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Joe is an Associate Director of Marketing at The Expert Institute. His experience before joining The Expert Institute includes positions in online journalism, medical device marketing, and nonprofit communications.Articles by Joe O'Neill
School Violence Expert Witnesses Opine on Sexual Abuse of Disabled Students
This case involves several special needs students who were sexually assaulted by other students in a school in Idaho. The victimized students suffered from a range of disabilities, including Autism and Down Syndrome. The Plaintiffs all had experienced being bullied…
Posted on inForensic Computer Experts Comment on Unintended Airbag Deployment
This case involves the death of a driver in South Dakota as a result of an airbag malfunction. The air bag is suspected of prematurely deploying, sending metal debris into the driver’s face and causing driver to go off road…
Posted on inTraffic Engineering Expert Witnesses Opine on Multi-Vehicle Tractor Trailer Accident
This case involves a tractor-trailer accident in North Dakota involving multiple commercial vehicles. The accident occurred when a driver lost control of his truck and crashed on the side of the road, with part of the trailer still in the…
Posted on inAudio Engineering Expert Witnesses Opines on Unsafe Cable Management at Concert Venue
This case involves an individual who tripped and was badly injured when he fell on audio cables that ran to-and-from the front of house at a venue during a concert in West Virginia. The cables did not have protective ramps…
Posted on inAdhesive Experts Opine on Wound Caused by Allergic Reaction to Surgical Tape
This case involves a patient in Vermont with a known skin allergy to adhesive tapes who also possessed an extremely delicate skin condition. On the date of the incident in question, the patient presented for a routine orthopedic surgery.…
Posted on inDelayed Diagnosis of Oral Cancer Leads to Metastatic Carcinoma in Neck
This case involves a a male patient from Nebraska who presented to his dentist with a yellow spot on the left side of the tongue without undergoing appropriate screening for oral cancer. Some time after his initial presentation, the patient was seen…
Posted on inATM Expert Witnesses Evaluate Incorrect Transaction Records in Theft Case
This case involves an alleged theft of public funds by a public employee in a city in Arkansas. According to allegations made by the city’s police department, the Defendant illegally withdrew funds from an ATM machine that was owned and operated by…
Posted on inDermatology Experts Evaluate Repeated Failure to Diagnose Melanoma
This case involves a female patient in Montana who was diagnosed with advanced melanoma. The patient had a known family history of melanoma, and her mother died from it a few years before the events in this case. The patient had a…
Posted on inAirport Management Expert Witness Opines on Airport Shuttle Crash
The case involves an accident involving an airport shuttle in Georgia. The Plaintiff was riding in a van operated by the Defendant driver and shuttle service on his way to the airport from a long-term parking facility. During the trip, the driver…
Posted on inGeneral Surgery Expert Comments On Compartment Syndrome After Hernia Repair
This OR operations case involves an elderly male patient in Mississippi who underwent surgery for a laparoscopic repair of a hernia using Composix mesh. The procedure involved extensive removal of adhesions; at some point during the surgery, a small bowel perforation occurred…
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