Leduc v. Dufour – Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Reduction of Contingency Fee in $14M Birth Injury Case

In Leduc v. Dufour, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by a plaintiff-side law firm and upheld a trial judge’s decision to significantly reduce a contingency fee in a major birth injury medical malpractice case . Case Background The case arose from a 2009 birth at Sudbury Regional Hospital that resulted in hypoxic-ischemic […]