Teaching Medical Malpractice at Windsor Law
The essential evidence required to prove a medical malpractice claim in Ontario. From a 2023 guest lecture at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
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Tales from the Trenches: Two Medical Malpractice Trials in 2022
Reflections on two medical malpractice trials in post-COVID Ontario, one jury and one judge-alone. From Gluckstein’s 2022 Risky Business CLE.
Medication Errors in Malpractice Cases: Inside Medical Malpractice Podcast with Chris Rokosh
On Inside Medical Malpractice with Chris Rokosh: medication errors as Never Events, the 10 rights of medication administration, and what they mean in litigation.
A Bimalleolar Ankle Fracture, Lost to Follow-up, and a Below-Knee Amputation
A settlement involving a 65-year-old man whose ankle fracture went 40 days without orthopedic follow-up, leading to joint infection and below-knee amputation.
Literature, Medicine and the Law at a Medical Malpractice Trial
Where literature, medicine, and the law intersect at a medical malpractice trial in Ontario. From a 2022 OTLA medical malpractice conference panel.
Waivers: How Enforceable Are They?
Paul Cahill’s Summer 2022 article in OTLA’s Litigator on the enforceability of waivers in personal injury actions, with a detailed analysis of Arksey v Sky Zone Toronto.
Medical Malpractice Practice in Ontario: A Justice in Pieces Guest Conversation
Paul as guest on Justice in Pieces, the legal education YouTube series with John-Paul Rodrigues. On the realities of plaintiff-side medical malpractice practice.
Screening New Medical Malpractice Cases: When to Take Them and When to Pass
Why screening medical malpractice cases matters at intake, and what to recommend patients when civil litigation is not economical. From a 2021 CLE panel.
Woods v Jackiewicz: An $11.5 Million Verdict for a Mismanaged Twin Pregnancy
A jury verdict of $11.5 million for cerebral palsy, upheld at the Court of Appeal, following a community obstetrician’s failure to recognize and refer twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.