Wrongful Death.

Losing a family member to negligence is a kind of loss no claim can repair. What a claim can do is take the legal and financial weight off your family while you grieve.

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Your rights under Ontario’s Family Law Act

When someone is killed by negligence (a motor vehicle accident, a slip and fall, a medical error), Ontario’s Family Law Act gives specific surviving family members the right to bring a civil claim against the at-fault party. That includes spouses (married and common-law), children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, brothers, and sisters of the person who died.

What compensation can cover

A civil claim isn’t an answer to a loss like this. What it is is a way to keep your family from facing financial ruin on top of grief. The claim seeks:

  • Loss of care, guidance, and companionship. Financial recognition of the relationship itself.
  • Loss of financial support. The income the person would have provided to dependants over their working life.
  • Loss of household services. The value of childcare, home maintenance, and everything else they did.
  • Out-of-pocket expenses. Funeral and burial costs, medical treatment before passing.

How we handle these files

Care, discretion, and clarity. We deal with investigators, insurers, and document compilation so you don’t have to. We’ll walk you through every step in plain language and at your pace.

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Frequently asked

Your questions, answered.

Most personal injury files settle without a trial. Insurance companies know the cost of losing at trial and often move toward settlement once the evidence is in front of them. That said, we prepare every file as if it might go to trial, because that’s what puts pressure on the insurer to settle fairly. If a trial is genuinely the right move, we’ll say so and we’ll represent you there.

Timelines vary with the injury and the insurer. Straightforward Accident Benefits claims can move in months. Tort claims and long-term disability disputes typically run longer, sometimes a year or more, especially where medical evidence is being contested. Catastrophic injury files run longest because the settlement has to account for a lifetime of care. We’ll give you an honest estimate once we’ve reviewed your file.

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