Disability/Personal Injury

570 News – Family of Man Brain Damaged After Choking on Popcorn Can Picket Theatre

December 21, 2016

The family of a young man who nearly choked to death on popcorn during the The Hangover movie in 2009, leaving him semi-comatose for six months, will be free to protest in front of the Kitchener, Ont., theatre, after a judge declined Cineplex’s emergency request for a restraining order.

A civil trial on the matter is scheduled to begin in March. Cineplex Odeon Corporation will defend itself on the grounds that Chadrick John Veenhof, then aged about 20, was on “illegal substances” at the time of his catastrophic brain injuries, caused by lack of oxygen.

Sivan Tumarkin, personal injury lawyer and partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined host Eric Drozd to discuss the merits of Veenhof’s case, as well as the legalities surrounding the family’s right to protest.

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Sivan Tumarkin

National Co-Managing Partner

Sivan Tumarkin is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Long-term Disability & Personal Injury Law Group. His previous experience working for insurance companies has given him unique insight into the long-term disability claim denial and appeals process, allowing him to secure strong results for his clients.

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