When you are disabled and applying for short term disability you are making an insurance claim. Your rights are found in your short term insurance policy.
Generally your employer has very little to do with your STD (Short Term Disability). You’ll be dealing with an insurance adjuster when you are receiving or apply for STD.
If you [...]
If you are starting a personal injury claim arising out of a motor vehicle accident, the best way to get started is to consult a personal injury lawyer. Whether you are doing this on your own or if your lawyer is helping you, generally you would want to do the following when filing a claim…
This one is easy. Don’t do it!
When you make a personal injury claim you can get compensation for General damages: this is damages for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life…
If you are getting long term or short term disability from your employer, you can have your benefits topped up by your no fault insurer in some cases…
Evaluate any perspective lawyer on the basis of expertise, personality and services provided…
Every case needs to be evaluated on its own merits and because of that this is a difficult question to answer, but I will give it a try…
Call the police if someone is hurt, if there is significant damage to the cars or if you think the driver of the other car is guilty of a criminal offence (e.g. drunk driving). If you don’t call the police you should at least report it to the police accident centre…
Is it just going to cost me money that the insurance company is going to pay me anyway?