Bicycle Accident Lawyers in Atlantic Canada

A cyclist hit by a car has no policy of their own on the bike, and every driver’s insurer opens by treating that as a problem for the cyclist. It is not. In all four Atlantic provinces the striking vehicle’s policy pays the cyclist’s accident benefits and answers the claim for the injuries. A bicycle accident lawyer at this firm runs those claims in each province, and the page for yours is below.

What a Bicycle Accident Lawyer Runs in Every Province

You have two years to start the claim. Where the province’s Section B applies, the driver’s insurer pays accident benefits for medical and rehabilitation costs and lost income, whoever was at fault. The tort claim against the driver covers pain and suffering, income loss and future care. Each province’s Motor Vehicle or Highway Traffic Act gives a cyclist the rights and duties of a driver, so the argument that the cyclist should not have been on the road fails. The remaining arguments are contributory ones. No helmet, no lights, the wrong position on the road. Those reduce a claim. They do not end it. A helmet matters only if the injury it would have prevented is the injury being claimed.

The Cap, the Deductible and the Deadline Differ by Province

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island each apply a minor injury cap to soft-tissue injuries that resolve, and each defines it differently. Fractures, head injuries and lasting impairment are outside all three. Newfoundland and Labrador has no cap but a $5,000 deductible on pain and suffering, and Section B there is optional on the driver’s policy. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia count the two years from discovery with a fifteen-year outer limit; PEI counts from the collision; Newfoundland has discoverability without an outer limit. The courts are the Court of King’s Bench, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island and the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Province Pages

• New Brunswick bicycle accident lawyers
• Nova Scotia bicycle accident lawyers
• PEI bicycle accident lawyers
• Newfoundland bicycle accident lawyers

The First Call Starts Benefits and Preserves Evidence

It starts the accident benefits, sends the preservation letter for dashcam and doorbell footage, and gets the police report before the driver’s version becomes the only one on file. It costs nothing, and nothing is owed unless the claim recovers.

I Was Hit by a Hit-and-Run Driver.

Your own household auto policy, if there is one, responds under its uninsured or unidentified motorist coverage; failing that, the province’s Facility Association or equivalent fund. The claim is not lost because the driver was.

The Insurer Offered Me $3,000 for My Bike and My Injuries Together.

The bike is a property claim and settles separately and early. The injury claim should not settle before the injury has stabilised, and a combined early offer is designed to close it cheaply.

Read the firm’s bicycle accident guide. Reported decisions are on the results page, and every claim type is listed under injury law areas.

No Fee Unless the Claim Resolves

A lawyer takes the first call, and it costs nothing. There is no fee unless the claim resolves, and the firm carries the records and expert costs through the life of the claim. Contact the firm, or read what the firm can do.