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Articles by Wendy Ketner, M.D.

Internal Medicine Expert Discusses “Homebound” Services in Medicare Fraud Case

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: United States v. Crinel Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144909 Facts A federal grand jury found the defendant guilty of conspiring to defraud Medicare. The…

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Nurse Practitioner Expert May Opine on Treatment of Psychological Symptoms, Not Causation

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Owensboro Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Brooks v. Caterpillar Global Mining Am., LLC Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193184 A nurse practitioner expert witness’s diagnosis of a plaintiff’s physiological…

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Court Finds Non-Disclosure of Treating Physician as Expert Witness Prejudicial Against Defendant

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: EEOC v. Brown-Thompson Gen. P’ship Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143688 Facts The plaintiff, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filed this action alleging that the…

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Court Reverses $500K Award After Expert Hospitalist Fails to Meet Lost Chance of Recovery Standard

Court: Court of Appeals of Mississippi Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Univ. of Miss. Med. Ctr. v. Leontyne Littleton Citation: 213 So. 3d 525 In this medical malpractice case, the Circuit Court of Hinds County found the University of Mississippi Medical…

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Court Excludes OB/GYN Expert Whose Testimony Contradicts Medical Literature

Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Morrow v. Moreno Citation: 2013 Mich. App. LEXIS 1690 Facts The plaintiff filed this appeal against a trial court order to exclude the testimony of her OB/GYN expert. The plaintiff…

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General Surgery Expert Found Unqualified to Opine on Pediatric Surgery Issues

Court: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Munos-Vargas v. Laguer Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46562 Facts The plaintiffs brought this motion of negligence against the defendant physician and his hospital of…

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Nephrology Experts May Rely on Principles Taught in Residency to Render Opinions Regarding Standard of Care

Court: Court of Appeals of Mississippi Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Kronfol v. Johnson Citation: 2019 Miss. App. LEXIS 183 Facts The petitioner brought a medical malpractice suit against the appellant for injuries that she suffered when a catheter in her…

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OB/GYN Expert Opines On Causation in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Case

Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Ecalante v. Lifepoint Hosp., Inc. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109449 Facts The plaintiff filed a medical malpractice claim against the defendant alleging that the defendant’s…

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Physician Expert Witnesses Need Not Specialize in a Particular Disease to Consider it in Differential Diagnosis

Court: Court of Appeals of Alaska Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Alison v. State Citation: 2019 Alas. App. LEXIS 94 Facts The appellant was convicted of second-degree murder after his infant daughter suffered a fatal injury while she was in his…

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Medical Malpractice Expert Witness Excluded For Offering Erroneous Assumptions

Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Wendt v. Bowerman Citation: 2019 Mich. App. LEXIS 2937 Facts In this medical malpractice case, an obese plaintiff with Type 2 Diabetes underwent a knee replacement surgery at a medical…

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