What is my Case Worth? Understanding the Value of Your Ontario Personal Injury Claim
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In this episode, Andrew and Colton will be answering one of the most commonly asked questions they get from their clients: How much is my case worth? Learn about how the value of your case is assessed and evaluated and how damages are awarded.
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00:00 Intro
00:19 How much is my case worth?
01:08 How do lawyers, insurance companies and judges assess damages for your harms and losses?
01:56 The Pain and Suffering Award
02:46 What are economic losses when evaluating a case's worth?
02:52 Income Loss or Future Income Loss
03:08 Loss of Competitive Advantage in the Workplace
03:29 Economic Losses: Prescriptions and Care Costs
03:39 How is future income loss evaluated or calculated?
04:47 The process of negotiating the case worth of a client
07:19 What happens if the insurance company doesn't agree with the value assessment in the settlement proposal?
08:38 Have Questions? Contact us today!
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In this video, Andrew and Colton, personal injury lawyers with Iacobelli Law Firm, discuss how damages are assessed in personal injury cases in Ontario. They cover the categories of damages that can be recovered, including pain and suffering, economic losses such as income loss and loss of competitive advantage, and expenses such as medical bills and household assistance.
Learn about how lawyers, insurance companies and judges assess damages for your harms and losses and how much you can potentially recover depending on your case. There are many categories of compensation that can be recovered with the pain and suffering award being the most common one people think about.
Also referred to as loss of enjoyment of life. Andrew and Colton will talk about how they look at each case individually in order to tell the story and calculate the potential value of the case. How has the accident harmed you in terms of your health? What have you gone through? Is it a severe injury? Have you required surgery? What are the longer term ramifications to your health?
In Ontario, there are caps or limits to pain and suffering awards. As lawyers, they will discuss how they look at the specific injury, the harm, the losses in addition to taking into account the case law, the caps and be able to give you a pretty good sense of where they see the pain and suffering award.
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This material is provided for informational use only, and is in no way intended to constitute legal advice. Nothing in this website is intended to be, and should not be construed as, legal advice or the formation of a lawyer-client relationship. You should not act on information contained in this podcast or video. If you have a legal question or issue, you should seek the advice of a lawyer. Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results and the amount recovered and other litigation outcomes will vary according to the facts in individual cases.
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