The Weafer (Litigation Guardian of) v. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority court decision was released by the British Columbia Supreme Court on April 10, 2007.

Bradley Weaver, then a 32 year old child protection worker, injured his back in the summer of 2000 which necessitated surgery. The surgery took place on August 10, 2001 at the Vancouver General Hospital.  While, the surgery itself was successful, Mr. Weaver was experiencing significant post-surgical pain. Thus, the anesthesiologist ordered the nurse to infuse Mr. Weaver with Ketamine, an anesthetic and analgesic.

Five minutes after the infusion of Ketamine, the nurse returned to Mr. Weaver’s room and found that he was unresponsive and that he made a twitching, seizure-like motion. Read the rest of this entry »

The Dikey vs. Samieian court decision was released by the British Columbia Supreme Court on May 16, 2008.

Murat Dikey was a young Turkish national living in Canada on a student Visa.  On June 16, 2004, he was standing in a roadway in West Vancouver, B.C. when he was suddenly struck by a Hummer sports utility vehicle. The force of the impact caused Mr. Dikey to fly about 50 feet and smash into a concrete wall with his head.

Mr. Dikey lost consciousness at the scene. He was taken to Lions Gate Hospital by Emergency Health Services.  Read the rest of this entry »