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Evidence 2016 BCCA 257

Nagase v. Entwistle

The Court of Appeal held that correspondence created during a hospital disciplinary investigation was protected by Evidence Act s. 51(2), even without a formal committee meeting.

  • Privilege
  • Committee proceedings
  • Peer review confidentiality
  • Production of documents
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Evidence-act-51
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Occupiers' liability 2015 BCSC 1695

Paur v. Providence Health Care

The court found Providence Health Care liable after a suicidal, intoxicated patient was left unmonitored in a non-ligature-proof bathroom and suffered brain injury.

  • Duty of care
  • Foreseeability
  • Causation
  • Damages
  • Vicarious liability
  • Nursing standards
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Medical negligence 2014 BCSC 1511

Briante v. Vancouver Island Health Authority

Trial decision in a British Columbia medical negligence case arising from a psychiatric assessment and discharge at Royal Jubilee Hospital.

  • Psychiatric emergency services
  • Standard of care
  • Duty to obtain collateral history
  • Duty to refer
  • Causation (but‑for)
  • Apportionment of fault
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Medical negligence 2010 BCSC 91

Forde v. Inland Health Authority

The court dismissed a medical negligence claim arising from delayed diagnosis of a spinal AV fistula, finding no breach of the standard of care and no causation.

  • Duty of care
  • Standard of care for specialists
  • Causation (but for and material contribution)
  • Damages (general and future care)
  • Medical testing prioritization
  • Radiology protocoling
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