When Hepatitis B Surveillance Fails: A Family Physician’s Duty and a Liver Cancer Death
Paul Cahill settled a wrongful death claim against a family physician who failed to provide the HCC surveillance that hepatitis B carriers require.
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A Laboratory Susceptibility Testing Failure in Tuberculosis Treatment: Recurrent Disease and a Reconstructive Spinal Surgery
Paul Cahill settled a laboratory negligence claim where a failure to properly test tuberculosis susceptibilities led to vertebral collapse and spinal surgery.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.