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Employment Law February 3rd, 2017

640 Toronto – Employee insurance plan must pay for medical marijuana, human rights board rules

By Lior Samfiru

When it comes to medical marijuana being covered by insurance, there is a lot of confusion surrounding the issue, but a recent…

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Disability/Personal Injury February 1st, 2017

640 Toronto – Paralyzed Man Suing Insurer That Says Injuries Don’t Meet Definition

By Sivan Tumarkin

A man who suffered severe injuries that left him paralyzed from the waist down was told he wasn’t quite paralyzed enough for…

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mitch murphy, not totally disabled
Disability/Personal Injury January 31st, 2017

Not paralyzed enough: N.S. man sues to be recognized as paraplegic

By Sivan Tumarkin

A man was told by his insurance company that he is not quite paralyzed enough for compensation and is now fighting to…

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Uber Class Action Lawsuit
Employment Law January 25th, 2017

580 CFRA – $200M Uber Class-Action Lawsuit: Drivers’ Rights as Employees

By Lior Samfiru

While Uber labels thousands of Ontario drivers as contractors, numerous aspects of the working relationship actually point towards an employee status.

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Disability/Personal Injury January 25th, 2017

640 Toronto – Aviva Canada blames high premiums on personal injury lawyers

By Sivan Tumarkin

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.

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Lior Samfiru, Toronto Star
Employment Law January 24th, 2017

Proposed Ontario class-action claims Uber drivers are employees not contractors

By Lior Samfiru

A proposed class-action lawsuit by Samfiru Tumarkin LLP on behalf of an Uber delivery driver is fighting to say that Uber drivers…

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Employment Law January 24th, 2017

Uber class-action Lawsuit & Misclassification of Employees

By Lior Samfiru

Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru discusses Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's reasons for filing a $200-million class-action lawsuit against Uber.

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Employment Law January 24th, 2017

610 CKTB – Lawyers on Canadian Class-action Lawsuit Against Uber

By Lior Samfiru

Uber Eats driver David Heller is seeking to have Uber’s relationship with its drivers deemed as an employer-employee relationship. Learn more here.

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Uber Class Action Lawsuit
Employment Law January 23rd, 2017

National Post – Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, Canadian lawsuit argues

By Lior Samfiru

An ongoing dispute between Uber Technologies Inc. and its drivers has reached Canada, in regards to how Uber drivers are classified.

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