Ontario Law Firm Blog

OPP Prepare to Catch Drunk Boaters at Jobbie Nooner

Police on both sides of the border are geared up to patrol local waterways with zero tolerance for drunken boaters during Friday’s Jobbie Nooner party on Lake St. Clair. Jobbie Nooner is held the last Friday in June and the second Saturday in September. It is considered the largest boat party in the American Midwest,... Read More

Woman Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries in Crash Near Erieau

 An Amherstburg woman suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital Sunday afternoon after a single-vehicle collision. According to Chatham-Kent police, the crash occurred around 4:30 p.m. on Erie Shore Drive outside of Erie Beach. Police reported that she lost control of the Pontiac Grand Am she was driving and ran into a... Read More

OPP Conducts Safety Blitz in Response to Transport Truck Collisions

In response to the high number of transport trucks that have been involved in accidents over the last several years, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a one-day safety blitz, named Operation Corridor, on Thursday, June 16. The enforcement and education initiative served as a crackdown on commercial drivers in an effort to encourage them to... Read More

Motorcycle Rider Seriously Injured in Collision with Dump Truck

A motorcyclist was seriously injured Friday morning after colliding with a dump truck on County Road 42 in Lakeshore. According to police, the 68-year-old Chatham man was traveling west on County Road 42 on a Honda Gold Wing when a White Sterling dump truck, which was heading east, attempted to make a left-hand turn onto... Read More

Laura Wilkie Passes ABIME Examination

We are pleased to announce that Laura Wilkie, our Director of Medical Outreach, has been certified as proficient in the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 4thEdition by the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME). Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 4th Edition, also referred to as “the Guides,” is... Read More

Could Safe Texting Zones Help Prevent Texting and Driving?

Ontario is considering placing signs along the highway to notify drivers of areas where it is safe to pull off the highway to send a text or use their cell phone. The idea was presented in Bill 190 by private member Progressive Conservative Vic Fedeli in an effort to create safe texting zones and combat... Read More

Student’s Skull Tragically Impaled at Ford Test Track

Windsor lawyer Jennifer Bezaire, a partner at Greg Monforton & Partners, Injury Lawyers, has been retained by the family of a Grade 8 student critically injured during a physical education class. On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at approximately 9 a.m., 14-year-old Madison Arseneault was with her Gordon McGregor School gym class, running on the city... Read More

Policing Committee Donates $10,000 to Ronald McDonald House

The Essex Community Policing Committee has donated $10,000 to the Windsor-Essex Ronald McDonald House. Greg Monforton Case Manager Shari Freeman, along with others on the committee, raised the funds by collecting donations throughout the communities of Essex and Harrow. The funds will help support the organization’s daily operations. The Ronald McDonald House Canada provides families... Read More

Record Impaired Driving Charges Issued Over Victoria Day Weekend

The first long weekend of the summer brought with it a record number of impaired driving charges across the province. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued 180 charges against drunk drivers from Friday, May 20 through Monday, May 23. Officers handed out nearly twice as many charges compared to last year’s long weekend. Last year only... Read More

Seven-Vehicle Crash on Highway 3 Kills One, Injures Four

A seven-vehicle crash on a two lane stretch of Highway 3 on Friday, May 20, killed one, seriously injured another and left three with non life-threatening injuries. The accident occurred around 2:45 p.m. between County Road 18 and Upcott Side Road and involved pickup trucks pulling campers, a semi-truck hauling crushed stone and a motorcycle.... Read More