In this case, the defence expert’s evidence was excluded entirely. The evidence was biased and unreliable from the beginning and was, therefore, inadmissible…
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Woods v. Jackiewicz, 2020 ONCA 458 (CanLII)
In this case, the respondent was 27 weeks pregnant with twins when she saw the appellant for an unscheduled appointment, complaining of severe abdominal pain and excessive weight gain. The appellant sent her home to rest. 2 days later, twins were delivered by emergency C-section, and as a result of the birth, one of the twins sustained brain damage due to Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.
Doobay v. Fu, 2020 ONSC 1774 (CanLII)
The Plaintiff, Carmen Doobay, presented at hospital with, what she alleged, were signs and symptoms of a stroke. She claimed that the treating emergency professionals, a nurse and a physician, failed to recognize those signs and symptoms…
Rumsam v. Pakes, [2019] ONCA 748
A plaintiff is obliged to exercise reasonable diligence to secure the name of a doctor who may have participated in negligent care to satisfy the requirements of the Limitations Act.
Cheesman et al., v. Credit Valley Hospital et al., [2019] ONSC 5783
This motion considered the admissibility of a defendant ER physician’s standard of care report that was served mid-trial after a preliminary finding was made regarding the scope of the expert’s opinion in relation to his area of practice.
The Estate of Carlo DeMarco et al. v. Dr. Martin et al., [2019] ONSC 2788
The use of average wait-times as a defence to causation in a case involving a GP’s failure to refer.
