Disability/Personal Injury
Corus – RBC Insurance Leaves Senior Stranded in Germany, $150K Medical Bill
The son of an 84 year old man in a medically induced coma in Germany is fighting RBC Insurance as they refuse…
900 CHML – Province Targets Nursing Homes Providing Poor Care
Find out what patients and their families can do if they discover that a family member has been receiving inadequate care in…
900 CHML – Substandard Care Leads to Freeze on New Patients for Ontario Nursing Homes
What are the rights of the patients in a nursing home when the nursing home has been ordered to halt the admission…
Nursing Homes in Ontario Ordered to Stop New Admissions Due to Substandard Care
Nursing homes in Ontario are notorious for substandard care resulting in neglect, harm and even death. Samfiru Tumarkin LLP has dealt with…
610 CKTB – Ontario Stops Nursing Homes From Taking New Residents
With three Ontario nursing homes in the news due to substandard care, James K. Fireman, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, discusses the…
Insurance Claim Denied? Here’s What You Can Do
You have Long Term Disability Insurance or Short Term Disability Insurance, and your insurance claims have been denied.
CBC News – Why Disability Claims for Mental Illness Can Be Difficult to Navigate
Disability Lawyer Sivan Tumarkin, co-founding partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, talks about why disability claims for mental illness are tough to navigate.
640 Toronto – Man Tests Positive For Melanoma But Doctor’s Didn’t Let Him Know
A B.C woman is claiming that health professionals failed to notify her husband that he’d tested positive for melanoma five years before…
Did Doctors Fail To Tell A Patient That He Had Cancer?
The wife of a B.C. man is claiming that her husband’s positive cancer diagnosis fell through cracks in the medical system. Does…