Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP was proud to sponsor the 2026 OTLA Cup, held March 5 at the Hamilton Superior Court of Justice. Ontario law students argued a layered negligence trial arising from a residential gas explosion, before a three-judge panel. Congratulations to this year’s award winners.
Elisha Shaw was 34 and a mother of four when she died after being discharged from an emergency department with an undiagnosed internal hernia. After a 12-day trial, the Ontario Superior Court found the emergency physician negligent. In Shaw Estate v Handler, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has now dismissed his appeal and upheld that finding, bringing the family a measure of finality nearly a decade on.
It is not uncommon for a car accident victim to suffer further harm through medical negligence while being treated for accident-related injuries. In Midak v RSA, the Licence Appeal Tribunal denied non-earner benefits after finding the claimant’s traumatic brain injury arose from a later fall at a pain clinic, not the accident itself. The decision is a useful study in causation and the interplay between malpractice and statutory accident benefits.
One of the most common questions injured clients ask is how long their case will take to settle. This post walks through every stage of a personal injury or medical malpractice lawsuit, from investigation and pleadings through discoveries, expert reports, mediation, pre-trial, and trial, with a realistic time estimate for each.
In Ontario, a complaint to the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSO) and a medical malpractice lawsuit are two separate paths that do different things: one holds a doctor to account, the other seeks compensation. This guide explains how the CPSO complaint process works, what the College can and cannot do, the possible outcomes and your review rights, and how a complaint differs from a claim.
Anyone can start a medical malpractice lawsuit in Ontario, but very few succeed. Drawing on two decades representing patients against doctors and hospitals, Paul Cahill explains what you have to prove, whether a claim actually punishes the doctor, how long you have to sue, what it costs, what it is worth, and how long it takes.