Premature Rupture of Membranes

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Case comment on Ibrahimova v Cavanagh, 2025 ONSC 4808 (Ontario Superior Court of Justice), plaintiff trial win for 17-week pregnant patient with catastrophic outcome (below-knee amputation, partial foot amputation, kidney transplant, stroke, seizures) after emergency physician failed to refer her to obstetrician on documented possible preterm premature rupture of membranes. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Ibrahimova v Cavanagh: Missed pPROM, the Novel Presentation Referral Framework, and Catastrophic Outcomes

Ontario court finds emergency physician negligent for failing to refer 17-week pregnant patient with pPROM to obstetrician, leading to septic shock and amputations.

October 3, 2025

Case comment on Ibrahimova v Cavanagh, 2025 ONSC 1152 (Ontario Superior Court of Justice), motion decision denying defendant physicians' request for production of in-home security camera recordings in a catastrophic injury malpractice action arising from missed previable PROM and septic pregnancy loss. On the privacy versus relevance framework in civil discovery and the Stewart v Kempster line. By Paul Cahill, LSO Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation.

Ibrahimova v Cavanagh: In-Home Recordings, Privacy, and the Limits of Defence Discovery

Ontario court denies defendant doctors’ motion for in-home security camera recordings in catastrophic injury malpractice action. Privacy prevails over relevance.

April 17, 2025

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Premature Rupture of Membranes

Ibrahimova v Cavanagh: Missed pPROM, the Novel Presentation Referral Framework, and Catastrophic Outcomes

Ibrahimova v Cavanagh: In-Home Recordings, Privacy, and the Limits of Defence Discovery

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