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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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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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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The delay in scheduling long trials is a significant problem affecting access to justice for seriously injured accident victims — but there are several solutions the government can implement in order to ensure that the civil justice system runs more smoothly, Toronto critical injury lawyers John McLeish and Stefanie Chimienti write in The Lawyer’s Daily. As McLeish, partner
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Winning strategies for litigating traumatic brain injury claims include understanding the injury and its consequences, consulting a neuropsychologist, and evaluating future impacts on the patient, Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish writes in a paper entitled Handling the Mild to Severe Brain Injury Case. “Proving a traumatic brain injury and the economic consequences to the brain-injured individual can
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Brain research from the University of Ottawa provides more conclusive evidence of the long-term damage caused by concussions, says Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish. The Ottawa study shows there are clear signs of continuing effects of brain damage, long after early concussion symptoms disappear, the Ottawa Citizen reports. “From a personal injury law perspective, this is good
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Complex personal injury litigation stemming from an accident in another country often includes arguments for the case to be heard in a jurisdiction other than Ontario — but as Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish tells Recovery magazine, courts look for “a real and substantial connection” to a certain location, when deciding in what jurisdiction the case is to
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Barrie resident Mallorie Wild, who was struck by a drunk driver then cyberbullied by others over her injuries, has filed an $11.2-million lawsuit claiming damages against the drunk driver and the bar that allegedly over-served him. Wild, 20, and her lawyer John McLeish, a partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, appeared at a press conference Wednesday to discuss
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The consequences of proposed cuts to auto insurance benefits – specifically targeting the catastrophically injured – are likely to fall on the Ontario Health Insurance Plan and other social services agencies. This means taxpayers will ultimately pay for the reduced benefits, Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish says in Law Times. The new proposal combines attendant care and
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The trial decision of Justice Janet Wilson in Moore v. Getahun has been overturned by the Ontario Court of Appeal, Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish tells Law Times. Trial judge Justice Janet Wilson, in Moore v. Getahun, 2014 ONSC 237 (CanLII), held it was improper for counsel to assist an expert witness in the preparation of a report. The
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