Joe O'Neill

This case takes place in Pennsylvania and involves a male patient who underwent a colectomy without complications in order to treat Crohn’s disease. After a few days of recovery in the hospital the man was discharged home, with instructions to…

This case involves a middle aged female in Michigan who presented to her primary care doctor with pain in her right elbow. Her doctor provided her a referral to a cardiologist, who discovered that the pain was related to peripheral vascular disease that…

This case involves a male patient in Hawaii who was prompted to seek medical attention for severe and sudden back pain. He indicated to the internist who saw him that the pain began in his lower spine and was radiating down…

This case involves a pool filter that catastrophically malfunctioned, causing fatal injuries to an employee at a public swimming pool in Hawaii. On the date of the incident in question, the employee had been tasked with replacing a filter unit…

This admiralty case involves a plaintiff who was injured while working for an American company while at sea off the coast of Africa. At the time of the incident in question, the man was tasked with inspecting the attachments between stacks…

This case is an intellectual property (IP) dispute involving fracking and petroleum products and applications in Pennsylvania. A major designer and manufacturer of heavy equipment used in hydraulic fracturing had accused one of it’s primary competitors – a smaller firm that…

This case involves an injury that occurred while a forklift operator was unloading materials for a large manufacturer of prefabricated homes in Hawaii. A truckload of plywood had been delivered on a flatbed trailer, and the driver began to unstrap…

This case involves a female patient in Hawaii who underwent a total hysterectomy in response to a uterine cancer diagnosis some months prior to the date of the incident in question. The surgery took longer than expected, as the operating surgeon took…

This case involves a company that was allegedly misled by an online marketing consulting firm. The plaintiff in Hawaii searched for, and later located, a company who had extensive experience in enterprise search engine optimization. The SEO company was hired to…

This educational leadership case involves a female student who was injured during a field trip in Mississippi. The student was allowed to select from a number of possible field trips, and ultimately selected a trip to a local indoor rock climbing gym,…