Michael Talve, CEO

This educational leadership case involves a student who was enrolled in a sixth grade class of thirty students. One day, after the students had returned from lunch, the teacher instructed them to remain in their seats and do an assignment written…

This case involves an allegedly defective portable heater. A fire started in a row house which was the home of a twenty-three-year-old woman and her husband. The plaintiff, the woman’s husband, was in the home along with his wife and…

This case involves an allegedly defective electric blanket. A woman and her young son were at home when an electric blanket that they had been using caught on fire. The fire eventually caused the woman’s home to go up in…

This case involves a man who was driving his heavy duty truck with his wife as the front seat passenger. After they had gone three miles, the plaintiff’s truck tire had a partial tread belt detachment. The truck veered off…

This machine automation case involves a thirty-five-year-old man who was shopping at a large department store.  Upon entering an elevator, the plaintiff saw an elderly couple slowly approaching the elevator. As the elevator doors were closing, the man put his hand…

This case involves a fifty-four-year-old female patient who underwent a vaginal vault repair. She subsequently had damage to her sciatic nerve suffering from motor/sensory dysfunction with paralysis postoperatively. Additionally, she had pain and numbness in her left foot and hip.  As…

This case involves a male patient who presented to his plastic surgeon for a consultation regarding his eyelids. Upon examination, the physician noted bilateral ptosis (drooping of the eyelid). After evaluation by the plastic surgeon, he recommended the patient undergo…

This case involves a couple who hired an attorney to represent two of their corporations. There was a subsequent litigation involving the corporations. During the litigation, the couple agreed to give the attorney a mortgage on their home in order…

This case involves an attorney who acted as an informant for the FBI and gave the government information revealed to him by a former client. The client was appealing a conviction for several criminal offenses. The attorney had represented the…

This case involves a forty-two-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with Stage III prostate cancer. The pathologist revealed on the initial pathology report a carcinoma of the prostate, with Gleason scores of 10 in several regions.  A bone scan at…