Weir Bowen LLP
10320 102 Ave NW T5J 0H8 Edmonton, AB, Canada

We are excited to share that Weir Bowen partner Shelagh McGregor has been recognized in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada in two areas: medical negligence and personal injury litigation. https://weirbowen.com/our-lawyers/shelagh-mcgregor/

Congratulations to Weir Bowen partner David de Vere who has been recognized by the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Medical Negligence. https://weirbowen.com/our-lawyers/david-n-de-vere/

We are excited to announce that Weir Bowen Partner Daniel P. Cavanagh has been recognized by the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Personal Injury Litigation. https://weirbowen.com/our-lawyers/daniel-p-cavanagh/

Liz is a fantastic lawyer!

The Alberta Courts have made several announcements over the past few weeks concerning changes to court procedures due to COVID-19. Check our latest blog post for a summary of these annoucements: https://weirbowen.com//alberta-courts-response-to-covid-19/ #civillitigation #medicalmalpractice #lawyer #legal #litigation #personalinjury #courts

We are pleased to announce that Elizabeth M. MacInnis, Q.C. has been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada 2021 edition in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation and Insurance Law. https://weirbowen.com/our-lawyers/elizabeth-m-macinnis-q-c/

We want to assure you that we remain fully operational and committed to serving your legal needs. You can read about the changes we are making to protect the health of our employees and clients as well as the services we offer here: https://weirbowen.com/news/weir-bowen-covid-19-firm-update/ #lawyer #personalinjury #willsandestates #covid19

Congratulations to Jillian Gamez on receipt of the LEAF Edmonton Recognition Award https://weirbowen.com/news/congratulations-to-jillian-gamez/

The test for summary judgment in Alberta was recently clarified by the Court of Appeal in Weir-Jones Technical Services Incorporated v Purolator Courier Ltd, 2019 ABCA 49. In a recent decision, Raun v Shumborski, 2019 ABQB 823, the Honourable Mr. Justice Mah considered a summary dismissal application in the context of a limitations defense in a medical malpractice action. Read about the decision, in which Michael McVey successfully defended the application on behalf of the plaintiff, in our latest blog post: https://weirbowen.com/news/raun-v-shumborski-2019-abqb-823/ #litigation #medicalnegligence #lawyer

Birth injury lawsuits may arise where the fetal heart rate is not monitored or responded to appropriately. In a recent blog post we discuss the top 6 things you need to know about fetal heart rate monitoring and birth injuries: https://weirbowen.com//the-top-6-things-you-need-to-know-/

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Our medical malpractice team works on many different types of birth injury claims. Over the past month we have been posting about the most common potential areas of liability in birth injury claims. You can read part I of this series here: https://weirbowen.com//the-4-main-types-of-obstetrics-cla/

Weir Bowen was proud to sponsor the Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta Hush Gala on Saturday. What an amazing fundraiser!

On March 11, 2019 the Honourable Mr. Justice W.N. Renke released his decision in DD v Wong Estate, 2019 ABQB 171. Weir Bowen lawyers Joseph Miller Q.C., Shelagh McGregor, and Ian Miller represented the Plaintiff LL, a growth-restricted infant who was born with a catastrophic brain injury. The Plaintiffs successfully established that both Defendant obstetricians breached the standard of care and standard of disclosure in several respects and that those breaches caused LL’s injuries. A summary of this decision can be found on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gKB-HYJ #personalinjurylaw #medicalmalpractice #standardofcare #causation #informedconsent

The fact that a newborn baby has undergone cooling is a very relevant factor in the analysis of whether there may have been a preventable injury. This article by Joe Miller, QC and Michael McVey explains why #personalinjury #medicalmalpractice #yeglawyer https://weirbowen.com//total-body-cooling-and-birth-injur/

We are pleased to announce that we have launched our new website: https://weirbowen.com/

Knuckle pushups?!?Way to go Alta-Fab.

Together we achieve more. Thanks Cst. Lucas for the motivation. #millionpushupsyeg

Supporting iHuman youth is great motivation. Now I need to do that many in 1/2 the time. Back to my work out ....! #millionpushupsyeg #makeedmontonstrong #yegfit