Kelly Hayden

Kelly is a partner at Morris + Stoltz LLP. She has extensive experience on complex medical malpractice matters and professional regulation, both on the defence and plaintiff side. Her practice is now focused on acting for patients pursuing claims against healthcare providers. She has appeared before the Court of Appeal of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice and a number of statutory tribunals.

Szeto v. Kives, 2024 ONSC 7258 (CanLII)

Written by Kelly Hayden / Summaries / January 24, 2025

Full Decision Factual Background The plaintiff underwent a robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy at St. Michael’s Hospital with the defendant Dr. Sari Kives on July 20, 2015. Dr. Kives documented that during the surgery she took down (or cut) “quite a significant amount of adhesions by the left fallopian tube to the bowel.” Dr. Kives also documented that the top of Ms. Szeto’s uterus was inadvertently perforated …

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