Category Archives: personal injury lawyers

• 4April

  Lock Up or Out?

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  The Liberal Government has proposed to move ahead with an amendment to Catastrophic Impairment provisions regarding auto insurance policies/claims. Since the Government is moving to restrict coverage with insurance claims for serious motor vehicle accident victims, they need the support from the FSCO (Financial Services Commission of Ontario), to leverage their position in making these

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• 7November

  OTLA Fall Conference This Thursday and Friday!

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  There’s still time to register for the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Fall Conference! Always an excellent learning and networking opportunity; this year’s conference will take place on Thursday, November 10 and Friday, November 11 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building). This is a great opportunity to catch up on your CPD hours before

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• 3November

  Minor Changes to the Minor Injury Guidelines

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  Posted in Car Accident Lawyers, Car Accidents, Gluckstein & Associates LLP, personal injury law, personal injury lawyers

  

  FSCO just issued an update to the Minor Injury Guideline (MIG) effective November 1, 2011. This update clarifies some issues related to payments for treatment provided under the MIG. Here are the highlights: The collateral insurer remains the first source to look to for health care benefits, and these benefits must first be exhausted before

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• 1November

  Waiting For That Mediation…

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  Posted in Car Accidents, personal injury law, personal injury lawyers

  

  Ovid said that “Everything comes gradually and at its appointed time,” this couldn’t be truer of the mediation process at FSCO. Anyone who has applied for a mediation through the Financial Services Commission is familiar with the inevitable wait involved to have a matter dealt with by the mediator. In recent years the wait times

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• 24October

  Think you’re covered? Perhaps you want to think about optional benefits…

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  Posted in Car Accident Lawyers, Car Accidents, eNews Gluckstein & Associates LLP, personal injury law

  

  Automobile insurance coverage changed dramatically on September 1, 2010, when changes to the Standard Automobile Insurance Policy came into effect.  Under the September 1, 2010 changes coverage for expenses related to medical treatment, housekeeping, attendant care and caregiving, previously offered in the standard automobile insurance policy, were significantly reduced or in some cases eliminated entirely. 

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• 17August

  Concussions and Sports: Update on Sidney Crosby

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  Posted in Gluckstein & Associates LLP, personal injury lawyers, Safety

  

  Our May 2011 newsletter featured an article about concussions, the symptoms, the dangers, the athletes they effect and their long-term effects. Concussions and brain injuries in sports have become a hot topic in sports since January internationally due to the superstar players who have been afflicted with concussions. It has been 7 months since Sidney

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• 19July

  Bernie Gluckstein on Personal Injury Firms and TV Ads

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  Today’s marketplace is a competitive one. Personal injury law firms often go to great lengths to land clients, hence that unflattering term, “ambulance chasers”. Turn on 680News and you are bound to hear that “This news segment is sponsored by ___ Personal Injury Lawyers”. There are many different law firm names we could have posted

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• 19July

  Achieving Work-Life Balance

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  Posted in Compassion Fatigue, Gluckstein & Associates LLP, personal injury lawyers

  Charles Gluckstein, a Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer, with a tremendous reputation, believes in work-life balance. More and more individuals today are experiencing burn-out, compassion fatigue and exhaustion from a lack of balance in their lives. Today’s society is an overwhelmingly busy society and from the looks of it, it isn’t going to slow down any

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• 24June

  OTLA announces its New VP: CHARLES GLUCKSTEIN!

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  The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association recently announced their 2011-2012 Board of Directors elected at the Annual General Meeting. And… CHARLES GLUCKSTEIN, OF GLUCKSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP is the new VICE PRESIDENT OF OTLA! Congratulations to Charles for your years of dedication to OTLA and to the legal community. Charles has served on many committees, is

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• 13June

  June is Brain Injury Awareness Month!! Join Gluckstein & Associates LLP in creating AWARENESS!

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  Posted in Brain Injury Association, Gluckstein & Associates LLP, personal injury lawyers

  June is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Gluckstein & Associates LLP, a personal injury law firm in Toronto and a proud sponsor of brain injury awareness events and brain injury awareness societies across Ontario is proud to announce the following events: The Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) and the Brain Injury Society of Toronto (BIST) are

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