ALFRED NEWMAN, ET AL V. WILLIAM G. SWALES

The trial took place before The Honourable Madam Justice J. Lack over a period of seven days in October 2001. The Plaintiffs alleged that Dr. Swales’ management of Mrs. Newman on May 7, 1993, and afterwards failed to meet the standard of care reasonably expected of a general practitioner in a small Ontario town at the time. He failed to consider colon cancer or a precursor to colon cancer as a potential explanation for Mrs. Newman’s May 7, 1993 symptoms.The Plaintiffs succeeded in establishing negligence against Dr. Swales. Damages were assessed and awarded.

Alfred Newman v. William G. Swales