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Case comment on Baines v Abounaja, 2023 ONSC 2078, on a community hospital ER physician's failure to escalate the urgent transfer of a patient with a pulseless limb. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Baines v Abounaja: A Pulseless Leg, a Failed Transfer, and a Preventable Amputation

A community hospital ER physician failed to insist on the urgent transfer of a patient with a pulseless limb. The trial judge found liability for the lost leg.

June 9, 2023

Case comment on Fortune-Ozoike v Wal-Mart Canada Corp., 2023 ONSC 421, on a missed diagnosis of compartment syndrome leading to a preventable leg amputation. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Fortune-Ozoike v Wal-Mart: A Missed Compartment Syndrome and a Preventable Amputation

A missed diagnosis of compartment syndrome cost a patient her leg. The trial judge found the ER physician breached the standard of care.

February 25, 2023

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Baines v Abounaja: A Pulseless Leg, a Failed Transfer, and a Preventable Amputation

Fortune-Ozoike v Wal-Mart: A Missed Compartment Syndrome and a Preventable Amputation

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