Canadian Citizens Needing Lawyers for Personal Injuries and Wrongful Death Cases in United States: A Bittersweet Relationship
Our U.S. law firm celebrates Canada's Thanksgiving Day in October for a reason. When some Canadian citizens suffered tragic injuries and deaths in a tractor-trailer accident in Georgia some years ago, a Canadian lawyer contacted me to represent his parents, who had lost a son in this horrific truck wreck.
That role of helping Canadian families with their legal needs grew, as another Canadian family (through their Canadian lawyer) contacted me for the same reason.
I spent a Canadian Thanksgiving visiting the surviving parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, and in-laws of one of the most delightful human beings whom I never had the pleasure of meeting, but whom I came to know through representing his family through this tragedy. Their "real" Thanksgiving was delayed until we successfully resolved their case.
Later, in visiting the homes of other Canadian clients, I developed more of these bittersweet relationships with very fine people who live north of our U.S. border. We are now lifelong friends.
Recently, in visiting with our Canadian consul and his wife in Atlanta (terrific people who are neighbors of ours), I recounted some of the stories of these wonderful families. He requested our firm's contact information and said he was glad to know that our law firm is available to help Canadian families dealing with personal injuries or deaths in the U.S.
We have a great appreciation for our clients from Canada, and look forward to helping other Canadian families.
