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The defendant hospital and nurses brought a motion for summary judgment and to dismiss the plaintiff's medical malpractice action.

The court found that the moving parties failed to meet their evidentiary burden for summary judgment because they did not file expert evidence establishing they met the standard of care.

However, the court dismissed the action under Rule 15.04 because the plaintiff failed to appoint a new lawyer or file a notice of intention to act in person for over 18 months after his former lawyer was removed from the record.

The defendant dentists and physicians brought a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the plaintiff's dental and medical malpractice action.

The plaintiff alleged that he suffered a mandibular fracture following a wisdom tooth extraction and that the defendants failed to properly diagnose the injury.

The plaintiff's lawyer was previously removed from the record, and the plaintiff failed to appoint a new lawyer or serve notice of self-representation.

The defendants filed expert reports opining that they met the standard of care.

The plaintiff failed to respond with any expert evidence.

The court granted the motion and dismissed the action, finding no genuine issue requiring a trial without expert evidence from the plaintiff.

Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission sought to extend a temporary cease trade order against the respondent pending the completion of an investigation into potentially illegal distributions and market manipulation involving several companies.

The Commission found sufficient evidence of conduct potentially harmful to the public interest to justify extending the order.

However, the Commission granted the respondent a restricted personal trading carve-out, subject to strict reporting conditions, as the investigation was ongoing and no Statement of Allegations had yet been issued.