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Nursing Home Administers Incorrect Medicine to Patient

This case involves a nurse who switched the drugs of two patients which caused one of them to suffer a severe adverse reaction. One week prior to the incident, the nurse had been transferred to a nursing home and was…

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Fiduciary Expert Witness Discusses Actions of Retirement Plan Sponsor

This case involves a retirement plan sponsor who hired an adviser for the plan. The defendant worked for a small company, and had been an employee for over thirty-three years. Part of her job was to manage the retirement plan…

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Emergency Medicine Physician Neglects to Call Psychiatry Consult

This case involves a thirty-four-year-old male patient, with a significant medical history of mental issues, including paranoid schizophrenia. He was brought to the ER by the police after a delusional episode and was treated with a number of psychotropic medications.…

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Nursing Home Resident Knocked Unconscious, not Discovered for Hours

This case involves a resident of a nursing home who fell and was not found for several hours. The plaintiff, a ninety-year-old female, was a resident of a nursing home. On the day in question, the resident was leaving her…

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Construction Worker Suffers Injuries After Two Story Fall

This case involves a workplace injury at a residential construction site. The plaintiff was helping to build a deck on the second floor of a new home. In order to traverse the beams, the workers had installed composite wood to…

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School Fires Teacher for Social Media Communication with Students

This defense case involves the alleged wrongful termination of a teacher. The plaintiff, a teacher at a rural high school, engaged in a class project where she ‘friended’ a number of students from her personal Facebook. Though there was no…

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Loose Latch on Semi-Truck Causes Serious Accident

This case involves a car accident with a semi-truck. The plaintiff, a twenty-five-year-old female, was driving home from work in the middle lane of a highway. When she was about a mile away from her exit, a semi-truck passed her…

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Orthopedic Surgeon Gives Improper Orders for Knee Device

This case involves the incorrect use and positioning of a continuous passive motion device on a patient’s leg following a total right knee replacement surgery. The medical records showed that the patient’s leg was placed into the device without a…

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Internal Medicine Physician Prescribes Haldol to Parkinson’s Patient

This case involves a seventy-two-year-old male, with a medical history of Parkinson’s disease, who presented to the emergency room after sustaining a deep laceration to his leg. The patient was admitted and over the next few days, the leg became…

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Motorcycle Accident Allegedly Caused by New Tires

This case involves a motorcycle accident. The plaintiff, a forty-three-year-old female, purchased a new motorcycle. She had been riding for over twenty years. Also, she had the dealership place new tires on the motorcycle. The new tires were installed, but…

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