Snowmobile Accidents

Snowmobile accidents can happen even without another rider involved. Hazards like an unmarked hole left in the ice after ice fishing can cause a serious crash. As Thomson Rogers LLP partner, Ian Furlong explains, a personal injury lawyer can step in quickly to investigate and protect your rights. If you or a loved one are injured in a snowmobile accident, contact Thomson Rogers LLP to assist you in understanding your rights and seeking full compensation.

Over the past 20 years, I’ve had the opportunity to represent a number of people injured in snowmobile accidents. And one of the things I’ve noticed is that these are single-vehicle snowmobile accidents. And often people think that they’re not entitled to recovery because another snowmobile wasn’t directly involved. But that’s not the case. Here in Ontario, we enjoy ice fishing.

People have to cut holes in ice in order to do ice fishing, but of course, that leaves a potential hazard to snowmobilers. Those holes need to be marked clearly, with orange paint or some other way of marking them so they’re clearly visible. And you potentially have a clean if you do hit open water in an unexpected place, which was created by another, particularly so if those individuals or individual, provided no warning.

I’ve seen circumstances where people have tried to take evasive action as a result of the negligence of others and struck stationary objects, rocks and trees and such. They thought they weren’t entitled to compensation, but in fact they were.

Irrespective of how the accident happened. If a snowmobile was involved, please call Thomson Rogers. And if we can help, we’d like to help.

Ian Furlong has practiced exclusively in the area of personal injury and insurance-related matters since his call to the bar in 2004. He primarily dedicates his practice to children and adult victims injured in motor vehicle accidents, including motorcycle accidents, pedestrian-car accidents, ATV accidents, and snowmobile accidents. He represents accident victims and their families throughout Ontario. You can reach Ian at 416-868-3226 or by email.