| In the Press—Greg Monforton and Partners |
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This page contains articles from newspapers across Canada that have featured Greg Monforton
and Partners and the firm's representation of clients in high profile cases.
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| Lawsuit Settled in Death that Led to Overpass |
Lawsuit Settled in Death that Led to Overpass 
The Windsor Star | January 24, 2007
The children of a Windsor woman struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while crossing Huron Church Road in 2003 have settled a lawsuit against the city and a trucking company.
Lawyer Greg Monforton announced the out-of-court settlement Tuesday but declined to release the amount of the settlement at the family's request. |
Huron Church Lawsuit Settled
Greg Monforton and Partners | January 23, 2007
Windsor lawyer Greg Monforton today announced that the City of Windsor and a Michigan trucking company have agreed to settle a lawsuit commenced against them by the surviving children of the late Jacqueline Bouchard. |
Lawsuit Cites Timing of Stoplights 
The Windsor Star | November 28, 2003
The family of a pedestrian killed by a transport truck on Huron Church Road last month
is planning to sue the trucker, his employer and the City of Windsor for negligence.
Jacqueline Bouchard, 50, died after being struck by a transport truck Oct. 16 while
crossing Huron Church Road at Girardot Street.
Windsor lawyer Greg Monforton said Thursday a statement of claim will
be filed in Superior Court in Windsor within two weeks. He is also calling for a coroner's
inquest into the accident. |
| Accident Seriously Injures High School Student |
Teen Battles Back 
The Windsor Star | January 5, 2007
A 14-year-old girl who has been in a coma since she was struck by a van in November has started showing tentative signs of recovery.
Angeline Burleigh was transferred Tuesday from Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, where she was treated in the trauma centre, to the Metropolitan Campus of Windsor Regional Hospital. She is under the care of neurosurgeon Dr. Balraj Jhawar.
"Her physicians are describing her currently as being slightly responsive," family lawyer Greg Monforton said Thursday. "She still has a tracheotomy tube inserted, although she is not currently on a respirator." |
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Family of Injured Teen Hires Lawyer 
The Windsor Star | December 18, 2006
The family of a 14-year-old Windsor girl critically injured after being hit by a vehicle while walking across Tecumseh Road West Nov. 30 has retained a lawyer to investigate a civil suit.
"We're in the midst of interviewing all the witnesses," Greg Monforton told The Star Sunday. He said is office is "very carefully and aggressively" looking into the circumstances surrounding the incident. |
| Ontario Trial Lawyers Association |
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Greg Monforton Elected President of Ontario Trial Lawyers Association 
Greg Monforton and Partners | June 1, 2006
Greg Monforton was elected President of the Ontario Trial
Lawyers Association (OTLA)
at the Association's Annual General Meeting in Toronto on May 27, 2006. The Ontario Trial
Lawyers Association has over 1,100 members, including trial lawyers from across Canada. |
| Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital Doctor Murders Nurse |
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More Names To Be Added to Dupont Civil Suit 
The Windsor Star | December 12, 2007
The list of targets in the Dupont family's multimillion-dollar wrongful death civil suit is expected to grow in the wake of the coroner's inquest into the deaths of Lori Dupont and Dr. Marc Daniel.
"We will likely be adding additional defendants into the mix," Dupont family lawyer Greg Monforton told The Star Wednesday.
While not willing to divulge names, he said it was a "safe assumption" that they will be culled from the list of more than 50 witnesses heard during the 11-week inquest which concluded with the jury's verdict Tuesday. |
Hotel-Dieu Reckless, Inquest Told 
Windsor Star | November 27, 2007
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital's chief of medical staff was "reckless" in assuming in the spring of 2005 that Dr. Marc Daniel was mentally ill and that it was therefore inadvisable to confront him on his "destructive" workplace behaviour, a coroner's inquest heard Tuesday.
On his second day of testimony, Dr. Arthur Kidd said he and several other medical colleagues—none of whom has psychiatric training or qualifications—made the "presumption" that Daniel was menally ill at the time of his February 2005 suicide attempt, and that he remained mentally incompetent for several months after that.
