Disability/Personal Injury
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…
640 Toronto – Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Rankin’s Garage Case
A garage shop owner must argue that he is not responsible for injuries suffered by a teenager due to the teen stealing…
640 Toronto – Rankin’s Garage Case To Be Heard By The Supreme Court of Canada
A garage shop owner feels he should not be held responsible for the injuries a teen suffered when he and a friend…
CBC News – Paralyzed man suing insurer that says injuries don’t meet definition of paralysis
A man is suing his insurance company after being denied $120,000 he claims he’s entitled to after a freak accident left him…
640 Toronto – Paralyzed Man Suing Insurer That Says Injuries Don’t Meet Definition
A man who suffered severe injuries that left him paralyzed from the waist down was told he wasn’t quite paralyzed enough for…
Not paralyzed enough: N.S. man sues to be recognized as paraplegic
A man was told by his insurance company that he is not quite paralyzed enough for compensation and is now fighting to…
640 Toronto – Aviva Canada blames high premiums on personal injury lawyers
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's co-founder Sivan Tumarkin takes issue with Aviva Canada's claim that personal injury lawyers are to blame for high premiums.