Cerebral palsy from negligent obstetrical care
One of the largest medical malpractice jury verdicts ever recorded against a single Ontario obstetrician, secured for a Toronto family whose twin was born with cerebral palsy.
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One of the largest medical malpractice jury verdicts ever recorded against a single Ontario obstetrician, secured for a Toronto family whose twin was born with cerebral palsy.
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Paul Cahill settled a surgical negligence claim where ankle fracture surgery proceeded before the patient’s anticoagulation was properly reversed.

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.

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

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

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

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.