Young athletes and their parents should make fully informed decisions about participation in contact sports, says Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish. A recent study by Boston University scientists found 110 of 111 donated brains belonging to deceased former NFL players showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disorder caused by repeated blows to […]
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Drivers at fault for crashes that kill should have to face the victim’s family in court, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown tells Global News. Brown, partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, spoke with the channel as part of an investigation into the way the legal system deals with pedestrian and cyclist deaths in road traffic crashes. While the justice
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A new feature that would block text message notifications on an iPhone while a person is driving is welcome, although this technology should be taken a step further, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown tells Metro News. As the article notes, Apple unveiled the ‘Do Not Disturb While Driving’ feature last week, set to debut with iOS 11
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Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish says he’s cautiously optimistic a pilot scheduling project could improve crippling delays in the civil justice system. The Toronto Sittings Project aims to cut delays in scheduling by switching all two- or three-week personal injury jury cases to month-long sittings. Rather than receiving fixed dates for trials, personal injury lawyers could get a
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No sentence will ever erase the horror felt by the family of Eva Ravikovich after losing their two-year-old girl in a hot car outside her daycare, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown, who is representing the family in a civil lawsuit. Olena Panfilova, the daycare operator who left Eva in an SUV for eight hours before finding
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The time has come to scrap jury trials in civil matters, says Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish. “The jury system has outlived its usefulness,” McLeish, a partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, says. “Trials take longer, they’re more expensive and the results are more uncertain.” The vast majority of civil jury trials involve personal injury matters, McLeish
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Knowing that two-year-old Eva Ravikovich died of heatstroke after being left in a hot SUV for more than seven hours is “devastating” for her family, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown. Brown, partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, is representing Eva’s parents in a civil lawsuit against the daycare operators and the Ministry of Education arising from
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A guilty plea in the 2013 death of a two-year-old girl at an illegal Vaughan daycare means a civil lawsuit against the facility operators and the Ministry of Education can now proceed, says Toronto personal injury lawyer Patrick Brown. Olena Panfilova has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of Eva Ravikovich, admitting in an
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Few lawyers would take on cases if contingency fees are capped at 15 per cent, as suggested by a private member’s bill, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown tells The Lawyers Daily. In effect, the cap on fees would cut off legal services to injured people, says Brown, partner with McLeish Orlando LLP. “Few, if any, decent lawyers would
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New stem cell research is “a step in the right direction” for those suffering from spinal cord injuries, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando. A literature review by researchers with the University Health Network and the University of Toronto shows cell therapy, or the implantation and regeneration of cells, is “a promising treatment approach.” According to
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