On October 3, 2024, Paul Cahill was an expert panelist on a Legal Innovation Forum Webinar focused on personal injury law which explored the financial side of running a personal injury firm and the strategies required to stay ahead of the competition and boost the bottom line.
Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP partners Jim Davidson and Paul Cahill presented at the prestigious Ontario Bar Association‘s “Anatomy of a Trial: Telling Your Trial Story” CLE program on June 13-14, 2024.
Jim Davidson presented the Opening Statement of the Defendant. Paul Cahill conducted the Cross Examination of the Defence Engineer.
On May 2, 2024, Paul presented at the Medical Legal Society of Toronto’s Annual Spring Bouquet in Toronto, Ontario.
Paul discussed the Levac case and the Court’s use of statistical evidence to infer causation in systemic medical malpractice cases.
On October 27, 2023, Paul presented at the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Fall Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
Paul’s presentation to the medical malpractice section of OTLA explored recent developments in the law that may allow physicians and other healthcare professionals to raise genetic defences to certain medical malpractice claims.
On February 6, 2023, Paul was invited to guest lecture at Prof. Leann Sassine’s 2L torts class at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
Paul lectured on the essential evidence required to prove a claim in medical malpractice drawing on his trial experience in this challenging area of law over the years.
On November 29, 2022, Paul presented at Gluckstein Lawyers’ 4th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference: Risky Business, in Thorold, Ontario.
In 2022, Paul took two medical malpractice cases to trial. One before a jury and one judge-alone. In this presentation, Paul discussed first hand the ups and downs of trying a medical malpractice case in post-COVID Ontario.
On October 20, 2022, Paul and his law partner Meghan Walker presented a Webinar at the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Roundtable series sponsored by Rehab First.
A detailed review and comparison of jury and judge-alone outcomes for motor vehicle accident claims revealed a trend towards more favourable outcomes for Plaintiffs with judges versus juries in motor vehicle accident claims.
On September 23, 2022, Paul was a member of a panel of medical malpractice lawyers at the annual Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Medical Malpractice Conference: “Literature, Medicine & The Law: A Three-Way Street.” Paul discussed issues facing medical malpractice lawyers at trial including the objection to demonstrative aids, the use of joint document briefs and the cross-examination of physician experts on medical literature.
On September 15, 2021, Paul moderated a panel of medical malpractice lawyers. The topic was “Screening New Cases: When To Dive In and When To Run Away.”
The panel discussed their approach to screening medical malpractice claims, the challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and funding considerations when investigating new matters.
The panel also discussed recommendation options to patients, such as complaints to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, where civil litigation is not economical.
On May 19, 2021, Paul was a member of a panel of lawyers and judges including the Honourable Justice Todd J. Archibald and the Honourable Justice Mark Edwards. The panel discussed the role of judges as gatekeepers of expert opinion evidence.
On October 28, 2020, Paul presented at the Health Advocates Education Conference of the Brain Injury Association of Peel and Halton (“BIAPH”).
In this speaking engagement, Paul discussed how to help clients who are undergoing insurance examinations pursuant to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (“SABS”) understand the process better.
On February 29, 2020, Paul co-chaired OTLA’s annual medical malpractice conference which featured speakers on topics such as the latest developments in the law regarding expert opinion evidence, strategies to manage defence tactics of physicians, and high risk scenarios in the ER.
This conference was specifically focussed on educating medical malpractice lawyers on current and emerging issues in their field of expertise.
On October 23, 2018, Paul hosted an Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Webinar on how to find the right expert in a medical malpractice case.
The key topics covered by this webinar included: learning what medical experts want from lawyers, gaining insight into the personalities and work habits of the most widely used medical experts, learning how to get the most out of your medical experts, learning the essential elements to prove a claim in medical malpractice, and valuable insight on how to secure the best medical experts for consultations, reports and testimony.
On September 14, 2015, Paul provided a seminar on the law of medical malpractice to a group of nurses attending the Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting course organized by Connect Medical Legal Experts.
