Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on August 26, 2015 in Personal Injury
Whiplash is one of the most common injuries drivers and passengers involved in a car accident may suffer. Although the injury is most common in rear-end accidents, the sudden impact of a vehicle colliding into another can cause the jerking movement that often leads to whiplash injuries. In simpler terms, whiplash is an over-extension of... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on August 27, 2014 in Personal Injury
A 54 year old Windsor resident is in a critical condition after being hit by a falling tree during a fierce thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon. The accident took place at approximately 5:30 p.m on Victoria Avenue in Windsor, which resulted in the as-yet-unnamed male victim being rushed to a local hospital. According to witnesses, the... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on August 13, 2014 in Personal Injury
A new report produced by Prithwish De, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto, suggests that Premarin and Premplus, two popular menopause drugs, could cause breast cancer. According to the report, hormone replacement therapy was a risk factor in an estimated 12,000 new Canadian breast cancer cases discovered between 1994 and 2006.... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on June 5, 2014 in Personal Injury
Four Ontario investigations into deaths at unregulated home daycares over the last three decades has led to a call for more provincial oversight. Last summer, the death of two toddlers in a North York and Vaughan home daycares disrupted a community. Investigators soon began to probe the number of deaths that have occurred in unregulated... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on May 22, 2014 in Personal Injury
Local Police in Windsor are investigating a train vs. pedestrian accident that has resulted in the death of a man on Wednesday afternoon. It’s believed that after parking the e-bike he was riding, the man was hit at approximately 4 p.m on the train tracks between Mc Dougall St and Ouellette Ave, although initial reports... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on January 3, 2014 in Personal Injury
It is estimated that more than 5,000 dog bites are reported each year in Ontario and that in Canada, 42 dog bites occur every hour. Additionally, data collected in a study between 1990 and 2007 published in The Canadian Veterinary Journal identified 28 fatalities from dog bite injuries. On average about 1-2 deaths can be... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on October 11, 2013 in Personal Injury
Read Original Article from thestar.com The City of Toronto has spent more than $200 million to settle civil lawsuits since 2000, and the payouts are getting richer, a municipal database obtained by the Star shows. Litigants range from people alleging they were struck by golf balls to prisoners claiming they were assaulted in police custody.... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on August 1, 2013 in Personal Injury
More than a year after two young children were killed when a train struck the family minivan in Lakeshore, Ontario Provincial Police have criminally charged their father, who was driving. Just before 10 a.m. on June 10 of 2012, Andrew Williams drove the van across a set of train tracks on Strong Road with his... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on May 21, 2013 in Personal Injury
Police and animal control officers responded to an incident near Harrow on Thursday following a dog biting an 80-year-old man. The man said he was trying to stop a fight between two dogs. This dog which caused the fighting had broken through a screen door and attacked a woman’s German Shepherd-Labrador mix. The 80-year-old man... Read More
Posted on behalf of Greg Monforton & Partners Injury Lawyers on December 16, 2010 in Personal Injury
Windsor personal injury lawyer Greg Monforton today announced that his law firm is offering a new, free legal service Trial Lawyers for Veterans for vets seeking disability benefits from the Canadian government. Monforton says that “our veterans do so much for us and I believe our government does not always respond well when our soldiers... Read More
