Expertise
- Education:
- Seneca College (2005) Law Clerk Diploma
- LawVision Group (2018) Legal Project Management
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Tanya Rumo
Tanya joined Lenczner Slaght in 2008. She has over 20 years of litigation experience in several areas of law. Her practice focus is medical negligence matters. She assists Lenczner Slaght lawyers throughout the litigation process including document production, examination for discovery, expert retention, mediation and trial.
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Successfully defended the defendant physician in a two-week trial involving fundamental medical and legal issues regarding informed consent in medical procedures, including timing, delegation, and material disclosure, with the court confirming that the plaintiff had provided informed consent.
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Counsel to the successful defendant physician in a medical negligence trial arising from a partial hip replacement procedure.
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Counsel to the successful Defendant Physician in a trial for alleged negligence in respect of cancer treatments.
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Counsel to the successful defendant physician in the trial of an action involving a bowel perforation in a laparoscopic hysterectomy.
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Counsel to several defendant physicians in connection with a medical negligence action after a woman died from an aortic dissection. Successfully defended the action through a 10-week trial.
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Counsel to successful obstetrician/gynecologist in the appeal of a motion striking the claims of minor triplets who made allegation so negligence for conduct arising pre-conception. A majority of the Court of Appeal agreed with the motion judge in favour of the defendant physician that no duty of care is owed to an as-yet conceived plaintiff.
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Counsel in the successful defense of a judicial review before the Divisional Court of a Health Professions Appeal and Review Board decision regarding a physician’s use of complementary/alternative medicine.
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Counsel to a plastic surgeon in a trial of a certified class action relating to alleged privacy breaches.
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Counsel to a physician in a case involving a perforated bowel during a hysterectomy. The case was dismissed on consent without costs after two weeks of trial
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Counsel to successful defendant surgeons at trial in a medical malpractice matter alleging a delayed diagnosis of an anastomotic leak, which lead to sepsis.
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The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario