by Susanne | Jul 28, 2025 | Interesting Articles
Medication Errors: A Preventable Threat in Canadian Healthcare Each year, thousands of Canadians are harmed by something that should help them—medication. Whether it’s the wrong dosage, an incorrect drug, or a failure to monitor adverse reactions, medication errors...
by Susanne | Jul 21, 2025 | Interesting Articles
When a Diagnosis Is Wrong: Legal Hurdles in a Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Case For Gabriella Patey, what began as relief quickly turned to devastation—and then disbelief. After being told by Halifax’s IWK Health Centre that her breast cancer test results were clear,...
by Susanne | Jul 14, 2025 | Interesting Articles
Plaintiff’s Motion to Overturn Medical Malpractice Settlement Denied In Lucuta v. Stevens, 2025 ONSC 1576, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled against a woman who sought to reopen her medical malpractice case years after reaching a settlement. The plaintiff...
by Susanne | Jul 7, 2025 | Interesting Articles
New Guidelines Shift Medical Malpractice Focus to Evidence-Based Care For decades, doctors facing malpractice claims have successfully defended themselves by citing customary medical practice. But a new update from the American Law Institute (ALI) is challenging that...
by Susanne | Jun 30, 2025 | Interesting Articles
A Cree man has filed a lawsuit alleging a Manitoba ER doctor dismissed his appendicitis as a hangover. In December 2024, Justin Flett, a 46-year-old Tataskweyak Cree Nation member, filed a lawsuit against an ER doctor in The Pas, Manitoba, along with the Northern and...