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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
Design Engineer Opines on Hockey Skate Design
This equipment design case involves an injury to a seventeen-year-old ice hockey player due to allegedly faulty equipment. The plaintiff was using a new pair of ice skates produced by a leading ice hockey equipment manufacturer. The plaintiff used the ice…
Posted on inEmergency Medicine Physician Misses Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy
This case involves a twenty-nine-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain and scant vaginal bleeding. She was using an IUD at the time and concern arose that it may have perforated her uterus. After…
Posted on inGeneral Surgeon Fails to Protect Bile Duct During Gallbladder Surgery
This case involves a fifty-six-year-old male patient who underwent a single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The procedure was met with some complication as it was noted that the patient had an intrahepatic gallbladder with severe scarring at the triangle of Calot…
Posted on inStudent Sexually Assaulted During Overnight Soccer Trip
This case involves a sixteen-year-old female high school student who was sexually assaulted on an overnight soccer trip. The plaintiff’s soccer team traveled to play a game five hours away, which required the team to stay overnight in a rural…
Posted on inConstruction Worker Seriously Injured by Circular Saw
This case involves a construction worker who was injured while using a circular saw on a job site. The plaintiff’s company was contracted by a suburban homeowner to build a large, second-floor deck at a private residence. The plaintiff was…
Posted on inTruck Driver Injured by Improperly Loaded Cargo
This case involves a thirty-seven-year-old female truck driver who was injured while performing a routine safety check on the load she was contracted to transport. The truck driver was hired by an independent logistics company to drive their pre-loaded trailer to…
Posted on inAccident Reconstruction Needed in Tractor Trailer Accident
This case involves a rear-end collision that occurred on an interstate highway. The plaintiff was driving down the highway in a black tractor-trailer traveling approximately sixty miles per hour. The plaintiff’s speed was determined by the data recovered from the…
Posted on inGirl Significantly Injured Due to Go-Karting Accident
This case involves two fourteen-year-old females who were operating a go-cart without adult supervision when they were struck by an oncoming automobile. The plaintiff, a fourteen-year-old-female, was visiting her friend and was left under the supervision of the friend’s mother.…
Posted on inSurgeon Fails to Remove Malignant Tissue in Patient With Breast Cancer
This case involves a thirty-eight-year-old female patient who was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Following a sentinel node biopsy, she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma with two positive lymph nodes in the left breast. The patient underwent a bilateral…
Posted on inGeneral Surgeon Causes Bladder Injury During Bowel Obstruction Procedure
This case involves a patient who was diagnosed with a sigmoid stricture and partial small bowel obstruction that was repaired by surgical means. Shortly after the original procedure, the patient underwent a sigmoid colectomy with Hartmann pouch placement, colostomy placement,…
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