An ongoing Star investigation found personal injury lawyers in Ontario routinely take this second payment , which critics call “double-dipping.”Why? The Ontario Court of Appeal will determine whether the case of a woman from Brooklin, Ont., against Toronto law firm Neinstein & Associates should be certified as a class action. The Neinstein case could have wide-ranging ramifications for other personal injury cases in Ontario. Trudel called the Preszler firm, prompting a visit to his home in Puslinch, Ont., by lawyer David Preszler, a son of the firm’s founder. After the case settled in June 2016 for $90,000, Preszler sent Trudel a statement of account.

Source: thestar March 08, 2017 11:03 UTC