Joe O'Neill

This case takes place in New Jersey and involves a patient who presented to the emergency room with symptoms that were diagnosed as a minor sinus infection. She was given a round of antibiotics, as well as recommendations for several…

This case takes place in Massachusetts and involves a woman who died as a result of undiagnosed uterine cancer. The woman presented to the hospital complaining of a pelvic mass. A pelvic ultrasound reported multiple fibroids. The patient discussed the ultrasound…

This case takes place in New York and involves a man who suffered extensive injuries when using a machine to stamp parts from sheet metal. The machine was used to produce stamped parts for aircraft. As a part of the…

This case takes place in Florida and involves injury at a self-service dining venue in a fast food restaurant. On the date of the incident, a customer (the plaintiff) was eating in the the restaurant’s dining area. She was at…

This case takes place in New Jersey and involves a female patient who presented to the ER in with abdominal pain. The ER ordered a CT, gave the patient various narcotic painkillers, and discharged him the next morning. The scan…

This case takes place in California and involves permanent eye injury from a hook snapping into the plaintiff’s eye due to an allegedly defective strap. The plaintiff was preparing a flatbed trailer to haul a load of cinder blocks. In…

This case takes place in New York and involves a child who was shopping at a big box retail store with his mother. The child picked up a large bottle of cleaning solution off the shelf and began to play with…

This case takes place in Nebraska and involves a female patient who developed an abscess following a dental crown procedure who, despite attempts at incision and drainage of the abscess, developed sepsis and eventual multi-system organ failure and death. At autopsy,…

This case takes place in Maryland and involves a male patient who underwent a laparoscopic gastric bypass performed by the defendant. The operative note appears to be without incident and no complications were noted. Post-operatively, the patient complained of severe…

This senior care case takes place in West Virginia and involves a seventy-seven-year-old female nursing home resident who suffered a severe heart attack in the middle of the night. The patient awoke at approximately 2:30 A.M. and experienced strong discomfort in…