At Lee & Associates Personal Injury Lawyers, we specialize in accident benefits claims. We work closely with healthcare professionals to ensure you get the best possible medical and rehabilitation care and assistance. We are dedicated to getting our clients the highest level of accident benefits available. We have a team of licensed accident benefits paralegals who do nothing but accident benefits claims.

Our firm has handled several hundreds of accident benefits cases, from start to finish. Along the way, we have stood up to insurance companies and successfully fought for clients at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), the License and Appeal Tribunal (LAT) and at court. Whether through negotiation or litigation, Lee & Associates and his team have forced automobile insurers to live up to their obligations.

The laws and regulations governing compensation in car accident cases are complex. By exclusively representing injured people and never representing the insurance companies, we have developed a highly specialized knowledge in this area of personal injury law.

COMPENSATION

There are 2 streams of compensation available – Tort and Accident Benefits.

Tort

In tort, compensation is only available in circumstances where the accident was at least partly the fault of another party. In a negligence claim for damages against another driver, an injured person can potentially recover monetary compensation in the following areas:

• Pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of amenities
• Loss of income
• Future care expenses
• Other out of pocket expenses.

Family members can also claim for damages under the Family Law Act.

Accident Benefits

Accident benefits are available to every person who has been injured in a car collision, regardless of fault for the collision. Every automobile insurance policy contains mandatory accident benefits coverage. Accident benefits coverage is available in each of the following categories:

• Weekly income replacement benefits
• Supplementary medical benefits and rehabilitation benefits
• Attendant care benefits
• Funeral and death benefits
• Non-earner benefits
• Caregiver benefits
• Housekeeping benefits