Cody Porcoro

When a woman passed away during her myomectomy procedure, a surgeon familiar with myosure techniques to cut ovarian cysts was needed to comment on relevant standards of care. The myomectomy had been performed in order to remove cysts from the…

A patient with a history of valvuloplasty to treat teenage aortic stenosis suffered complications thirty years later, ultimately passing away due to an allegedly neglected heart condition. Though the valvuloplasty had been completed without difficulty at the time, the patient…

An expert in the chemical PFD was needed in an intellectual property case where two companies alleged that the other was infringing on a trademarked tattoo removal technique. The disputed technique was the use of a patch infused with the…

A middle-aged woman underwent a series of carotid endarterectomy procedures to correct a narrow carotid artery and reduce her risk of stroke. When her blood began to clot during one of the procedures, her surgeon claimed that she must have…

A team of ICU nurses was named in a medical malpractice lawsuit after one of their patients passed away from a previously undiagnosed heart condition. The patient had been experiencing breathlessness and heart palpitations, and needed a valvuloplasty to re-open…

The treatment of a woman with a history of suicide, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD from childhood sexual abuse was the subject of a malpractice trial after it was alleged that her doctor did not provide a high enough standard…

A middle-aged man had a HeartMate-2 left ventricular assist device inserted, but faced declining health from more than his heart after he developed a critical infection. He was discharged the same day the insertion was completed, but returned to the…

This case concerns a female patient with MS who signed up for massage therapy treatments and ultimately passed away from severe complications. The massage clinic was self-advertised as a specialized practice for clients with MS, and had been recommended to…

A general practitioner was sued for neglecting a patient’s care when a pregnant woman, whose fecal occult blood test results were never communicated to her, passed away one year after giving birth. During her pregnancy, she had been told to…

This lawsuit concerned a woman who sought in vitro fertilization services and subsequently sued the fertilization clinic for an allegedly negligent procedure that left her with no available options to continue IVF. Two harvests of the patient’s eggs were conducted,…