Patrick Brown

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Drivers at fault for accidents that kill should face victim’s family in court

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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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Technology to block text while driving ‘fantastic’

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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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Sentencing in daycare death shocks family: Brown

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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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Revelations of child’s death in hot SUV devastates family

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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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Guilty plea opens door to civil lawsuit in daycare death

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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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Only insurance industry would benefit from contingency fee cap

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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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Cyclist ‘dooring’ incidents on the rise in Toronto

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New data that suggests cyclist “dooring” collisions are on the rise in Toronto is extremely troubling, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown. According to information the advocacy group Cycle Toronto obtained from the Toronto police, there were 209 collisions caused by an occupant of a parked vehicle opening their door to strike a cyclist, the Toronto Star reports. Those

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New laws, traffic calming measures needed for vulnerable road users

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Last year, Toronto experienced the highest pedestrian death rate in more than a decade — and until cities create traffic calming measures and meaningful steps are taken to pass new laws, the death and injury toll will continue to rise, as will the exposure to civil lawsuits, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown writes in The Lawyers Weekly.

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Current laws have given drivers ‘special status’

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The way the law has developed in Ontario has given ‘special status’ to drivers, which is being reflected in the sentencing and outcomes of cases where pedestrians and cyclists are killed by those behind the wheel, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown tells CBC Radio’s Ontario Today. Brown, a partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, says whether or not a

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Operator of luge track faces little risk in deaths

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Operators of parks that might lure individuals to danger after-hours could be exposed to liability if proper security measures aren’t in place, says Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown. But the operator of the Alberta luge track where twin 17-year-old brothers died may not be at risk of a lawsuit, Brown says. “The brothers had worked

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