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		<title>The battle for the personal injury dollar</title>
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			<title>mooremandel@rogers.com</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1051</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Searching CANLII or FSCO is useful, but will not show the results of jury trials. If you have been seriously injured, my advice is to look to the questions I've already listed, and if you (or someone you know) have meaningful contacts in the personal injury field, ask that person to give you the names of 2-3 top firms or lawyers. Then, interview more than one lawyer to see who is the best fit for you and your family. Seriously injured people need strong advocacy. I doubt that any right thinking person would disagree. People should do some homework before they put their economic future in the hands of a complete stranger. Regards]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sloan Mandel</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:57:19 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: Partner</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1032</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mr. Mandel, Thanks for this concrete list. It is helpful. Too often the injured are told to "ask questions" and to "do research" when hiring a lawyer. This merely begs the question (ie. what questions //research on what). Should Ontario auto accident victims (and/or their families) search CANLll and FSCO to get a sense of the lawyer's success/thoroug hness? If so - what should they look for? Challenging the opposing experts perhaps? If not - why not? Regards]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:16:11 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Partner</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1031</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brian, The objective criteria to which I referred would include: Are you certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Civil Litigation specialist? Have you been idententied as a leading practioner in peer review publications (L'Expert, Best Lawyer)? Have you been published or recognized as an authority in the field, and by whom? Have you succesfully prosecuted cases through Trial/Appeal? How long have you exclusively practiced in the field of personal injury? Regards]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sloan Mandel</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:28:40 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Unprofessional behavior . . .</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1029</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is somewhat debatable that crass and sleazy advertising harms the professional, but what is certain is that this type of promotion most certainly harms the lawyers that engage in it. The quality client will be turned off by this behavior. As for the marketing through charity work, particularly "safety campaigns" the insurance companies have been do this forever. However, it is not a fundamental conflict with their business model. They financially benefit from reducing claims.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:38:14 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>@PIA</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1027</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What I can't figure out - and nobody will explain - is why one of these PIA lawyers recently stated at an insurer conference that the Ontario auto insurers need to get tougher on injured auto accident victims and that they ought to adopt the CMPA's "spend $2 to save $1" appraoch to litigation. This is sure to create more need for PIA lawyers - and suure to increase the cost of all that "unparallelled" legal service. Maybe that was the point?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:30:15 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>PIA</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1024</link>
			<description><![CDATA[These guys really think they're the "superior" lawyers in the field of injury law. They are sadly mistaken...i dont care about how good their quality commercials are. i far prefer bergel, prezler and diamond's ads. At least they don't claim to provide "unparalleled service" i also agree with todd investigations into the hospitals are a must. Public should know what's going on behind closed doors. donations are made to hopitals and these guys plaster their names all over the hospitalfloors in order to get serious injury clientele. this UNETHICAL practice must stop. i'm extremely disturbed and think the LSUC should take action.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>graham</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:53:46 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>check the small print</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1023</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello, I encourage you to read the short paragraph below the toll-free number written in red, here: http://www.diamond-law.com/firmoverview.php It explains how Diamond & Diamond is a referral source and will not represent or act for clients. Do you still feel that they are being honest in their advertising?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:53:04 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: Indecent Practice</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1022</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To be clear, the comment posted by "Todd" is not Todd Reybroek. I'm Todd Reybroek and I did not type the quote.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Todd Reybroek</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:47:31 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Hypocrisy...</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1021</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I agree with Todd..what a joke. How about focusing on doing what's right for the client, and the victims..instea d of putting all of your energy on what's firms should and should not do.., sounds like major sour grapes to me. Diamond and Diamond like anyone else who excels in their line of work provide a great service, it sounds more like the insurers would prefer not to have firms like this so they can continue to walk all over the victims. Total hypocrisy...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Goldy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:14:31 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Indecent Practice</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This PIA stuff is ridiculous! They put down all of the injury firms telling the public that they offer them "unparallelled level of service". Talk about calling the kettle black... I think that what the Diamond firm and the other injury firms are doing is far more honest than "paying off" social workers and doctors in the hospitals to get the CAT and serious files. LSUC should launch a major investigation on this issue and disbar or sanction these guys. I'm sure many personal injury lawyers will hold hands with me on this issue. Its been happening for years and something has to be done to eliminate this horrible practice. Maybe an article should be written about it...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:45:46 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: The battle for the personal injury dollar</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1015</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What about the plaintiff lawyers' duty to check and challenge (whenever appropriate to do so) the qualifications and impartiality of opposing medico-legal experts? Should consumers check to see if the potential lawyer is actually doing that? Would that be one of the unspecified "objective criteria"? The keynote speaker at OTLA's Fall conference (Dorthy Clay Sims) wasn't impressed with the job Ontario pi plaintiff lawyers have been doing in that regard. How many injured litigants have had their claims skewered by unchecked, unqualified, unchallenged, medico-legal insurer defence "experts"? And how does that issue fit - if at all - into the "objective ctriteria" to be used when shopping for a "good" lawyer? Does it matter if the potential pi lawyer has never taken a personal injury case to trial? Many haven't. And if not - why not? This article needs a sequel - badly!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>what &quot;objective criteria&quot; -  pray tell</title>
			<link>http://canadianlawyermag.com/the-battle-for-the-personal-injury-dollar.html#comment-1014</link>
			<description><![CDATA[RE: " There is objective criteria that the public should consider,” which Mandel suggests should lead potential clients to choose one of the three firms in the alliance." So what are these "objective criteria"? It would be nice if somebody had thought to mention them. So far the "battle" has adopted the "subtle" advertisers versus "crass" advertisers lexicon - without so much as a single word by way of useful criteria to help "consumers" find a "good lawyer". What about searching the track record of pi lawyers at FSCO and CANLll - is that a good idea?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:54:02 -0500</pubDate>
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