On September 11, 2023, CP24 and CTV News interviewed Toronto medical malpractice lawyer Paul Cahill with respect to his successful civil prosecution against a negligent emergency medicine physician who caused the death of a young married mother of four children. At the time of her death, the children were aged 7, 5, 4 and 2
On November 7, 2022, Paul discussed the subject of medication errors which are so pervasive they make up 3 of the 15 “Never Events” in healthcare in the popular podcast Inside Medical Malpractice.
There are 10 basic “rights” to medication administration which are considered basic knowledge for all healthcare providers. If followed correctly, these “rights” are meant to prevent errors.
Paul presented several cases from his own practice that involved nurses, doctors and pharmacists giving the wrong drug, or the wrong dose, at the wrong time, without any follow up.
This episode offers solid advice to healthcare providers and the public on how to avoid medication errors, and Paul offers his own advice for the lawyers who litigate these cases
On November 24, 2021, Paul is an invited guest speaker on Justice in Pieces, a legal resource for paralegals and law students.
Paul discussed the practice of law with a specific emphasis on medical malpractice litigation in Ontario.
In this article published by the St. Catherines Standard on July 13, 2020, Paul was again interviewed by Bill Sawchuk on his appeal win from his monumental trial victory in an obstetrical medical malpractice case.
Bernice Booth and Michael Woods sued their former obstetrician, Dr. Allan Jackiewicz of Niagara Falls, on behalf of their daughter Kelsey for not maintaining the standard of care.
The result was brain damage that left Kelsey with “catastrophic cerebral palsy.”
“I would say the family is overjoyed with the result from the court and the decision to dismiss the physician’s appeal,” said their lawyer, Paul Cahill of the Toronto-area firm Will Davidson LLP. “They are very much looking forward to focusing on using the funds they will hopefully now receive to make Kelsey’s life better.”
In June, 2020, Paul was featured in a three part series of the Inside Medical Malpractice podcast.
The series examines three recent trials: Hacopian v. Mahmoud, O’Neill-Renouf v. Ibrahim, and Woods v. Jackiewicz
In this article published by the Law Times on May 11, 2020, Paul was interviewed for his opinion on this landmark case for self-represented litigants.
“This plaintiff had some medical evidence that was supportive of her position, and through legal maneuvering the defence lawyers, with the approval of the trial judge, were able to block her from leading that evidence,” Cahill says. “On the other side of it, the defence was able to cherry pick the good medical evidence without leading all of the evidence by delivering briefs that were redacted in certain parts that they felt were harmful.
“At a very high level, that’s offensive to our sense of justice.”
In this article published by Canadian Lawyer Magazine on April 9, 2020, Paul was interviewed for his opinion about the potential negative public perception towards mass advertisers of legal services.
In this article published by the St. Catherines Standard on April 15, 2019, Paul was interviewed by Bill Sawchuk on his recent trial victory in an obstetrical medical malpractice case.
The jury returned a verdict of liability against the doctor in the case which took almost a decade to make its way through the court system and concluded with a three-week trial in Kitchener.
The jury returned its verdict Friday after deliberating for parts of two days.
“It was an emotional verdict,” said lawyer Paul Cahill of the Toronto-area firm Will Davidson LLP. “Two of the jurors were in tears when the verdict was read. Everyone was very emotional.
“You can imagine a lifetime of caring for a disabled child and finally getting the recognition that it was the fault of someone else. It was a very powerful moment.”
This article was published in the Winter 2023/ 2024 edition of The Litigator, the official journal of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
From the perspective of a plaintiff-side personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer, this article covers the many important aspects of finding the right expert for your case and ensuring that they are permitted to testify at trial.
This article was published in the Summer 2022 edition of The Litigator, the quarterly journal of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
In this piece, Paul discussed the challenges and approaches to bringing a claim for personal injury in the face of a waiver.
This article was published by LexisNexis Canada (The Lawyer’s Daily) on June 19, 2019.
Paul discussed some of the advantages of jury trials for victims of medical malpractice over judge-alone trials.
In this article published by The Lawyer’s Daily on April 28, 2016, Paul discussed his vision of technological advances for the practice of law which includes the widespread use of virtual appearances and electronic document sharing.
In the Spring 2016 edition of the Halton County Law Association Newsletter, Paul authored an article on frequently asked questions about long-term disability claims and in particular, their availability, deductibility and taxability.
