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Conference examines mild traumatic brain injury

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Toronto critical injury lawyers John McLeish and Patrick Brown are participating in a Toronto Rehabilitation Institute conference Friday, presenting a workshop on compensation challenges for survivors of a mild traumatic brain injury. McLeish and Brown, partners with McLeish Orlando LLP, plan to provide an overview of the challenges faced in the tort system. The conference, called Challenges & Controversies in […]

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McLeish named personal injury lawyer of the year

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Prominent Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish has been named one of Best Lawyers’ 2013 Lawyers of the Year. McLeish, partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, received the honour for his extensive work in personal injury litigation. His practice is devoted to representing individuals and their families who have suffered losses through a serious or catastrophic personal injury or the

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Punitive damages in recent actions against insurers encouraging

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A recent series of successful actions obtaining punitive damages awards against insurers is encouraging, Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish says in Law Times. Earlier this year, lawyers took note when Justice Murray Acton of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench awarded $4.95 million in punitive and aggravated damages against two insurers, American Home Assurance Co. and Zurich

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Arbitration process suffering because of delays

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While a severe mediation backlog at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has been eliminated, a bottleneck is now being felt in the arbitration process, Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish tells Law Times. In a recent report, auditor general Bonnie Lysyk said the province approved FSCO’s request two years ago for an additional $38.2 million over

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Proving traumatic brain injury ‘can be a daunting task’

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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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