Stratford Lawyers for Injury and Accident Claims

Stratford is across the Hillsborough River from Charlottetown, and a Stratford injury file at Mike Murphy Law Group is run from the Charlottetown office, ten minutes across the water. The firm does not keep an office in Stratford. Records, negotiation and advice move by phone, video and email, and counsel attends the law courts when a step in the claim needs a lawyer there.

The Claims Stratford Residents Actually Bring

A car accident on the Trans-Canada approach to the crossing is the most common file the town produces. Next come a pedestrian struck on Stratford Road and a bicycle accident on the approach to the crossing. The office also runs trip and fall claims, dog bite claims and long-term disability denials for Stratford clients. The Island practice is personal injury only.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Holds the Chart a Stratford Claim Is Built On

Stratford residents are treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, and its record is the medical spine of the claim. The family doctor’s chart, the physiotherapy notes and the employer’s payroll file are added to it. Photographs of an icy step or a broken sidewalk age badly, so those are gathered in the first weeks rather than the first year.

Where a Stratford Claim Gets Filed

The Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island sits at the Sir Louis Henry Davies Law Courts, 42 Water Street in Charlottetown, directly across the river. A claim that does not settle is filed there. Nothing in the filing or the interlocutory steps requires a Stratford client to attend. The defendant is usually an insurer standing behind a driver or an occupier, and discovery is the step where each side answers questions under oath about what happened and what it has cost.

The Deadline Stratford Lawyers Check on the First Call

Prince Edward Island’s Statute of Limitations gives two years to start a personal injury action. Discoverability can move the start date, and the period does not run against a claimant who is under age, so the answer is not always the date on the collision report. An action started after the period has run is statute-barred, so the date is settled before anything else. Contact the firm or call to have the date confirmed. Intake is free and there is no fee unless the claim succeeds.