From: Lionel Smith, Prof. <lionel.smith@mcgill.ca>
To: ODG <obligations@uwo.ca>
Date: 05/04/2013 18:27:16 UTC
Subject: medical causation

The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday released a decision involving causation in the medical malpractice context, Ediger v Johnston 
http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2013/2013scc18/2013scc18.html
It is interesting to see that there is no reference to material contribution and a robust affirmation of but-for.
But I leave the reading of the tea leaves to the experts.
Lionel Smith