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Michael Talve, CEO
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Michael is the CEO and Managing Director of Expert Institute. His previous experience includes multiple entrepreneurial ventures in industries ranging from legal services to consumer products. Through his work with Expert Institute, Michael has emerged as a key innovator in the legal technology space.Articles by Michael Talve, CEO
Child Loses Fingers in Retail Store Accident
This case involves a six-year-old female who suffered a severe injury in a large retail store. The child was shopping with her mother for back-to-school items over the weekend. While riding the escalator to the third floor of the store,…
Posted on inDelayed Diagnosis of Compression Fracture Causes Permanent Disability
The patient reported tenderness in her lower ribs and lumbar spine. Examination of the rib cage revealed tenderness in the lower thoracic cavity with tenderness present throughout the length of the lumbar spine upon palpation. The physician ordered X-rays of…
Posted on inDeck Collapse Related to Structural Weaknesses
This case involves a collapsed deck at a lake house. A group of twelve college students were spending their spring vacation at a large lake house. The students and their friends, a party of 25, were socializing on the house’s…
Posted on inCar Accident Possibly Connected to Texting
This case involves a car crash possibly linked to texting. The defendant was driving a short distance to meet a friend for breakfast. She had been texting her coworker information on a work project, but claimed that she stopped her…
Posted on inSlip and Fall in Transit Station Results in a Torn Meniscus
This case involves a slip and fall on the stairs. At a mass transit station in an urban area, the plaintiff was buying a monthly train ticket since he commuted to and from work daily. The stairs in the station…
Posted on inAnesthesiologist’s Poor Epidural Placement Results in Neurological Injury
This case involves a twenty-four- year-old woman who underwent a caesarian section. The patient was given an epidural for pain prior to delivery and experienced a crushing sound and excruciating pain immediately following the injection. The patient also had a…
Posted on inSurgeon Operates at Wrong Surgical Site and Leaves Behind Cancerous Mass
This case involves a sixty-two-year-old female patient who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy along with the removal of her right Fallopian tube several years ago. The patient was involved in a motor vehicle accident and presented to the emergency room…
Posted on inDelayed Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer, Patient Sustains Ureter Damage
This case involves a fifty-eight-year-old female patient, an adamant user of adult baby powder and other talc-based products, who underwent an ultrasound for complaints of increasing pelvic pain. The ultrasound revealed a large ovarian mass that was suspicious for malignancy.…
Posted on inEducation Expert Opines on Student Injury During Summer School
This case involves a student being asked to move furniture, resulting in injury. During the second week of summer school in an urban high school, a math teacher was told to move his remedial class to another room by noon…
Posted on inRacial and Gender Workplace Discrimination Leads to Wage Loss Inquiry
This case involves alleged workplace discrimination and wrongful termination against a major news organization. The plaintiff, a middle-aged Asian woman, was a seasoned writer who had worked at her job for three years and regularly worked over sixty hours a…
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