Michael Talve, CEO

This case involves plumbing fittings and their degradation. The plaintiff, a thirty-nine-year-old male, built a new house, with an extensive plumbing system. The fittings used were made of yellow brass, with a zinc content greater than 15%. After six months,…

This case involves a female patient who had surgery to remove a vaginal polyp five years ago. After the patient had spoken to a sex therapist about her discomfort, she was told that the issue may be medical and contacted…

This case involves a child who was circumcised shortly after birth. The surgeon chose to use a Mogen clamp and, according to the medical record, the procedure was conducted without incident. Two years later, the mother of the child noticed…

This case involves a sixty-one-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with a stage 1 renal. The surgeon performed a partial nephrectomy procedure on the patient that was met with great difficulty in the immediate, postoperative period. Approximately one hour after…

This case involves an injury to a man after falling in an office building. The building in question had new carpet installed in the entranceway and on the first three stories. The installation crew told the building’s owner that the…

This case involves a forty-five-year-old female patient who had a medical history of asthma but otherwise was in fairly good health. The patient presented to her PCP with chills and shortness of breath. It was at this point she was treated…

This case involves a sixty-five-year-old male patient with a significant medical history of mitral valve dysfunction that required urgent repair. During the procedure, the surgeon nicked the patient’s internal mammary artery. As a result, the patient experienced significant intraoperative bleeding…

This case involves a ten-year-old male patient who was taken to the hospital by EHS with vomiting, fever, and left lower leg pain after injuring himself in a basketball game. The patient was worked up by the emergency room (ER)…

This case involves a twenty-three-year-old female patient who was seen in the emergency room for lower back pain after being involved in a car accident. The patient was started on an IV drip of normal saline by an ER nurse…

This case involves an injury to a construction worker. The plaintiff, a twenty-eight-year-old male, was constructing a deck using a compressed air nail gun. The nail gun had a safety mechanism that did not allow the gun to fire a…