The following blog post was created by Toronto slip and fall lawyer, Mark Yazdani. For additional information about slip and fall law in Ontario, visit www.slipfall.ca. 

The Hibberd v. William Osler Health Centre slip & fall court decision was released by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on February 13, 2009.

Dr. Jennifer Hibberd, a highly regarded pediatric dental surgeon, was scheduled to perform surgeries on 6 patients on the day of May 26, 2003 at the William Osler Health Centre hospital  in Toronto. In between surgeries, she was walking down a corridor when suddenly her legs went out from underneath her and she fell to the ground. As she put out her left arm to break the fall, she broke her left wrist. The floor had just been mopped by a hospital janitor.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Mahe v. Boulianne court decision was issued by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton on December 17, 2008.

In October 1998, Ernest Boulianne hired electrician Michel Mahe to move the electrical wires from a wooden pole in his yard to a new pole which had been installed. As Mr. Mahe cut the remaining wires on the old pole, the pole began vibrate and shake, causing Mr. Mahe to fall 20 feet on to the ground face-first.

Mr. Mahe was transported to the St. Paul hospital. He suffered multiple fractures of the upper thoracic vertebra T1 to T5 including compression fractures of the T3 and T4 vertebra of his spine. He also had two fractured ribs and the muscles to his shoulder blades were torn. Read the rest of this entry »