Joe O'Neill

This case involves a man who had recently signed up for a new gym, and was given a complimentary fitness exam. During the exam, the personal trainer instructed the plaintiff to lift a large weight in a compound motion. The…

This case involves a male patient who had developed a bone void secondary to a broken leg suffered while skiing. In order to treat this void, the patient received an injection of bone substitute. The procedure was performed without evident…

This case involves an elderly male patient that was admitted to the hospital for a suspected UTI related to indwelling catheter use. A urine culture was ordered by a nurse practitioner, however the patient was discharged before the results were…

This case involves a manhole cover that was located on a high speed and high traffic section of road in the suburbs of a major Northwestern city. At the time of the incident in question it was noted that the…

This web analytics case involves a venture capital company that made investments in a start-up company that provided a cloud-based marketing data analytics service. When considering its decision to invest in the company, the venture capital firm relied on representations that…

This case involves a customer in the grocery department at a big box store who was attacked by a severely dunk woman. At the time of the incident in question, the man was shopping for groceries when he was accosted…

This case involves a driver who was driving through a road work zone where multiple lanes of traffic merged into one with no warnings or controls, despite a police presence. As cars merged into the single lane, a man who…

This case involves a man who was allegedly beaten by bouncers at a nightclub after being mistaken for another patron who had made threats against nightclub staff earlier in the evening. At the time of the incident in question, the…

This case involves a patient – the CEO of an agricultural chemicals company – who being treated for metastatic cancer that had been in remission for some time. He was seen several times by an oncologist who failed to detect…

This case involves a patient who allegedly contracted a pulmonary infection following cardiothoracic surgery. The patient in question had undergone open heart surgery in order to treat a malformation in his aorta, during which he was placed on cardio-pulmonary bypass.…