Jean-Claude Killey

The member, a registered practical nurse, pled guilty to and was convicted of first degree murder for her participation in the kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of a victim.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings alleging professional misconduct.

The member admitted the allegations and agreed to a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee found the member's conduct to be disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional, and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for three incidents of care.

The allegations included attempting to force a client to take medication without consent, administering the wrong medication to another client (labetalol instead of Levophed), and failing to document vital signs.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Relying on video evidence, hospital records, and expert testimony, the Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice, abusing a client, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for conducting breast and abdominal examinations on a patient without adequate communication, consent, or documentation.

The member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the Member, a registered nurse, committed professional misconduct by slapping a psychiatric patient across the face twice.

The allegations relied primarily on the testimony of two other nurses and the patient.

The Discipline Committee assessed the credibility of the witnesses and found significant inconsistencies and implausibilities in the testimony of the College's witnesses, particularly regarding their failure to immediately report the alleged abuse.

The Committee found the Member's denial plausible and concluded that the College failed to prove the allegations on a balance of probabilities.

The allegations were dismissed.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after being found guilty of criminal offences including fraud, identity theft, and possession of stolen credit cards belonging to vulnerable patients at two facilities.

The Member also failed to report these criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a 12-month suspension, a reprimand, and various conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The appellant sued the respondents for $500,000 for stolen consigned jewelry.

The motion judge granted summary judgment dismissing the action as statute-barred.

On appeal, the appellant argued that an e-mail from the respondent constituted an acknowledgment of liability under s. 13(1) of the Limitations Act, 2002, and that promissory estoppel prevented reliance on the limitation period.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding the e-mail did not clearly and unequivocally acknowledge the debt, and there was no promise to forgo the limitation period.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to his care of multiple clients at a home healthcare agency and a hospital.

The allegations included failing to maintain confidentiality, failing to promptly report a client's death, inaccurate charting, failing to assess clients, and failing to document care.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert, coursework, and employer monitoring.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against a registered nurse.

The member admitted to numerous incidents, including medication errors, falsifying records, failing to assess a patient after a fall, and inappropriate communication with patients' families.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member committed professional misconduct and was incompetent.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of registration and an oral reprimand.

Following a successful appeal in an estate litigation matter, the appellants sought costs for both the motion below and the appeal.

The Court of Appeal awarded the appellants their full requested costs for the motion below, totaling approximately $319,000, noting these were less than the costs originally awarded to the respondents.

For the appeal, the court awarded partial indemnity costs of $100,000 and $75,000 to the respective appellants.

The court rejected the argument that the issues were sufficiently novel to depart from the normal costs rules, and held that the public policy considerations for a blended costs award payable from the estate were not engaged.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct, including practising nursing while his certificate of registration was suspended and failing to respond appropriately to a medication order.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of his certificate of registration, and the imposition of terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate.

The appellants challenged the validity of the testator's 2010 wills on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence.

The respondents successfully moved to dismiss the challenges on the basis that they were barred by the equitable doctrines of estoppel by representation and estoppel by convention.

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, holding that the equitable doctrines of estoppel do not apply to bar a challenge to the validity of a will.

The Court also held that an interested person does not have an automatic right under rule 75.01 of the Rules of Civil Procedure to require that a will be proved in solemn form, as the court retains discretion over whether and how a testamentary instrument is proved.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including forging physician orders, administering medication without authorization, and failing to appropriately respond when a piece of a urinary catheter remained inside a client.

The Member had previously been convicted criminally for acting on the forged documents.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after being convicted of criminal offences for unauthorized computer access and mischief to data following a workplace dispute.

He also falsified employment dates and references on multiple job applications.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and remedial terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for accepting loans from two elderly clients at a retirement residence.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening the standards of practice and engaging in unprofessional and dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent nurse for practicing while suspended and failing to comply with a 2012 Discipline Committee order.

The respondent did not attend the hearing.

The panel found the respondent ungovernable, noting she had breached all terms of the prior order, deceived employers, and continued to work while suspended.

The panel ordered the immediate revocation of the respondent's certificate of registration, to take effect if she ever successfully applies for reinstatement of her administratively revoked certificate.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to breaching client confidentiality by allowing her partner to accompany her on home visits, inappropriately disclosing personal financial difficulties to a client, accepting a $700 gift from the client, and failing to secure the client's narcotics, which allowed her partner to steal them.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the nurse committed professional misconduct.

The nurse was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and conditions were imposed on her practice.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for communicating inappropriately with a client's family member and taking unauthorized photographs of an unconscious client, which she then shared with a colleague.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including emotional abuse and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including employer notification and meetings with a nursing expert.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for misappropriating funds from residents, making unauthorized purchases on a facility credit card, and taking money from a petty cash trust account.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven based on witness testimony and the Member's prior criminal convictions for theft and fraud related to the same conduct.

The Committee concluded the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional, and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Practical Nurse for numerous medication administration and documentation errors, as well as sexual harassment of a co-worker.

The member admitted to the medication and documentation errors but denied the sexual harassment.

The Discipline Committee found the practice-related allegations proven based on an Agreed Statement of Facts.

However, the Committee dismissed the sexual harassment allegations, finding the evidence of the complainant and the member equally credible and therefore insufficient to meet the burden of proof.

The member was penalized with a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions on his certificate of registration, including employer notification.

The appellants requested a suspension of the court's judgment released on June 10, 2013.

On consent of the respondent, the Court of Appeal for Ontario ordered that the judgment be suspended until June 25, 2013, to allow for an orderly winding-down of the operations of RX Processing Services Inc.