When he was asked under cross-examination by Greg Monforton, representing murdered nurse Lori Dupont's family at the inquest, what type of mental illness Daniel suffered from, Kidd replied he was "not qualified" to say. |
When Harassment Turns Deadly 
Toronto Star | March 25, 2006
In the nine months before her death, Lori Dupont had been harassed by Marc Daniel at
the Windsor hospital where she was a recovery room nurse, and he an anesthesiologist.
He would follow Dupont into the lunchroom, trying to stare her down. He left pictures
of her semi-naked on her car. When Daniel would enter the recovery room, nurses would
form a circle around her, protecting her from his glare. |
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Inquest Set in Nurse's Killing 
CNews | March 23, 2006
The mother of a nurse who was stabbed to death by a doctor at a hospital in Windsor
last year says she's grateful a coroner's inquest will investigate the attack.
The family's lawyer, Greg Monforton, said the inquest will bring grieving relatives
closer to learning the truth about what happened to Dupont. "Uncovering all the facts
in this case is clearly in the public interest because what happened to Lori should never
have happened and should never happen again," Monforton said in a release. |
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BARBARA DUPONT and JOHN DUPONT 
Statement of Claim
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
March 1, 2006
On November 12, 2005, Lori Dupont, a Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital Recovery Room nurse,
was attacked by Marc Daniel ("Daniel"), an Anaesthesiologist with a history of serious
mental disturbance and threatening behaviour directed at Lori and others. Lori died from
her injuries. |
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Hotel Dieu Faces Lawsuit in Slaying 
The Windsor Star | February 25, 2006
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital and nine of its senior administrators and doctors face a $13.5-million
lawsuit in the murder of nurse Lori Dupont.
Greg Monforton, the lawyer for Dupont's family, said Friday the hospital should not
have allowed anesthetist Dr. Marc Daniel any contact with his former girlfriend. |
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Slain Nurse's Family Sues 
Toronto Star | February 25, 2006
The family of a murdered Ontario nurse has launched a $13.5 million lawsuit against
her hospital and her killer's spouse.
Lori Dupont, 36, was stabbed to death at the Hotel Dieu Grace in Windsor by her former
boyfriend, Dr. Marc Daniel, on November 12. Daniel, an anesthetist, was found unconscious
in his car from an apparent drug overdose and died later.
Their lawyer, Greg Monforton, says the hospital allowed daniel into the facility even
though it knew he was mentally unstable. |
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Slain Nurse's Family Sues Windsor Hospital 
CBC News | February 24, 2006
The family of a Windsor nurse who was stabbed to death at work is suing the hospital
as well as the estate of the doctor who killed her.
Lori Dupont was killed in November at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital by her former boyfriend,
Dr. Marc Daniel. He died in the hospital days after injecting homself with a lethal substance
shortly after killing her. |
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Slain Nurse's Family Sues to Get Answers
Greg Monforton and Partners | February 24, 2006
Personal injury lawyer Greg Monforton today announced that his firm is representing
the family of Lori Dupont in a lawsuit against a number of defendants, including Hotel-Dieu
Grace Hospital, its senior administrators, individual members of its Medical Advisory
Committee, the estate of Dr. Marc Daniel and Dr. Brian Burke (Dr. Daniel’s treating psychiatrist). |
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Ontario Nurses' Association Calls for Answers Into Murder of RN 
ONA | December 15, 2005
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is calling for a Ministry of Labour investigation
into the workplace murder of member Lori Dupont, RN. Dupont was stabbed to death by a
co-worker—an anesthetist—while working in Windsor’s Hotel-Dieu
Grace Hospital last month. ONA is mystified as to why the Ministry of Labour has not
begun to carry out a fatality investigation. |
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Doctor Charged in Nurse's Murder Dies 
CBC News | November 15, 2005
A doctor—who was charged after a nurse was stabbed to death in a hospital in Windsor,
Ontario—has died.
