To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Supreme Court of Canada heard one appeal in January and will hear seven more in February and March that may interest the business community or organizations facing civil litigation: January Decision of the SCC The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal in the medical malpractice case, Armstrong v Royal Victoria Hospital, 2019 ONCA 963. The plaintiff underwent colon surgery and suffered injury to her ureter in the process due to it coming into close proximity with a LigaSure device. The surgeon was found negligent at trial. The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge's decision, holding that he improperly applied the standard of care analysis by focusing on the goals that surgeons aim to achieve in performing surgery (i.e., keeping the LigaSure a certain distance from the ureter), rather than the means used to achieve those goals. The Supreme Court adopted the decision of the dissent at the Court of Appeal, which held that the trial judge appropriately weighed expert evidence in determining the surgeon erred in his use of the LigaSure.