
Gumbley v Vasiliou: Severe Asthma, Delayed Intubation, and a Counterfactual That Worked
An Ontario internist found negligent for delayed intubation and failure to call an intensivist when a young mother’s severe asthma attack turned catastrophic.
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An Ontario internist found negligent for delayed intubation and failure to call an intensivist when a young mother’s severe asthma attack turned catastrophic.

On August 22, 2025, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found emergency medicine physician Dr. Angela Cavanagh negligent for not referring a

On August 14, 2025, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta found Dr. Mark Guhle liable for over $16,500,000 for medical malpractice leading to the

On April 29, 2025, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded over $1,000,000 in damages to a patient who suffered chronic shoulder pain following a

On April 2, 2025, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed the lawsuit of a 68 year-old hip replacement patient who alleged negligence against her

The plaintiff, acting as the administrator of the deceased’s estate, alleged that the Defendant, Dr. Aouida, an anesthesiologist at Miramichi Regional Hospital, was negligent in

On January 13, 2025, Justice Robert Centa of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario dismissed a medical malpractice claim by the family of 56

On December 31, 2024, Justice Leiper of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found a gyne-oncologist negligent for having caused a 1-2 cm bowel perforation

On January 2, 2025, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a medical malpractice action brought by a plaintiff who received treatment at Bridgepoint Health

On December 30, 2024, the Honourable Justice Michael Bordin of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice determined that two pediatric neurologists of McMaster Children’s Hospital (“MCH”) were negligent in the treatment of a newborn girl’s seizures which unfortunately resulted in a significant brain injury along with intellectual and development delay.

On December 20, 2024, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta dismissed a medical malpractice claim brought by the family of a 51 year-old woman who died 10 days after admission to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. The patient’s death occurred during a cardiac procedure to address an issue with her mitral heart valve. The trial was focused on the two critical care medicine specialists involved in her care at the material time.

On November 22, 2024, the Supreme Court for British Columbia dismissed a claim by a patient who alleged that an emergency medicine physician had failed to diagnose appendicitis leading to a ruptured appendix.
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