Thank you Ontario! Bergel Magence voted best Personal Injury Law Firm in Toronto Star Readers’ Choice Awards

Thank you Ontario! For 50 years, you’ve let Bergel Magence Personal Injury Lawyers take care of your families, and we are humbled and sincer...

Long term disability (LTD) denials: Your questions answered

  Jeremy Magence of Bergel Magence Personal Injury Lawyers was a featured guest on Things to Know T.O., where he discussed all things pertain...

Dog attacks: What everyone should know

Over the past 12 months, pet ownership and adoption has increased substantially. While our furry friends provide love and companionship, sometimes ...

Awards Season and the Reason to Document our Falls

Yesterday’s Golden Globes kicked off awards season. While awards seasons does not mean much for personal injury lawyers (most of us anyway), ...

Safety this Holiday Season

As New Year’s Day approaches party hard, but please remember to be mindful that, unfortunately, there are a lot of impaired drivers on the road.

Ride Sharing and the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule

So here is a great way to get a bad rating as an Uber driver: push the passenger out of the vehicle. (You can read the sordid details here.) Howeve...

High drama at Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal

Author Lanny Tuchmayer

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Well, maybe not quite rotten. But consider the facts of a recent, real-life scenario: a Licence Appeal...

Bergel Magence LLP’s new look!

We’re pleased to welcome you to Bergel Magence LLP’s new look! We invite you to have a look around our updated website, subscribe to ou...

Bergel Magence needs your support!

Bergel Magence LLP is pleased to be listed on the Canadian Lawyer annual survey of the top personal injury law firms in Canada. After over 40 years...

Ontario’s Wild Weekend on the Roads

Sometimes you just can’t make it up. In our industry, we can proudly say that we’ve see it all (see, for example, our blog about a car ...

Beware of Pikachu...

Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, you wake up one morning and notice that your colleague is playing a game on his phone called Pokemo...

St. Patrick's Day Safety

Tradition says that Patrick, a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland, died on March 17 in Downpatrick, Ireland. Sin...

That Awkward Moment When… A Lexus Is On Your Roof

Unfortunately, working with victims of motor vehicle accidents for close to 45 years, we have pretty much seen it all. But every now and then, a ca...

Safety During the Holiday Season

There are two very popular items around this time of year: alcohol and toys. Although they both cater to different age groups (seemingly/ hopefully...

Stars: They’re Just Like Us! (Part 3 – Hunger Games edition)

Jennifer Lawrence may play Katniss Everdeen in the smash hit young adult series The Hunger Games, but it is unclear if she would survive any s...

Stars: They’re Just Like Us ! (Part 2 – athlete edition)

You may remember (way back to early September) when Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard had to pull out of the US Open—due to a concussion&...

The iphone 6s – Passing the “Torture Test”

As personal injury lawyers we tend not to endorse any sort of crash, especially premeditated ones. But we too were anxiously awaiting the results o...

Stars: They’re Just Like Us! (90210 edition)

Our law firm is comprised of many individuals who have varied interests outside the office. Some of us are classical music enthusiasts while others...

Sporting Venue Safety (and a Blue Jays Hat Trick)

It is undeniable: the Jays are good. So good that this past Saturday fans threw their hats on the field to celebrate Encarnacion’s hat t...

Back-to-School Safety on the Roads

As a child, I can vividly remember my stomach churning as I saw commercials for back-to-school retailers. Suddenly, images of beaches and sun were ...

Carnival Eats: Delicious or Dangerous?

Nothing ends the summer better than an annual visit to the Canadian National Exhibition(CNE). The merchandise, the rides, and the crowds of pe...

Operation Winter Storm

TORONTO, Ont.—Feb. 19, 2015—Canada’s favourite NBA stars and BALLnROLL teamed up for an online charity auction whose success scor...

Super Bowl XLIX: Make the Right Call

If yesterday’s Super Bowl taught us anything it is that in life sometimes people make some really bad calls. The best way to avoid mishaps an...

Vulnerability on the Road – Motorcycle Accidents

This past summer, motorcycle accidents that led to fatalities in Ontario were at a 7 year high. Most often these accidents are due to the negl...

Quadriplegic and Paraplegic Injuries

In our last blog, we introduced spinal cord injuries in general. This week we discuss spinal cord injuries that result in quadriplegia and parapleg...