The Court of Appeal upholds the use of epidemiological evidence to infer causation across a class of patients harmed by a physician’s IPAC failures.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) regulates the practice of medicine in Ontario. Physicians are required to be members of the CPSO to practice medicine. The role of the CPSO, its authority and powers are set out in the Regulated Health Professions Act (“RHPA”), the Health Professions Procedural Code under the RHPA and the Medicine Act.
A missed diagnosis of compartment syndrome cost a patient her leg. The trial judge found the ER physician breached the standard of care.
A plaintiffs’ motion to pierce litigation privilege over expert communications fails despite real credibility concerns about a defendant doctor’s evidence.
Most bad outcomes in medicine are not malpractice. After two decades of these cases in Ontario, here are the signs worth taking seriously.
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