Personal Injury Law
When you have been injured, your most pressing concern is to get well and to keep your family secure. At Mackesy Smye we specialize in working with you to allow you to focus on recovering from your injuries.
If you are facing expensive medical treatment, loss of income, or any other disruption caused by an injury, Mackesy, Smye will fight to resolve your case, whether by Judgement at trial or settlement to help you get your life back on track.
When you book a free consultation with our law firm, you will receive detailed and personalized advice from a well-respected lawyer who has the knowledge and experience necessary to handle your claim. Thanks to the extensive and diverse experience of the lawyers at our firm, you will get the benefit of knowledge of claims similar to yours, and the law that will apply to your claim. This discussion will allow us to learn many important facts about your claim, including a number of which you may not have thought would be important. This information will enable Mackesy, Smye to develop a strategy to secure appropriate compensation for you.
Entrusting your personal injury case to Mackesy, Smye frees you and your family from the stresses of having to deal with the complexities of the legal system which allows you to focus all of your time and energy upon your recovery from your injury. We also take the worry out of legal fees with a contingency structure that depends entirely upon a successful resolution of your case.
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Punitive Damages in Motor Vehicle Litigation
In McIntyre v. Grigg et al (2006) 83 O.R. (3d), 161, the Court of Appeal, for the first time, considered the issue of whether punitive damages were available in the context of a motor vehicle accident claim. I had the privilege of arguing this appeal after my partner David Smye obtained a very favourable verdict from a Hamilton jury. While the majority in the Court of Appeal upheld the jury’s award for punitive damages, the quantum of the award was reduced substantially.
Road Design and Maintenance Actions
In tort law, there are few areas that are subject to as much judicial and legislative attention as liability of public authorities for the design and maintenance of roadways. This is a field of law that is very much driven by statute. The Municipal Act, 2001, SO 2001, c 25 and the Public Transportation and Highways Act, RSO 1990, c P.50 and regulations made under those Acts contain a number of provisions that potentially shield road authorities from liability for otherwise negligent actions or omissions. Those provisions are not infrequently varied, changed or repealed. Any change can lead to uncertainty and litigation.
Significant Auto Insurance Savings
Imagine yourself standing at the bakery counter of your local grocery store. There is a sign that reads bread is 15% off. You ask for a loaf but notice that the baker has cut it in half. Fifteen percent off but for half a loaf. You say that you want a full loaf. The baker says that would cost an extra 30%. Would you buy the loaf? Of course not. The only person benefiting from this deal is the baker. Yet, this is what Premier Wynne has put onto the people of Ontario when it comes to auto insurance. Here is how it works if, for example, a car driver ran a stop sign, broadsided your vehicle and you were injured.