February
Burn Tucker was one of the two event sponsors at the Hopes and Heroes Dinner on February 21, 2012. This annual event raised $45,000 in support of Canada’s first leading-edge Rehabilitation Virtual Reality Laboratory at the Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre.
January
The second annual Ottawa Children’s Gala was held on Saturday, January 21st, 2012. The ballroom at the Hampton Inn was transformed into a spectacular room, with flowing curtains and beautiful lights. Children, young and old, were entertained throughout the evening by child and youth performers. And everyone had the opportunity to hear about the importance of wearing a helmet from brain injury survivors and their families, as well as from Dr. Vassilyadi, a pediatric neurosurgeon at CHEO, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, and Director of the Ottawa chapter of ThinkFirst.
With an ongoing commitment to injury prevention, Burn Tucker (the personal injury group of Doucet McBride LLP) is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Ottawa Children’s Gala. A number of our lawyers and law clerks, along with their families, attended the event on January 21st and had a wonderful time, along with other guests, in celebrating a magical evening. We are pleased to have the opportunity to be a part of such a great evening, bringing families together in support of injury prevention.
Photo: Deborah Davis, her husband and their granddaughters
October
From October 2011 until April 2012, Burn Tucker will attend information sessions presented by the Peer Support Program of the Canadian Paraplegic Association – Ontario. For more information on those sessions, please contact the CPA.
Susan Lepine, law clerk with Burn Tucker, applied to be a medal-bearer in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay. Medal-bearers are individuals who make a difference in their community by empowering youth, protecting our planet and promoting health to name a few. Susan was selected to be on the 7000 medal-bearers in Canada to retrace the path taken by Rick Hansen 25 years ago. On October 26, 2011, Susan proudly ran her portion of the relay being thankful that she was recognized as a difference maker in her community and being very happy to give back to the wonderful community she lives in.
July
In July 2011, Laurie Tucker and Éliane Lachaîne won a trial on behalf of a young female injured 10 years earlier in a car accident. The judge determined that the young female’s difficulties, namely a dependency to narcotic medication and a significant level of psychological dysfunction, were caused or materially contributed to, by the car accident. As a result, the insurer was required to pay the young female an amount in excess of $195,000.00, plus costs, for outstanding accident benefits, more than half of which was interest owing in accordance with the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.
August
On August 25, 2011, Laurie Tucker attended the awards ceremony during the Brain Injury Association of Canada’s Annual Conference, in Charlottetown, PEI, where she accepted an award on behalf of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) for their work on the Helmets on Kids program. The Helmets on Kids program is run in various areas throughout the province every spring. Local OTLA lawyers raise funds in order to purchase and distribute helmets to elementary school children. Every spring, on behalf of OTLA, our personal injury group distributes hundreds of helmets to elementary school children in all four Ottawa Boards. For more information about the Helmets on Kids program, please contact Laurie at ltucker@burntucker.com
September
On September 24 2011, members of Burn Tucker participated in the Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario (CPA Ontario)’s annual wheelchair relay event. Burn Tucker was also a proud sponsor of the event. Over $40,000 was raised by local teams. All proceeds support local programming for people with spinal cord injuries and physical disabilities.
