Injured doing what you love
Albertans play hard: skiing and snowboarding, snowmobiling and quadding, hockey, climbing gyms, trampoline parks, golf carts, and guided backcountry trips. Operators of these activities owe participants real duties: properly maintained equipment, competent staff and instruction, honest risk disclosure, and safe premises.
When a rental binding is set wrong, a trail is misgraded, equipment fails, or supervision is absent, the resulting injury is not "just part of the sport", it is negligence.
About that waiver you signed
Waivers matter in Alberta, but they are not absolute. Courts examine whether the waiver was brought to your attention, what it actually covers, whether the operator's conduct amounted to gross negligence, and whether it binds children (it often cannot). Do not conclude you have no case because you signed a form or clicked a box, have us read it first, free.
- Pain and suffering (general damages) for the injury itself and its effect on your life
- Lost income and lost earning capacity, past and future
- Medical and rehabilitation costs including physiotherapy, medication, and equipment
- Cost of future care for lasting injuries
- Housekeeping and loss of valuable services you can no longer perform
- Out-of-pocket expenses from mileage to childcare
Alberta Accident Law works on a full contingency basis: you pay nothing unless we win. There are no hourly rates, no retainers, and no bill if your claim does not succeed. Your case review is free, confidential, and carries no obligation, so finding out where you stand costs you nothing.
Recreation around Sherwood Park
Between highway commuting into Edmonton, heavy industrial truck traffic, and busy arterial roads, Sherwood Park sees far more serious collisions than most communities its size. Weekend trips from Sherwood Park to the mountains and lakes mean rental equipment, guided activities, and operators whose negligence can change a life.
Under Alberta's Limitations Act you generally have 2 years from the date of the accident to start a claim, and some situations carry much shorter notice deadlines. Evidence also degrades quickly: skid marks fade, camera footage is overwritten, and witnesses forget. Injury lawsuits for Sherwood Park and Strathcona County are filed at the Edmonton Law Courts, in the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta. Smaller claims may proceed in the Alberta Court of Justice in Sherwood Park. The sooner we start, the stronger your position.
Injuries in Sherwood Park are treated at the Strathcona Community Hospital, with major trauma transferred to the University of Alberta Hospital or Royal Alexandra in Edmonton. Keep every record, requisition, and receipt from your treatment: medical documentation is the backbone of your claim, and we help you build it correctly from day one.