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Can Science Address the Credibility Conundrum of Chronic Pain?

By Brenda Osmond | Monday, May 13, 2019

Chronic pain is part of many personal injury, motor vehicle, and medical malpractice claims. Since chronic pain is something that can’t be seen or measured, it can be difficult for the courts to understand the severity of the pain, or the impact it can have on a plaintiff’s day-to-day functioning. Do recent advances in neuro-imaging

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What are a Physician’s Legal and Ethical Obligations to their Injured Patient?

By Susanne Raab | Tuesday, January 22, 2019

If you develop a serious illness or are injured in an accident, you will depend on your family physician not only to provide medical care, but also to assist you in obtaining employment accommodations, insurance benefits or third-party compensation.  Your physician has legal and ethical duties to you in these circumstances.  Susanne Raab has written

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Top 5 Reasons People Want to Sue Their Doctors

By Robert Kucheran | Monday, November 26, 2018

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What makes people want to sue their doctors?  Over the years I’ve spoken with thousands of people who have been unhappy about their health care.  Most people are understanding and forgiving of errors and oversights by their doctors.  But when their concerns are dealt with poorly or not at all, patients become incensed and may

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Spinal Cord Injuries Affect More Than Mobility

By Brenda Osmond | Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Spinal cord injuries can be caused by trauma such as a motor vehicle accident or a fall from a ladder. They can also have a medical cause, such as tumours or infections or even a severely herniated disk, that presses on the spinal cord. At Pacific Medical Law, we see people who have experienced a

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Mental Injuries – The Mustapha Framework

By Andrea Donaldson | Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Mustapha v. Culli-gan, 2008 SCC 27 involved a claim for mental injury after the plaintiff found a dead fly in a bottle of water supplied by the defendant, leading to depression, phobia and anxiety. In this case, the Supreme Court of Canada set out the framework for establishing a claim for mental injury: DID THE

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