Posts tagged Media Relations collect commentary, interviews, and coverage in which Paul Cahill speaks to the press on medical malpractice, patient safety, and the civil justice system in Ontario. Medical malpractice cases frequently raise issues of public interest, and journalists often seek informed legal perspective on the questions they raise.
This tag gathers that media engagement in one place, including print, broadcast, and online coverage. The aim is to provide accurate, accessible legal context on developments in this area of law for a general audience, while respecting the confidentiality owed to clients.
Posts tagged Media Relations bring together press coverage and commentary involving Paul Cahill on medical malpractice and patient safety.
Hamilton Spectator coverage of Dr. Stefan Konasiewicz, whose six-month suspension could end in August. Paul Cahill comments on why a patient death led the discipline tribunal to remediation rather than revocation, and where a College proceeding ends and a civil claim begins.
Hamilton Spectator coverage of the Hanans family’s $2.5 million lawsuit against Hamilton Health Sciences over the 2024 death of a four-year-old following routine pediatric tonsil surgery.
September 2023 coverage in CP24 and the Brampton Guardian of the Thompson v Handler trial decision finding an ER physician negligent for the death of a 34-year-old mother.
On Inside Medical Malpractice with Chris Rokosh: medication errors as Never Events, the 10 rights of medication administration, and what they mean in litigation.
Paul as guest on Justice in Pieces, the legal education YouTube series with John-Paul Rodrigues. On the realities of plaintiff-side medical malpractice practice.
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.
Three episodes on the Inside Medical Malpractice podcast with Chris Rokosh. Paul on the trials of Hacopian, O’Neill-Renouf, and Woods v Jackiewicz.
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.
Mass PI advertising, jury perception, and the reputation of the bar. Paul Cahill in a 2020 Canadian Lawyer feature with Richard Parsons.
St. Catharines Standard coverage of the April 2019 jury verdict in Woods v Jackiewicz, an $11.5 million obstetric negligence verdict for cerebral palsy.
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