Ontario Medical Malpractice Insights | Paul Cahill

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Operating on an Anticoagulated Patient: A Difficult Ankle Surgery and a Permanent Disability

Paul Cahill settled a surgical negligence claim where ankle fracture surgery proceeded before the patient’s anticoagulation was properly reversed.

Notable case from Paul Cahill's practice: a 2016 wrongful death settlement involving a hospital equipment setup error where oxygen tubing was not connected to the patient's CPAP machine, leading to cardiac arrest. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

When the Oxygen Was Not Connected: A Hospital Equipment Setup Error and a Preventable Death

Paul Cahill settled a wrongful death claim after hospital staff failed to connect oxygen tubing to a patient’s CPAP machine, leading to cardiac arrest.

Notable case from Paul Cahill's practice: a 2016 medical malpractice settlement involving permanent vestibular damage from unmonitored outpatient gentamicin therapy. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Gentamicin and the Duty to Monitor: Vestibular Toxicity in Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy

Paul Cahill settled a medical malpractice claim involving permanent vestibular damage from unmonitored outpatient gentamicin therapy.

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The Role of Legal Nurse Consultants in Medical Malpractice

The role of legal nurse consultants in medical malpractice cases, from records review to expert identification. From a 2015 Connect MLX seminar.

Notable case from Paul Cahill's practice: a 2015 wrongful death settlement involving an esophageal intubation in the emergency department that caused a hypoxic brain injury. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Esophageal Intubation in the Emergency Department: A Failed Airway and a Hypoxic Brain Injury

Paul Cahill settled a wrongful death claim involving a misplaced breathing tube and a delayed anesthesiology response in the emergency room.

Notable case from Paul Cahill's practice: a 2013 surgical negligence settlement involving an aortic injury during a laparoscopic radical nephrectomy that left the patient with a permanent disability. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Aortic Injury During Laparoscopic Nephrectomy: A Surgical Misidentification and a Permanent Disability

Paul Cahill settled a surgical negligence claim arising from an aortic injury during a laparoscopic nephrectomy that caused spinal cord ischemia.

Notable case from Paul Cahill's practice: Ayana v Skin Klinic, 2009 CanLII 42042 (ON SC), a trial victory establishing the standard of care for laser hair removal in Ontario. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Ayana v Skin Klinic: A Trial Victory on the Standard of Care for Laser Hair Removal in Ontario

Paul Cahill’s trial victory in Ayana v Skin Klinic, 2009, established the standard of care for laser hair removal performed in an Ontario dermatology clinic.

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