Practice Profile
Personal Injury - Plaintiff
Personal injury law exists specifically to help those injured exercise their rights to recover or receive compensation for what they have lost. Each year, Cassels Brock helps hundreds of severely injured accident victims receive the financial compensation they deserve.
When another person's negligence causes a personal injury, the law provides that the victim can sue that person for damages. The extent of damages awarded can cover the physical injury itself, the pain and suffering associated with it, loss of income before and after the financial settlement, expenses incurred, and the cost of future medical care.
At Cassels Brock, we act aggressively for people who have been grievously or fatally injured as a result of human negligence. We offer proven legal expertise in cases of severe personal injury, including:
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Medical malpractice
- Slip-and-fall cases
- Sexual assault
Whether an injury was caused by a careless driver, a sexual assault, a poorly designed product, or unsafe stairs, buildings, sidewalks or swimming pools, our firm consistently wins compensation arising from every conceivable kind of situation, even those which at first seem hopeless. Unlike many other firms, we have pursued and won cases that took place outside Canadian jurisdictions.
By tracking down key witnesses, videotaping recreations of accident scenes, or investigating pivotal facts that will positively affect the outcome of your claim, we explore every aspect of a client’s unique case in a creative and responsible fashion. From personal injury practices and procedures, to benefits and liabilities, to precedents and appeals, we understand the legal issues involved, and we get results.
Our lawyers have provided personal injury law advice in many cases, including:
- Acting for a patient whose doctor had left her permanently disabled by surgically fusing the wrong vertebrae in her neck, and winning a substantial out-of-court settlement for our client
- Winning a multimillion-dollar settlement for a man who, while honeymooning at a summer cottage, fell backwards over a staircase railing that was erected 12 inches below the required building code
- Acting for a mother and daughter seriously injured in a car accident, and winning well over $1 million in insurance monies plus costs after demonstrating to opposing council the risk of exposing their client to a lawsuit for dealing in bad faith
- Acting for a woman in a medical negligence case, in which the failure of an emergency room physician and an orthopedic surgeon to detect a fracture in her heel left the client with a permanent disability, and winning over $500,000 for the client prior to trial
For more information on our personal injury practice, please visit www.michaelshannonlawyer.com.