What is the effect of a stay of enforcement of an award for medical malpractice costs against a hospital?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Owala Estate v. Southlake Regional Health Centre, 2019 ONSC 6772 (CanLII):
Having said that, I order that enforcement of the costs award is stayed. The defendants may, on motion before me, seek to have the stay lifted once the balance of the plaintiffs’ claims are disposed of, whether through adjudication or resolution. Boswell J. Corrected: November 26, 2019 November 26, 2019 – Corrections: 1. The neutral citation on page 1 now reads: Owala Estate v. Southlake Regional Health Centre, 2019 ONSC 6772 2. Para. 50, second sentence now reads: Their mother/sister died tragically young.
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