This expert has a decade of experience in counseling, focusing on trauma and addiction. She received her BA in communication from Central Connecticut State University and her MS in community counseling from Southern Connecticut State University. She is a board certified counselor, a certified, advanced alcohol and drug counselor and both a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and professional counselor. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the ...
This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS in biological sciences from the University of California, Davis and then went on to complete his MD from Loma Linda University. He then completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was formerly an assistant director of the ambulatory care center at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital and an assistant clinical professor at the University of ...
This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in the field of psychiatry. She earned her BA in mathematics from the State University of New York, her JD from Boston College, and her MD from Brown University, where she also completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in psychiatry. She is triple board-certified in psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry and is active in her field as a member of the American Psychiatric ...
This highly-qualified expert is board certified in psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. She earned her BS in neuroscience at Vanderbilt, followed by her MD at the University of Florida. She then went on to complete a residency in psychiatry at the University of Florida and a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at Yale. She is active in her field as a member of the American Psychiatric Association and as the author of several peer-reviewed papers on topics related to ...
This qualified expert in psychiatry earned his MD from St. Matthews University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in psychiatry at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, this expert went on to complete a research fellowship in psychiatry and neuroscience at the Bronx Psychiatric Center and a prestigious clinical fellowship in addiction psychiatry from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is active in his field as a member of the American ...
This highly-qualified expert in addiction psychiatry earned his BS in molecular biology at the University of Central Florida and his MD the University of South Florida. After completing his internship in internal medicine and his residency in internal medicine at Boston University Medical Center, this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in addiction psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is active in his field as a member of the Society for ...
Dr. Frank Enstein has over 20 years of experience in the fields of Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. He earned his MD from Spartan Health Sciences University School of Medicine and went on to complete his residency at Spectrum Health Butterworth Camp. He is currently practicing as an Internist and Addiction Medicine Specialist in Michigan....
Mr. Edward Ureta has more than 10 years of experience in Addiction Counseling. The expert formerly served as a Substance Abuse Specialist Clinician at Gilead Community Services, Inc....
This expert has many years of experience in the field of pain management. He earned his BA in biological science and his MD from Cornell University. Thereafter, he completed his internship in general surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital, a residency in anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine, and a fellowship in pain management at Duke University. Today, this expert is board certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and addiction medicine. In addition, he ...
Dr. Anne Rose has 45 years of experience in Clinical Psychology. She earned her BA in Social Studies from the University of Michigan, her MA in Guidance and Counseling from Wayne State University, a second MA in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Psychologist in the state of New Mexico. Formerly, this expert served as the Vice President at ...
Dr. Donald Hardman has over 20 years of experience in the fields of Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. He earned his MD from Spartan Health Sciences University School of Medicine and went on to complete his residency at Spectrum Health Butterworth Camp. He is currently practicing as an Internist and Addiction Medicine Specialist in Michigan....
Dr. Samuel I. Miles has over 44 years of experience in the fields of Forensic, Clinical and Addiction Psychiatry. He earned his BS in Chemistry from the City College of New York, his MD from New York Medical College, and his Ph.D. from the New Center for Psychoanalysis. After completing his internship in Medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, he went on to complete a residency in Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Today, this expert is board ...
In West Virginia’s Southern District, a major opioid-related MDL bellwether trial recently began. Several WV local governments brought the initial action against drugmakers AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc., and McKesson Corp. The complaint alleges the defendants played an integral…
In one pending bellwether in the nationwide multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers, one defendant’s parent company is attempting to block a subpoena for internal documents. AbbVie is resisting a request from the plaintiff, the city of Chicago, for the documents…
Purdue Pharma, makers of opioid painkiller OxyContin, recently reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), pending the approval of the bankruptcy court. The agreement is an important step towards resolving a long legal battle over the drugmaker’s…
In late September 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declined to embrace a novel form of settlement class known as a “negotiation class.” The class had been proposed as an attempt to consolidate opioid lawsuit settlement…
Natalie Lincoln was charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a man when the car she was driving crossed the center lane and struck the decedent’s vehicle. At the scene of the accident, the defendant passed a field sobriety…
Co-authored by Peter Radetich. On May 12, 2013, the family of Derek Boogaard filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Chicago against the National Hockey League (NHL), alleging that the NHL was responsible for the physical trauma and brain damage Boogaard suffered…
On February 19, 2013, the first of over 3,000 Actos lawsuits went to trial in the Superior Court of California. The plaintiff in the case alleged that Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Asia’s largest drugmaker and Actos manufacturer, was negligent in presenting the…
This case involves a 28-year-old male patient who had been undergoing mental health treatment every 6 months for 6 years. During this timeframe, the patient was seen and solely treated by a nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner saw the patient…
This case involves a couple who separated as a result of the 68-year-old husband’s alcoholism. Several months after the couple separated, the man was hospitalized and diagnosed with wet brain, exhibiting signs of short and long-term memory loss. The couple eventually divorced…
This case involves a 23-year old male victim of human trafficking with a history of psychosis and multiple suicide attempts. He presented to the emergency room late one evening after overdosing on antidepressants. The patient was admitted to an internal medicine floor with psychiatry…
This case involves a 26-year-old male patient with bipolar disorder and severe depression who was prescribed the antipsychotic aripipiprazole. This patient had a family history of bipolar disorder and alcoholism. While taking the antipsychotic medication, the patient experienced a host of compulsive behaviors, specifically pathological…
This case involves a child who did not receive an appropriate medical screening when taken into custody by the state. Her birth mother tested positive for opioids at delivery and the baby tested positive for opioids after birth. A judge…
This case involves a college student who died from an opioid overdose. The student had undergone surgery after a sports-related injury, and was prescribed opioids for pain relief. The student became addicted after taking the opioids for a few months…
After experiencing adverse side effects from the antidepressant Abilify, a group of patients filed a class action suit against the manufacturing company. Primarily prescribed for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Depression, Abilify was marketed as an antipsychotic to help patients balance…
A patient allegedly received the wrong amount of Topamax to treat her chronic migraines, and developed debilitating overdose symptoms as a consequence. She had asked her local pharmacy to fill her prescription for 25mg, but became disoriented, stuttered, and was…
This addiction treatment case involves a young woman in Oregon who was addicted to opioids and consequently enrolled in an accelerated opiate detoxification program at a clinic. During the first week of her treatment, the patient saw her doctors at the clinic…