by Susanne | Mar 9, 2023 | Interesting Articles
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS IN ONTARIO COULD SIGNAL THE START OF SIMILAR LAWSUITS ACROSS CANADA. Despite governments having broad immunity against COVID-related lawsuits, the recent debate over Ontario’s role may have an impact nationally. An article published by the Ottawa...
by Susanne | Mar 8, 2023 | Interesting Articles
HOW THE CANADIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM DIFFERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, RESULTING IN DIFFERENT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS. Often, large jury awards for personal injury claims occur in the United States. The American Jury Awards can seem to be out of proportion to the actual...
by Susanne | Mar 2, 2023 | Interesting Articles
The Covid-19 Pandemic Increased demands on medical professionals, increasing the need for expert witnesses. Medical Malpractice lawyers heavily depend on the opinions of medical experts to prove negligence or malpractice. These experts can be critical to retain to...
by Susanne | Mar 1, 2023 | Interesting Articles
FOLLOWING THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF A VACCINE INJURY SUPPORT PROGRAM, DATA FROM 2022 SHOWED THAT FIVE OF THE four hundred APPLICATIONS MET THE REQUIRED CRITERIA FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION. In an interesting article by Cuming &...
by Susanne | Feb 23, 2023 | Interesting Articles
OBTAINING THE PROPER EXPERT WITNESS IS CRUCIAL IN PROVING CAUSATION AND STANDARD OF CARE IN A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE. Witnesses play a critically important role in Medical Malpractice cases, especially expert witnesses. Testimony from an expert is often required in...
by Susanne | Oct 14, 2020 | Interesting Articles
Telehealth adoption has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling the need for providers to examine their malpractice risks associated with virtual care. In a Sept. 29 op-ed for Bloomberg Law, Lindsay Lowe, a public health and healthcare law attorney at...
