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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
Forklift Injures Worker Due to Inadequate Brake Mechanism
This case involves a worker who was injured by a forklift. The plaintiff, a forty-four-year-old male, was using a forklift to transport materialsĀ and parked the forklift in between two others on a small incline. The plaintiff set the parking brake,…
Posted on inChild Struck After Exiting School Bus at Unsafe Area
This case involves a child being injured while exiting a school bus. The plaintiff, a nine-year-old female, lived in a looped development, which had one entrance/exit for automobiles. School policy stated that all children were to be let off in…
Posted on inSlip and Fall at Luxury Hotel Causes Significant Injury
This case involves a slip and fall at a luxury hotel. The plaintiff, a sixty-three-year-old woman, attended a nonprofit charity auction of rare antique artifacts and memorabilia at a large hotel. In order to power the large PA system that…
Posted on inMissed Diagnosis of Oral Cancer Leads to Severe Facial Deformity
This case involves a fifty-six-year-old woman who presented to her dentist with complaints of a lesion on her inner cheek. The mass measured about three centimeters long and extended past the jaw line. Her dentist was concerned over the visible…
Posted on inMissed Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer With Normal Range PSA Value
This case involves a seventy-eight-year-old man who presented to a urologist with complaints of onset urinary retention, back pain, and visible blood in the urine. The physician sent the patient for blood work to determine a baseline PSA value that…
Posted on inMissed Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer Leads to Linitis Plastica
This case involves a forty-nine-year-old male patient who presented to a new family physician complaining of severe indigestion after eating. The doctor counseled the patient in his office and prescribed Nexium, a PPI heartburn medication that would prevent excessive acid…
Posted on inMissed Diagnosis of Invasive Cervical Cancer Leads to Fatal Metastasis
This case involves a fifty-nine-year-old female patient who presented to her gynecologist complaining of abnormal vaginal bleeding that usually occurred after sexual intercourse. The patient also reported some vaginal discomfort, malodorous discharge, and painful urination. The physician said that her…
Posted on inYoung Woman Nearly Dies After Undergoing Elective Abortion
This case involves a twenty-five-year-old female patient who presented to a local hospital for an induced elective abortion. At the time of the procedure, the patient was approximately fifteen weeks pregnant and, according to the medical note, it was conducted…
Posted on inSurgeon Does Not Secure Leads During Pacemaker Placement
This case involves a forty-seven-year-old female who had a pacemaker installed when she was twenty-five-years-old. Approximately fifteen years following the placement of her pacemaker, there was a suspicion that the patient contracted an infection in the leads of the device.…
Posted on inPA Damages Patient’s Hand During Removal of Foreign Body
This case involves a male patient who presented to his local emergency room with a triple hook fishing lure embedded in his left hand in between the first and second metacarpal web space. The patient was first seen by a…
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