Standard of Care

Paul Cahill to Present at OTLA Spring Conference 2026 on Surgical “Never Events” and Recognized Complication Cases

Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP May 4, 2026

Proving surgical negligence means proving what happened behind the closed doors of an operating room, often with no independent witnesses and operative notes written hours later. At the OTLA Spring Conference 2026, Paul Cahill presents on the difficult line between surgical “never events” and “recognized complications,” and why outcome alone is never enough to establish liability.

Hudson Chalmers of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP Participates as a Judge in the 2026 Legate Injury Lawyers’ Medical Malpractice Moot

Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP March 18, 2026

For the third year running, Hudson Chalmers of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP served as a trial judge at the medical malpractice moot run by Legate Injury Lawyers and the Western Health Law Association. This year’s problem turned on an emergency physician’s alleged failure to diagnose a pre-term, premature rupture of membranes.

Shaw Estate v. Handler – Court of Appeal Dismisses ER Doctor’s Appeal of Judgment Against Him Relating to Death of 34-Year Old Mother of 4

Paul Cahill December 16, 2025

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.

Hudson Chalmers Judging Medical Malpractice Mock Trial

Hudson Chalmers of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP Participates in Medical Malpractice Mock Trial at University of Toronto

Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP December 1, 2025

At the 8th Annual University of Toronto Mock Trial Cup, Hudson Chalmers of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP volunteered as a trial judge. The hypothetical: a 13-year-old boy who suffered an ischemic stroke in the waiting room while a blood test that should have taken 30 to 45 minutes took two and a half hours. The problem turned on standard of care and causation, the two questions at the heart of most medical malpractice litigation.

Paul Cahill to Present at OTLA Spring Conference 2026 on Surgical “Never Events” and Recognized Complication Cases

Hudson Chalmers of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP Participates as a Judge in the 2026 Legate Injury Lawyers’ Medical Malpractice Moot

Shaw Estate v. Handler – Court of Appeal Dismisses ER Doctor’s Appeal of Judgment Against Him Relating to Death of 34-Year Old Mother of 4

Hudson Chalmers of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP Participates in Medical Malpractice Mock Trial at University of Toronto

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