"Medical malpractice" is the phrase commonly used to describe civil claims against the medical profession. The words suggest sinister conduct but, in fact, such claims involve negligence allegations made by a patient or members of the patient’s family against doctors, nurses or hospital workers who provided medical care.

In order to succeed in a medical malpractice lawsuit, the complainant (plaintiff) must satisfy the court that the conduct of the caregiver in question fell below the standard of care that the patient was entitled to receive.

In law, negligence simply means that the caregiver did something they should not have done or didn’t do something they ought to have done, measured against the expected, reasonable treatment which should have been provided under the circumstances. Additionally, the plaintiff must prove that the negligence caused or contributed to the injury sustained.

Medical malpractice cases often raise complex questions of medicine and law, but they can succeed as our track record in this area has demonstrated time and again.

Please note that this website includes selected news stories from the Toronto Star and The Lawyers Weely relating to some of our medical malpractice cases.

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