Living with a burn injury after a serious accident can be quite challenging. There are extreme physical and psychological...
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Informed Consent – Surgery
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice had the opportunity to review the law as it relates to informed consent...
Litigating the Claims Against the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children – Part 3
The claims involving the former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children are, after 10 years, starting...
A Doctor’s Duty of Care – Important for Mothers and Their Unborn Children
All doctors have a duty of care to their patients. In short, this duty is to treat their patients...
Medical Negligence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI Often Goes Undetected
Patients who are harmed by doctors or hospital staff usually are unaware that the harm resulted from negligence. Medical...
Birth trauma can cause post traumatic stress disorder
A rare but devastating consequence of some women’s childbirth experience is the onset not of postpartum depression, which is...
Birth Delivery Often Demands Urgent Care
One particular area of obstetrical care that is especially significant with respect to medical malpractice litigation is the issue...
23 Year-Old Man Killed in 5-Vehicle Collision
According to the Nova Scotia RCMP, a 23-year-old man died in a five-car accident just outside of Halifax on...
Privacy Breach at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown
Another recent privacy breach at a hospital in Atlantic Canada has been disclosed by a provincial health authority. Health...
Heart Valve Class Action Dismissed on Merits
A medical product liability class action was recently dismissed following a lengthy 138-day trial. The trial spanned over two...