Dr. Marc Daniel, 50, who worked at the same hospital and once had a relationship with
Lori Dupont, had been in critical condition after injecting himself with a lethal substance
Saturday morning. |
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Ontario Doctor Charged
in Nurse's Death 
CBC News | November 14, 2005
A doctor in the southwestern Ontario city of Windsor has been charged after a nurse
was stabbed to death in a hospital recovery room, police said Monday.
Dr. Marc Daniel, 50, has been charged with first-degree murder following the weekend
slaying of Lori Arlene Dupont at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital early Saturday, Windsor police
said. |
| Tainted Tissue |
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21 Surgery Patients in Windsor Fear Tainted Tissue 
Toronto Star | January 28, 2005
A tainted-tissue scandal involving the sale of unscreened body parts to health-care
facilities in Canada and the United States has made its way to Windsor, affecting 21
surgery patients at a major city hospital.
The media have focused on a Windsor woman who appeared on CBC's The National with her
lawyer expressing concerns for her health after being contacted by hospital officials.
Windsor lawyer Greg Monforton is assisting her, and his office has fielded numerous
calls for information.
He said his client is concerned about her health and that of her family, and she was
scheduled to undergo blood testing yesterday to determine if she has cause for alarm
stemming from spinal fusion surgery in late 2004. |
| Guidant Class Action Lawsuit |
Cardiac Device Lawsuit Gets Local Interest 
The Telegram | June 6, 2007
A national class-action lawsuit against a maker of faulty defibrillators and pacemakershas drawn interest from people in this province.
But it's too early to tell exactly how many from Newfoundland and Labrador will qualify as part of the class if the suit against Guidant Corp. proceeds and compensation is awarded.
Brad Robitaille, a managing partner with Greg Monforton and Partners in Windsor, Ont., said his firm has received correspondence from "about a half-dozen" residents of this province. |
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Physicians Want Transparency as Guidant Lawsuits Grow 
Canadian Medical Association Journal | October 11, 2005
Canadian physicians who implant cardiac defibrillators are calling
on Guidant Corporation and other manufacturers to notify doctors and patients as soon
as device failures occur.
On August 22, lawyers James Newland, Brian Moher and Greg Monforton filed a class-action
lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Guidant Corporation, Guidant
Canada, and subsidiaries.
"These are people who have a life-threatening condition to begin with, so on top of
that, you're layering not only the risks and trauma, both physical and psychological
associated with future surgery, but also the dread," Monforton said
of his clients. |
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Class Action Seeks Changes in Implant Tracking 
CTV.ca | August 8, 2005
A class action suit being filed this week seeks redress for
Canadians who have received potentially defective defibrillators and pacemakers.
"[Guidant] knew of significant problems with certain models of defibrillators and pacemakers
yet did nothing to warn medical professionals and patients of these problems," personal
injury lawyer Greg Monforton said in a statement announcing the class
action. |
| Vioxx Lawsuit |
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Vioxx Award Good News for Canadian Lawsuits 
Canadian Medical Association Journal | September 27, 2005
A Texas jury's decision to award US$253 million to a widow who
sued pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. should help Canadians pursue their own lawsuits
against the maker of rofecoxib (Vioxx), says a Canadian lawyer.
Windsor, Ont., lawyer Greg Monforton is representing more than 200
Canadians who suffered a stroke or heart attack or who had family members who died while
taking rofecoxib.
"We believe that most, if not all, of the documents produced in the Ernst case will
be admissible in our Canadian courts because they are relevant to Merck's conduct from
the time of the rofecoxib's development, approval and worldwide sales, right through
until its withdrawal," says Monforton. |
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U.S. Jury Awards Millions in Vioxx Lawsuit 
Globe and Mail | August 20, 2005
Drug giant Merck & Co. Inc. has suffered a severe setback in the first of thousands
of lawsuits in the United States and Canada as a Texas jury awarded more than $253-million
(U.S.) to the family of a man who died after taking the company's Vioxx painkiller.
