Inside Medical Malpractice

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, Brian Devlin QC tells the story of journey that started from very humble beginnings, with an English degree, a rock band and a completely unplanned, unexpected entry into law school. Brian’s 40 years career has included criminal defense, personal injury, and hundreds of medical malpractice cases. Listen as he talks about the details of his very first malpractice c...

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Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, Michael Waite QC from Carbert Waite LLP presents another side of the medical malpractice story; the perspective of a hospital defence lawyer.  He answers questions like how and when does a nurse find out she’s been sued?  What’s the process like from start to finish, and how long does it take? What are the professional obligations of a nurse who finds themself in...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in as Mike Waite talks about his journey into health law, his family, how he loves to spend time off and what his two sons are up to. Mike shares how he hopes his work as a hospital defense lawyer will contribute to patient safety in the future.  Learn what keeps him up at night, what gets him up in the morning and what’s getting him through the pandemic.  Also find out wha...

Send us Fan Mail In this insightful and personal interview, Dr. Rayman shares the joys of 49 years of marriage with Marsha, talks about his impressive running career (377 marathons so far!), what gets him up at 5 a.m. every day, and what keeps him up at night.  His priorities are like this; family, passions, profession. He also offers great advice on how he hopes his work might change dental pract...

Send us Fan Mail In this very unique episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh talks with University of Toronto Professor Dr. Rick Rayman about his work as a Dental Malpractice Expert.  Dr. Rayman shares the highs and lows of expert witness work and discusses how legal knowledge has, without any doubt, made him a better educator. For dentists and students of dentistry, Dr. Rayman identif...

Send us Fan Mail Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin is one of the most accomplished, fascinating and approachable woman of our time. Her autobiographical book ‘ Truth Be Told:  My Journey Through Life’ takes you on a journey from her humble beginnings in Pincher Creek, Alberta to Chief Justice  of the Supreme Court of Canada. Listen in as Justice McLachlin talks about some of the...

Send us Fan Mail Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin has shown women how to reach the top in spite of the insecurities and the struggle for perfection. Don’t miss this podcast as she shares the important history of the ‘Famous Five’ and how even though women have come along way, there’s still a way to go.  As one of the few Chief Justices in history who is also a mother, she offer...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Danielle Ofri MD, PhD is one of the most thought provoking and influential voices in healthcare today.  She is a clinical professor at NYU School of Medicine, an internist at Bellevue Hospital and the author of several acclaimed books  including ‘When We Do Harm.  A Doctor Confronts Medical Error.’  Her discussion on adverse events in healthcare will make you stop and think fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this insightful and personal interview, Danielle Ofri talks about how much she loves the combination of medicine and writing, where she’s finds beauty, and what it’s been like to be quarantined with 3 teenagers. She shares her memory of the most harrowing experience during the COVID-19 pandemic and how ‘moral burdening’ leads to burnout.  Don’t miss when she shares her thoughts...

Send us Fan Mail In this insightful and personal interview, Gary Will talks about how his journey into law started with the love of a TV show. Gary’s passion for his work, his family and his life is inspirational.  Learn what gets him up in the morning, what keeps him up at night and what people most often get wrong about him.  The piece of advice he offers to his younger self is valuable to every...

Send us Fan Mail In this incredibly timely episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh talks with Toronto lawyer Gary Will about the class action lawsuit involving the Orchard Villa Long Term Care Home in Ontario.  Gary says this lawsuit is the biggest and most important challenge of his career.  It isn’t just about the COVID-19 deaths in the spring and summer of 2020, it’s about a timelin...

Send us Fan Mail In this perfectly down to earth and engaging interview, Virginia May tells us about the beginning of her journey into law, and how she’s navigating her exit from the career she’s loved.  Virginia shares some of the good and the bad about semi-retirement, how she hopes her work as a strategic advisor will influence young lawyers, what gets her up in the morning, what keeps her up a...

Send us Fan Mail In this very special episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh talks to lawyer Virginia May about her 40 years of successful trail blazing.  Virginia was not only one of the first (pregnant!) female law partners in Alberta in the 1980’s, she founded her own very successful litigation firm May, Jensen, Shawa Solomon in 1995.  Listen in as she shares the ups and downs of t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh talks to Paul Cahill about the highs and lows of a trial involving the delayed diagnosis of uterine cancer.  Paul’s theory of the case is simple; when a patient presents to a doctors office with abnormal vaginal bleeding, an endometrial biopsy should be done.  The conclusion? When it comes to uterine cancer, early diagnos...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh talks to Paul Cahill about the trial and judgement of a case involving a rare, but serious nerve injury during a relatively minor medical procedure; Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Surgery (TVT).  Paul discusses the ‘backwards perspective’ required to prove that in spite of an operative record saying everything went perfectly r...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh talks to Paul Cahill about a jury trial based on a 1991 pregnancy complicated by Twin to Twin Syndrome (TTTS). The tragic outcome was a stat C Section, and a brain damaged baby with Cerebral Palsy. Another case involving delayed diagnosis, this one complicated by the obvious challenge of determining the standard of care n...

Send us Fan Mail Learn why Paul thinks malpractice law chose him, rather than the other way around.  Find out what gets him out of bed in the morning, what causes stress, how he hopes lawsuits might affect healthcare outcomes, and why he won’t recommend the profession of law to his sons.  Paul also shares the one piece of advice he would offer his younger self. For more medical legal education, vi...

Send us Fan Mail In this touching and personal interview, Farah Ismail discusses her journey from nurse to lawyer and what she’s hoping for in the next phase of her career.  Farah shares the true story behind the charity ‘Grayson’s Gratitude’, inspired by her sons diagnosis of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome after an E. Coli infection.  Learn what gets her up in the morning, what keeps her up at night,...

Send us Fan Mail Doctors and Nurses are tasked with providing safe, ethical and competent care -  even in the midst of a pandemic.  This incredibly relevant and timely interview with Executive Leader, Nurse, Lawyer Farah Ismail addresses considerations for minimizing the risk of malpractice claims during the COVID-19 crisis.  There are already multiple claims of negligence against Nursing Homes an...

Send us Fan Mail In this brief, but personal interview, Chris Rokosh learns how Shelagh spends her time when she’s not working, what a ‘normal’ day looks like in her world, how her 3 kids keep her grounded, and how her work as a malpractice lawyer motivates and challenges her.  Find out the four questions she asks herself every morning, and what keeps her up at night. For more medical legal educat...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh interviews plaintiff lawyer Shelagh McGregor about why doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals are critical to medical malpractice outcomes.  Learn how experts are used to screen, educate and identify issues of standard of care and causation. Understand the difference between the scientific and legal definition...

Send us Fan Mail In this  episode of Inside Medical Malpractice, Chris Rokosh dives deeper into the role of medical experts with this fascinating second interview with plaintiff’s lawyer Shelagh McGregor.  What makes a great expert?  What are the important elements of the expert report and how will the report be used?  What is the role of experts, and how can they provide opinion in a way that’s u...

Send us Fan Mail Part 3 of Inside Medical Malpractice interviews with Shelagh McGregor addresses the thing every expert worries about – going to court.  Listen as she explains how lawyers prepare experts for trial, what to expect on the stand, and how the CV, written report, all publicly available information and social media might be used to guide cross examination and could affect credibility. ...

Send us Fan Mail When you’ve spent your entire career finding negligence in the health care system, how do you trust that same system to take care of you?  Don’t miss this fascinating episode of Inside Medical Malpractice as Chris Rokosh interviews malpractice lawyer Maia Tomljanovic about her rocky experience of having a baby.   Hear what went right, what went wrong, and how her combination of me...