
Continue reading “An Assessment By A Certified Examiner Is Anything But Minor”