Sacks v. Ross
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Judge | Lauwers, Hourigan and Benotto JJ.A. |
| Date | 05 October 2017 |
| Docket Number | C61542 |
| Citation | 2017 ONCA 773 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Ontario) |
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74 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 25, 2022 ' July 29, 2022)
...560 Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Medmal, Standard of Care, Duty to Consult, Causation, Clements v Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, Salter v Hirst, 2011 ONCA 609, Uribe v Tsandelis, 2021 ONCA 377 Cheng v Grigoras, 2022 ONCA 557 Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Debtor-C......
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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (APRIL 22 – 26, 2019)
...Hospital (Hamilton), 2019 ONCA 312 Keywords: Torts, Medical Negligence, Standard of Care, Causation, “But For” Test, Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, Clements v Clements, 2012 SCC 32 Elbakhiet v Palmer, 2019 ONCA 333 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Sealing Orders, Open Court Principle, Rules of Civi......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 8 ' 12, 2025)
...ONSC 6557, Kotorashvili v. Lee, 2024 ONSC 1495, Aristorenas v. Comcare Health Services (2006), 83 O.R. (3d) 282 (C.A.), Sacks v. Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, Beldycki Estate v. Jaipargas, 2012 ONCA 537, Hasan v. Trillium Health Centre (Mississauga), 2024 ONCA 586, Campbell v. Hasan, [2024] S.C.C.A.......
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Table of cases
...48 RWDSU v Dolphin Delivery Ltd, [1986] 2 SCR 573 ......................................... 62, 128, 297 Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773 ..................................................................................................557 Sauvé v Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2002 SCC 68 ........
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62 cases
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KY v Bahler
...to meet the standard of care, he would have been a cause of the twins' injuries. V. Negligence: Causation 822 In Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, leave to appeal ref'd [2017] SCCA No 491, Justice Lauwers wrote as follows at paras 39-40: [39] The common law feels its way on a case by c......
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Levy v. Rubenstein
...Columbia (Attorney General), 2004 BCCA 402, 202 B.C.A.C. 74, at para. 157. [161]       In Sacks v. Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, 417 D.L.R. (4th) 387, the Court of Appeal provided guidance on the reasoning process to be applied when determining “but for” c......
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LR v Semenjuk, 2020 ABQB 350
...[92] Delayed diagnosis medical negligence cases are among the most complex to assess from the perspective of causation: Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773 at para 51, leave to appeal refused [2017] SCCA No 491. Obviously, delay in diagnosis and treatment can have adverse consequences on a patient’......
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Sean Omar Henry v. Dr. Marshall Zaitlen
...the verdict or the answers to the questions.” [8]           In Sacks v. Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, 417 D.L.R. (4th) 387 (“Sacks (ONCA)”), at para. 59, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 491, Justice Lauwers explain......
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8 firm's commentaries
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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (APRIL 22 – 26, 2019)
...Hospital (Hamilton), 2019 ONCA 312 Keywords: Torts, Medical Negligence, Standard of Care, Causation, “But For” Test, Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, Clements v Clements, 2012 SCC 32 Elbakhiet v Palmer, 2019 ONCA 333 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Sealing Orders, Open Court Principle, Rules of Civi......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 25, 2022 ' July 29, 2022)
...560 Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Medmal, Standard of Care, Duty to Consult, Causation, Clements v Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, Salter v Hirst, 2011 ONCA 609, Uribe v Tsandelis, 2021 ONCA 377 Cheng v Grigoras, 2022 ONCA 557 Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Debtor-C......
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 17 21, 2018)
...MacKenzie, B. Legate and B. MacKenzie, for the respondents Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Causation, Sacks v. Ross, 2017 ONCA 773, Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 SCR 311, Goodwin v. Olupona, 2013 ONCA 259 FACTS: The plaintiff was born with a condition at birth. At 9:00 PM on ......
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 2 October 6, 2017)
...reliable to overcome the direct evidence of the various witnesses and the contemporary photographs already submitted. Sacks v. Ross, 2017 ONCA 773 [Lauwers, Hourigan and Benotto G MacKenzie and B MacKenzie, for the appellants F McLaughlin, D E Charach and L Stanic, for the respondents Theod......
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Table of cases
...48 RWDSU v Dolphin Delivery Ltd, [1986] 2 SCR 573 ......................................... 62, 128, 297 Sacks v Ross, 2017 ONCA 773 ..................................................................................................557 Sauvé v Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2002 SCC 68 ........
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Coda
...evidence adduced at trial: see R v Rodgerson , 2015 SCC 38 at paras 50–54; R v Jacquard , [1997] 1 SCR 314 at paras 13–14; Sacks v Ross , 2017 ONCA 773 at paras 81–86; David Watt, Helping Jurors Understand (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2007) at 2 and 60. [ 557 ] [ 558 ] Sovereignty, reStraint......