Cross-Examining the Defence Expert at the OBA Anatomy of a Trial
How to cross-examine the defence expert and advance your case theory. From the 2024 OBA Anatomy of a Trial continuing professional development program.
June 13, 2024
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Civil Jury Trial
Penate v Martoglio: A Discharged Jury, Inadequate Reasons, and a New Trial
The Court of Appeal ordered a new trial after a trial judge discharged the jury on her own motion and dismissed the malpractice claim with reasons 90% copied from the defence.
March 8, 2024
Tales from the Trenches: Two Medical Malpractice Trials in 2022
Reflections on two medical malpractice trials in post-COVID Ontario, one jury and one judge-alone. From Gluckstein’s 2022 Risky Business CLE.
November 29, 2022
Literature, Medicine and the Law at a Medical Malpractice Trial
Where literature, medicine, and the law intersect at a medical malpractice trial in Ontario. From a 2022 OTLA medical malpractice conference panel.
September 23, 2022
Woods v Jackiewicz: An $11.5 Million Verdict for a Mismanaged Twin Pregnancy
A jury verdict of $11.5 million for cerebral palsy, upheld at the Court of Appeal, following a community obstetrician’s failure to recognize and refer twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
July 29, 2021
Woods v Jackiewicz Appeal Dismissed: Coverage in the St. Catharines Standard
St. Catharines Standard coverage of the Court of Appeal’s July 2020 affirmance of the Woods v Jackiewicz jury verdict. Bill Sawchuk interviews Paul Cahill.
July 13, 2020
Three Trials on the Inside Medical Malpractice Podcast with Chris Rokosh
Three episodes on the Inside Medical Malpractice podcast with Chris Rokosh. Paul on the trials of Hacopian, O’Neill-Renouf, and Woods v Jackiewicz.
June 15, 2020
Self-Represented Litigants in Girao v Cunningham: Commentary in Law Times
Paul Cahill on Girao v Cunningham, s. 52 of the Evidence Act, and trial fairness for self-represented litigants. From a May 2020 Law Times feature.
May 11, 2020
Personal Injury Advertising and Public Perception: Commentary in Canadian Lawyer
Mass PI advertising, jury perception, and the reputation of the bar. Paul Cahill in a 2020 Canadian Lawyer feature with Richard Parsons.
April 9, 2020
Pros and Cons of Juries in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Paul Cahill’s June 2019 Lawyer’s Daily article on when to ask for a jury in Ontario medical malpractice cases, drawing on his trial experience and the law on jury notices and appellate deference.
June 18, 2019
Woods v Jackiewicz Jury Verdict: Coverage in the St. Catharines Standard
St. Catharines Standard coverage of the April 2019 jury verdict in Woods v Jackiewicz, an $11.5 million obstetric negligence verdict for cerebral palsy.
April 15, 2019
Woods v Jackiewicz: A Trial Victory on the Standard of Care in a High-Risk Twin Pregnancy
Paul Cahill won an $11.5 million jury verdict against an obstetrician whose failure to refer to a perinatologist caused a catastrophic cerebral palsy birth injury.
April 12, 2019
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