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Articles by Joe O'Neill

Pharmaceutical Company Breaches Collaboration Agreement by Marketing Cancer Drug

This case involves a biotech company that developed cancer-fighting drugs. The company partnered with a pharmaceutical company to develop a new-generation of cancer drugs. One of the drugs that the two companies developed became a successful drug for treating liver…

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Hair Removal Product Inventor Claims Patent Infringement

This case takes place in Pennsylvania and involves a dispute arising from an alleged patent infringement. The plaintiff, a notable designer and inventor of industrial products, presented a patented concept to a prospective client – a Fortune 500 company – specifically designed…

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Patient is Injured by Cessation of Warfarin

This case takes place in New York and involves a female patient who had been taking warfarin for several years before undergoing an elective surgery. In advance of the procedure, she saw a hematologist, who took her off warfarin in…

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Dangerous Retail Display Causes Fall

This case takes place in New York and involves a man who slipped and fell at a shopping mall. He was walking out of a store in the mall, at which tripped over an external sign that had a leg which extended into…

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Patient is Injured by Contrast Fluid

This case takes place in Indiana and involves a patient with a past medical history of intravenous drug abuse. The patient was due to undergo a radiology procedure, and the patient’s PCP requested that a PICC line -as opposed to a…

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Construction Workers Injured by Defective Cherry Picker

This case is a construction safety case involving a cherry picker manufactured by a well known brand, which had been rented to the plaintiffs from a well-known equipment rental company. At the time of the accident, the workers were in the…

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Company Accountants Distort Financial Statements

This case takes place in New York and involves a breach in fiduciary duty by an accountant. The plaintiff is the owner of a large farm equipment dealership. The defendants were, at the time of the incident, employees at this…

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Forensic Expert Witness: Police Officer Accidentally Shoots Suspect

In this case, a police officer accidentally discharged his firearm while in the process of apprehending a suspect in the state of Idaho. The police officer had apparently subdued the suspect after a long car and foot chase through the use of…

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Doctors Fail to Correctly Diagnose Appendicitis

This case takes place in Ohio and involves a female patient who presented to her primary care physician with abdominal pain. The doctor referred her to the emergency room, and called the ER to let the hospital know that the patient…

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Surgical Positioning Causes Serious Injury

This case takes place in North Carolina and involves a male patient who was admitted to hospital for performance of laparoscopic surgery. During surgery, he was placed in an inclined position for several hours. Post-operatively, severe swelling was noted to…

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