Car Accident Lawyer in Calgary

Call 911 if anyone is injured. Get medical attention, even if you feel able to carry on — symptoms often present later, and a gap in treatment is something an insurer will raise. Photograph the scene, the vehicles and the road conditions, and get the names and contact details of any witnesses. Report the collision to your own insurer and file your accident benefits claim form promptly. Be careful about giving a recorded statement to the other driver's insurer before you have advice.

Depending on the circumstances: damages for pain and suffering, past and future income loss, the cost of treatment and future care, out-of-pocket expenses, and in some cases a claim by family members. What is available turns on the injuries, the evidence and the insurance in place.

In most injury claims the period is two years — but it does not simply run from the date of the accident. It runs from the point at which you knew, or ought reasonably to have known, three things: that you were injured, that the injury was attributable to someone else's conduct, and that it was serious enough to warrant bringing a proceeding. A separate ten-year outer limit runs from when the claim arose, and whichever period expires first governs. Different rules apply to minors and to people under a disability, and some claims carry much shorter notice deadlines that are separate from the limitation period. Because the analysis is fact-specific, the safe course is to ask early rather than assume.

We act on a contingency fee basis, which means you pay no legal fees unless compensation is recovered. Disbursements — the out-of-pocket costs of running a file, such as medical records, expert reports and court filing fees — and applicable taxes may still apply. We will explain the arrangement in writing before you retain us.