Grant Wayne Ferguson

The defendants requested that the plaintiff's slip and fall action be dismissed as frivolous, vexatious, or an abuse of process under Rule 2.1.01 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

The court reviewed the statement of claim on its face and found it to be a properly drafted pleading that met the requirements of Rule 25.

The request for dismissal was rejected.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to participate in the College's Quality Assurance Program.

Despite multiple notices and extensions, the Member did not complete the required assessments.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and remedial conditions including meetings with a Regulatory Expert.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for environmentally restraining an 85-year-old patient with dementia in his room for nine hours without a physician's order, clinical justification, or adequate monitoring.

The Member also failed to properly document the restraint and falsely documented monitoring checks.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission on penalty, ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse operating an independent cosmetic spa, admitted to professional misconduct for failing to keep adequate records, performing controlled acts (cosmetic injections) without proper authorization from a physician, and making disparaging social media posts directed at a patient.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member's conduct to be unprofessional and dishonourable.

The Member was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on her practice, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification requirements.

The appellant, Banti Yadeta, appealed the dismissal of his civil claim against the Regional Municipality of Peel Police Service Board and the Crown (His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario, the Attorney General of Ontario, and Maplehurst Correctional Complex).

The claim alleged malicious prosecution, misfeasance in public office, bad faith, and negligence related to his prior criminal charges and detention.

The motion judge had dismissed the appellant's motion for leave to pursue claims under s. 17 of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, 2019, and granted the respondents' motion to strike the claim for disclosing no reasonable cause of action.

The Court of Appeal found no error in the motion judge's decision, agreeing that the appellant failed to meet the statutory requirements for leave and did not plead material facts to support his claims, noting that the criminal proceedings were not resolved in his favour for malicious prosecution.

The appeal was dismissed with costs awarded to the respondents.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing two elderly patients.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included yelling, using inappropriate force, and improperly restraining patients.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct and was penalized with a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on their certificate of registration.

The plaintiff brought a motion to set aside an administrative dismissal of her action against the Greater Sudbury Police Services Board and a former police sergeant.

The action was dismissed in 2018 due to delay, but the defendants had initially consented to setting it aside before withdrawing consent.

The court found that the plaintiff had a reasonable explanation for the delay, which was largely attributable to her former counsel's inadvertence and the defendants' own delays.

The court also found no significant actual prejudice to the defendants.

The motion to set aside the dismissal was granted.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appropriately de-escalate a patient in a mental health unit, using improper physical restraint techniques, and physically abusing the patient.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that he placed his knee on the patient's back and tapped the patient's head while the patient was restrained on the floor.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with the mother of a pediatric patient while providing home care.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member breached professional boundaries, emotionally abused the patient, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for improperly restraining an elderly, visually impaired patient with dementia using a bedsheet, and failing to document or monitor the restraint.

The Member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct, including failing to obtain consent, failing to consider alternatives, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct involving the physical, emotional, and verbal abuse of a vulnerable patient.

The Member admitted to the allegations, including making insensitive comments, delaying bedpan removal, and handling the patient roughly.

Proceeding on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, the Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering an oral reprimand and noting the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for misappropriating approximately $2,100 from an elderly, vulnerable patient while employed as a Personal Support Worker.

The Member used the patient's cheques and signature stamp to write cheques to herself.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member's conduct disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for five months, and subjected to terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered practical nurse for harassing and threatening a co-worker, and for failing to report criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The nurse admitted to the allegations, which included uttering death threats and trespassing.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a seven-month suspension, and conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal relationship with a vulnerable client, including paying for hotel rooms and providing a cell phone, and for sending a client's personal information to his personal email address.

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 five-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate of registration.

The member, a registered practical nurse, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of criminally assaulting a former client while on vacation.

The Discipline Committee found that the member's actions constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report that she witnessed a colleague strike a client in a mental health unit.

The Member initially denied seeing the strike but later admitted to witnessing it.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct and received a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The plaintiff was injured when she fell while chasing a rolling shopping cart in a sloped parking garage at a shopping mall.

The defendant mall owners moved for summary judgment.

The court dismissed the plaintiff's 'unsafe parking lot' theory, as the defendants provided uncontradicted expert evidence that the ramp complied with safety standards.

However, the court deferred judgment on the 'unsafe shopping cart' theory, giving the plaintiff an opportunity to amend her pleadings, demand a defence from the retailer that provided the cart, and obtain expert evidence.