Disability/Personal Injury

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…

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…