Joe O'Neill

This case takes place in Louisiana and involves a male patient who presented to the ER with acute appendicitis. A CT scan showed appendicitis with no leakage or signs of rupture. Following the scan, he waited 11 hours in the…

This case takes place in New Hampshire and involves an infant born at forty weeks to a healthy mother. At birth the patient’s APGARs were nine and nine. The amniotic fluid was stained with meconium at birth; however, the infant…

This case involves a patient with a past medical history of diabetes, morbid obesity, and renal failure. The patient had been on dialysis and had maintained fairly well, however he required a renal transplant. The transplant procedure itself was a…

This case involves multiple mothers who were prescribed a popular antidepressant by their respective physicians while pregnant. Neither the patients’ perinatology  physicians nor the drug labels on the medication adequately warned the patients of the teratogenic nature of the drug,…

This case involves a significant construction project at a casino. The owners of the facility and their management team hired a well-regarded construction management firm to oversee the project, maintain relations with all subcontractors, and approve of work and payment…

This case takes place in North Dakota and involves a delayed diagnosis in breast cancer. The patient, a female in her mid-sixties, had a mammogram with suspicious findings, so it was recommended that she undergo further workup for possible malignancy.…

This case involves a male employee of a hospital in the northeast. The employee suffered from ADHD/ADD and other known issues. He was frequently bullied and hassled by a direct supervisor, who refused to accommodate the employee’s request for a…

This occupational analysis, case involves a man who slipped on a floor mat when entering a grocery store located in Mississippi. The floor mat had a rubber edge- about ½ to ¾ of an inch wide all around. The man…

This case takes place in Kansas and involves a middle-aged male patient who died from septic shock, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, bowel perforation, and bowel ischemia/bowel infarction. His past medical history included Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and surgery to correct scoliosis. He…

This claim involves injuries sustained by a hotel guest in Mississippi resulting from ammonia exposure. The guest was allegedly exposed to ammonia due to a malfunction in a defective refrigerator in the room. The guest sustained severe ammonia poisoning as…