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Articles by Wendy Ketner, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery Expert’s Testimony Challenged as Biased, Unsupported Biomechanical Opinion

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Livas v. Ace American Insurance Company Citation: 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97587 Facts This case involves a motor vehicle accident between a car and an…

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Bariatric Surgery Expert’s Testimony Found to Aid Trier of Fact in the Absence of Official Medical Guidelines

Court: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Mettias v. United States Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4896 Facts The plaintiff, an obese mother, signed up for a surgery program at an army hospital…

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Nephrology Experts May Opine on Plaintiff’s General Condition as it Coexists with Diabetes, Osteoporosis

Court: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Torres-Ocasio v. Texaco P.R., Inc. Citation: 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56102 Facts The plaintiff, Ramona Torres-Ocasio, slipped and fell after entering the mini-market on the…

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Failure to Designate Expert Pharmacist Under Rule 26(a)(2)(B) Instead of 26(a)(2)(C) Renders Testimony Inadmissible

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Scholz v. United States Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90245 Facts The plaintiff, who served in the United States Army Reserves from 2001-2008, filed this…

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Daubert Factors Have Limited Application to Anesthesiology Expert Testimony Regarding Execution Injections

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: In re Ohio Execution Protocol Litig. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159805 The court notes that Daubert has limited use in death row…

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Neurosurgery Experts Permitted to Discuss Cumulative Pain Without Formally Quantifying Causation

Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division Jurisdiction Federal Case Name: Ripple v. Yalamanchili Citation: 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163121 Facts The plaintiff filed a negligence suit against the defendants alleging that they caused her…

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Insufficient Pre-Market Screening Allegedly Causes Pelvic Medical Device Failure

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Winebarger v. Boston Sci. Corp. Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53892 Facts This Multi-District Litigation involved the use of transvaginal surgical mesh…

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Surgeon’s Failure to Diagnose Bone Infection Allegedly Causes Patient’s Paraplegia

Court: Court of Appeals of Minnesota Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Howard v. Svoboda Citation: 2017 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 508 Facts The appellant’s history of back pain prompted her to seek treatment at the respondent’s neurological clinic. The clinic sent…

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Workers Compensation Claim Sparks Dispute Regarding Plaintiff’s Orthopedic Impairment Rating

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Barrigan v. MHMR Servs. Citation: 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 43 Facts This was an appeal from a jury verdict in a workers’ compensation case to determine the…

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Pathology Experts May Opine on the Causal Relationship Between Uterine Fibroids and Postpartum Hemorrhages

Court: Superior Court of Delaware, Kent Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Vick v. Khan Citation: 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97587 In this medical malpractice case brought against a defendant obstetrician and gynecologist, testimony from the defendant’s pathology expert witness regarding the…

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