Conception Bay South Lawyers for Injury Claims

Conception Bay South is a string of communities along Route 60, from Topsail through Manuels, Long Pond, Foxtrap and Kelligrews to Seal Cove. Mike Murphy Law Group takes injury claims from the whole of it and runs them from the St. John’s office, under half an hour away. There is no office in CBS. The claim moves by phone, video and email, and counsel appears in court whenever a date needs a lawyer there.

Conception Bay South Lawyers File a Civil Claim in St. John’s

CBS has no courthouse. An injury action that does not settle is filed with the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, General Division, at its St. John’s judicial centre on Duckworth Street. The filing and every interlocutory step are the firm’s work. A client attends for discovery and for trial.

The Claims a Commuter Town Sends

The bypass and Route 60 carry the traffic of a town whose working population drives into St. John’s, so a car accident is the file CBS produces most. A pedestrian struck on the old shore road and a trip and fall on an uncleared walkway follow it. The office also runs dog bite claims and long-term disability denials, which matter when an insurer stops paying a commuter who cannot drive. A long commute also means the loss is often a run of missed shifts rather than one block of time off, and the payroll record has to show that.

The Hospitals a CBS Claim Is Built On

Serious treatment happens in St. John’s, at the Health Sciences Centre or St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, and those charts anchor the medical file. The family doctor’s notes, the physiotherapy record and the employer’s payroll file are added under the same written consent. Photographs and maintenance records for a fall are gathered while they still exist. An adjuster usually calls within days of a collision and asks for a recorded statement, and nothing obliges you to give one before you have advice.

Two Years Under the Limitations Act, and a Deductible on Damages

The Limitations Act gives two years to start a personal injury action, with discoverability, and the period does not run while the claimant is a minor. In a motor vehicle claim the province also takes a fixed deductible off pain and suffering damages, which is $5,000 for accidents on or after 1 January 2020. Contact the firm or call to see how both apply. Intake is free and there is no fee unless the claim succeeds.