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Articles by Joe O'Neill

Insurance Policy Fails to Provide Pre-Judgement Interest

This case takes place in Georgia and involves a provision of an insurance policy with fairly high limits. The insured had given her consent to settle several legal malpractice cases pending against her. The cases were tried, and a large amount…

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Surgery Proceeds Despite Failure to Fast

At the time of the incident in question, the decedent was a healthy female. She had elected to undergo a cosmetic rhinoplasty from a plastic surgeon. On the day of the procedure, the patient purchased a meal from a local take-out restaurant,…

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Lack of Monitoring Results in Permanent Cardiac Injury

In this case, the plaintiff from Minnesota drove himself to the ER with complaints of pain brought on by physical activity. The emergency room doctor had administered a test which was indicative of insufficient blood flow to the heart. The treating physician then ordered…

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Heparin Causes Double Amputation

This case takes place in Arizona and involves a female patient who underwent a minor surgical procedure. Prior to the procedure, the patient had been receiving anti-coagulation therapy. The patient was switched to Heparin for the procedure. Some time after the…

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Failure to Recognize Fracture Causes Permanent Injury

This case takes place in Connecticut and involves a female patient who presented to the defendant with pain and swelling in one of the joints of her left middle finger due to blunt injury. The patient first presented to the defendant…

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Golfer is Injured by Country Club Employee

This case takes place in Ohio and involves a golf cart accident resulting in serious injury. An employee was operating a golf cart in order to transport water coolers near the caddy facilities. The driver crashed the golf cart into the plaintiff…

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Police Officer Allegedly Violates Protocol During Arrest

On the date in question, officers were dispatched based on a report of a suspicious individual lurking in a wooded area near a suburban neighborhood of Georgia. After the officers made contact with the individual, the suspect fled into the…

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Patient Suffers Brain Damage During Heart Surgery

This case takes place in Massachusetts and involves a patient who underwent a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. During the procedure, the one of the catheters that had been attached to the patient’s arteries came loose, due to an alleged failure…

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ER Doctors Fail to Diagnose Stroke

This case takes place in Washington and involves a male patient who presented to the ER with complaints of neck pain and nausea. He underwent multiple scans and diagnostic tests, all of which appeared to be negative for major injuries…

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Infectious Disease Physician Discharges Patient; Results in Amputation

This case takes place in Ohio and involves a diabetic male who presented to the hospital with complaints of left foot pain. The patient had an extensive history of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension, and he was also a pack-per-day smoker. The…

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