Transport Canada’s recent announcement that it is requiring seatbelts to be installed on highway buses is “long overdue,” Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando tells The Lawyer’s Daily. The legal publication reports that by 2020, seatbelts will be installed on all large and medium-sized highway buses. “Small buses, with the exception of school buses, already have lap and […]
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It is unrealistic in this day and age to think that jurors won’t conduct their own internet research during a trial, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando. “As much as you hope that jurors will abide by a judge’s instructions to only consider the facts presented at trial, I don’t see this as a problem
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The federal government’s new powers to proactively issue motor vehicle recalls is a step in the right direction, Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando tells The Lawyer’s Daily. The Strengthening Motor Vehicle Safety for Canadians Act, the article notes, “provides the federal transport minister with the power to order car companies to recall a vehicle to correct a defect, conduct tests
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Private investigators and social media mining are common tactics used by insurance companies to bring the severity or existence of a plaintiff’s injuries into question, says Ontario personal injury lawyer Dale Orlando. “Surveillance is a fact of life,” says Orlando, a principal partner with McLeish Orlando LLP. “What I say to my clients generally is that surveillance
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Ontario drivers could soon find themselves travelling next to a car with no one in the driver’s seat. The province’s Liberal government is proposing to change the rules of its 10-year automated vehicle pilot project to allow for driverless testing. Currently, the testing of fully autonomous vehicles is only allowed with a driver behind the
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Safety must come first for lawmakers considering a cut to the legal blood-alcohol limit, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando. The Canadian Press (CP) recently reported that the federal government wants input from provinces and territories on a proposal to lower the current limit from 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood to a new
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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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An auto insurance industry review of catastrophic impairment provisions is unnecessary at this time, Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando says in Law Times. The provincial government has reopened renewed consideration of the provisions by starting stakeholder consultations not restricted to medical experts as was the case with last year’s review by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario,
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It all started with his son Johnny Orlando’s innocent Justin Bieber cover on YouTube. Now — millions of views later — Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando is balancing his busy law practice with the schedules of his social-media savvy son, and his other children, as they manage burgeoning entertainment careers. “It’s been the summer of Johnny,”
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With fewer personal injury cases going to trial, experts who may be called to testify are more likely to feel anxious or unprepared to take the stand, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Dale Orlando. “Even a very self-assured person who is confident in the opinions that they’ve rendered in the case can become very skittish because
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