"This loss means that this particular jury believed the plaintiff's story about the
company's wrongful conduct, which we believe will carry into the future," said Windsor,
Ontario lawyer Greg Monforton, whose firm has some 200 Vioxx clients
across Canada. |
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Hundreds of Lawsuits Expected Over Vioxx 
CBC News | April 14, 2005
A law firm in Windsor, Ontario, says it is being inundated with
requests for legal help from people who took the arthritis drug Vioxx, which was pulled
off the shelves over heart disease risks.
While other firms in Canada and the U.S. are trying to launch class-action lawsuits
against Merck, Greg Monforton's firm expects to file hundreds of individual
lawsuits. |
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Vioxx Claims Mount 
The Windsor Star | April 13, 2005
A Windsor law firm is working toward filing hundreds of lawsuits
on behalf of Canadians who suffered heart attacks or strokes while taking the controversial
arthritis drug Vioxx.
Greg Monforton, a personal injury lawyer with Greg Monforton & Partners,
said Tuesday five lawyers at his office are sifting through more than 3,000 inquiries
from Vioxx users—roughly 15 to 20 of whom are from the Windsor area. |
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Radio Interview—Greg Monforton
800 AM | March 9, 2005
Audio clip of radio interview with Greg Monforton. Greg discussed the
firm's involvement in lawsuits on behalf of people injured by Vioxx. |
| Bolyantu Family Sues Customs Over Death |
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Bolyantu Family Files $1M Lawsuit 
The Windsor Star | May 26, 2005
Canada Customs and the federal government are being sued for more than $1 million in
punitive and other damages by murder victim Brian Bolyantu's family, which accuses authorities
of negligence in allowing a deported criminal to re-enter the country on the night he
was killed.
"This killer was let into our country because our government failed to properly identify
him and turn him back at the border."
"Had ... mistakes not been made, Brian Bolyantu would be alive today," Windsor lawyer Greg
Monforton said Wednesday. |
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Windsor Family Sues Customs 
The Windsor Star | May 25, 2005
Relatives of a murdered Windsor man are suing border agents after his killer was allowed
to enter Canada.
The family of Brian Bolyantu plans to file a lawsuit seeking over $1 million in damages
from Canada Customs and the Federal Government.
Lawyer Greg Monforton, who represents the family, says Bolyantu would
be alive today if customs officials had not made mistakes. |
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Mistake Got Killer Through Border 
The Windsor Star | May 21, 2005
Had a Canadian border agent been a better typist, Brian Bolyantu might still be alive.
Bolyantu's killer, American Jack Monroe Pharr, was let into Canada with a .22-calibre
semi-automatic pistol in his boot despite an order banning him from this country because
of his criminal record. |
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Bolyantu Family Sues Customs for Letting in Killer 
Greg Monforton and Partners | May 24, 2005
Windsor lawyer Greg Monforton today announced that his firm is representing
the family of Brian Bolyantu in a lawsuit against Canada Customs and the Federal Government. |
| Portus Hedge Fund Lawsuit |
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Portus Co-Founder To Cooperate with Canadian Securities Probe 
Bloomberg | April 27, 2005
Boaz Manor, co-founder of hedge fund Portus Alternative Asset Management, agreed to
speak with the Canadian Unit of accounting firm KPMG LLP, which is investigating possible
fraud at the fund, a lawyer said.
The hedge fund, whose customers invested C$717 million ($574 million), spent C$87.6
million of the hedge fund's assets on commissions, referral fees and other expenses,
investor lawyer Greg Monforton said. |
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Portus Faces Class Action From Investors 
The Financial Post
A number of Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. investors are lining up to join
a class-action lawsuit while regulators dispatched investigators to conduct on-site reviews
at the offices of dealers who referred clients to the beleaguered hedge fund firm.
Greg Monforton, a class-action litigator based in Windsor, Ont., said
dozens of Portus investors, some with as much as $100,000 locked up, have contacted his
firm since the OSC banned Portus from trading and returning funds to clients last week. |