Lori Dupont was a Registered Nurse and member of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) working in the recovery room at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ontario. On November 12, 2005, she was murdered by her former partner, Dr. Marc Daniel. Daniel, an anaesthesiologist at the same Hospital, died several days later from a self-inflicted drug overdose. An Inquest into their deaths began on September 24, 2007 and continued for 10 weeks. ONA was represented throughout by Elizabeth McIntyre and Janina Fogels. The jury heard evidence on a variety of issues, including the lengthy history of Daniel's abusive conduct at work, the culture of physician dominance at the Hospital, the systemic problem of "disruptive behaviour" on the part of physicians generally, and the physician governance structure under the Public Hospitals Act.
In response, the jury issued recommendations designed to enhance workplace safety, including recommendations to review the Occupational Health and Safety Act and of the Public Hospitals Act.