Joe O'Neill

This case involves a house fire caused by a gas powered space heater. At the time of the incident in question, the Plaintiff was using the space heater to provide supplemental heat to an enclosed porch attached to his home.…

This case involves a female patient who had been treating with a family physician regularly for more than a decade, and had also consulted with a colo-rectal surgeon multiple times for what she was told were hemorrhoids. On one occasion, the colorectal…

This kinesiology case involves a car accident that allegedly caused chronic, debilitating neck pain. The Plaintiff was driving his car when he was rear-ended by a large garbage truck operated by a private garbage removal service. While the damage to the Plaintiff’s…

This case involves a construction worker who fell through improperly supported flooring and suffered significant injuries. The Plaintiff was working on the third floor of an ongoing construction project for a university campus. The building was still skeletal, and was largely a…

This case involves Plaintiffs who allege that the defendants negligently advised them that they could operate their international business brokerage as a license instead of a franchise. As a result of acting on this advice, the Plaintiffs faced numerous obstacles in…

This case involves a man who suffered injuries while operating a steer loader for a landscaping company. At this time of the incident in question, the Plaintiff was using the loader to move a large pile of mulch to another…

This case involves a woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The individual was traveling on a local back road when she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into another vehicle traveling the opposite direction. The Plaintiff claimed that…

This case involves a middle aged female who suffered from asthma. On the date of the incident in question, she presented for a prick test at an allergists office to determine possible triggers for her asthma. During the test, the…

1. Lesson: Vet and Screen Your (And Your Opponent’s) Experts “From depositions I got from other cases [the opposing expert] handled, I got him to admit he lied to the jury when he said he was a safety expert, as…

This case involves a building inspector who was diagnosed with lung cancer after exposure to toxic levels of radon gases in the buildings in which we worked during his career. The buildings have been declared condemned due to the impermissible and lethal…