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15 Questions an Expert Witness Must be Able to Answer
I have been providing expert witness services in podiatry malpractice cases since 1993. These 15 questions are an example of what I am typically asked during  depositions and testimony: 1. How long have you been doing case reviews? 2.…
Posted on in Working with ExpertsChild Loses Toe in Escalator Accident
A five-year-old child was shopping with her mother in a major department store. While riding the escalator to the third floor, the child’s rubber sandal became entrapped between the moving stairs. The sandal pulled the child’s Hallux (big toe) into…
Posted on inCar Without Starter Interlock Device Results in Amputation
This case involves a man who was visiting the home of a friend who had just purchased a new car. The man’s friend asked him if he wanted to see the new car with the engine running. The man’s friend…
Posted on inFalling Merchandise in Hardware Store Causes Broken Foot
This case involves a forty-year-old man that visited a “big box” hardware store in order to purchase supplies for building a tree house for his children. The man first visited the lumber section of the store in order to buy…
Posted on inCustomer Severely Injured in Grocery Store Slip and Fall
This case involves a fifty-five-year-old woman who was grocery shopping for a dinner party. She entered the grocery store at 10:00 p.m. started in the produce aisle; the first section of the grocery store when entering through the main doors. …
Posted on inAutomobile’s Defective Electrical Sunroof Causes Fire and Leads to Child’s Death
This electronic systems case involves the death of a young child from a fire sparked in her family’s minivan by the explosion of its panoramic sunroof. The plaintiff’s three-year-old daughter was playing in the family minivan along with her twin brother.…
Posted on inAutomobile’s Defective Roof Header Leads to Head and Spinal Cord Injury
This case involves a mid-sized sedan. The plaintiff, a forty-five-year-old man, was traveling south on a major highway when he was struck from the front by the wheel and tire assembly that had detached from a truck that was on…
Posted on inRadiation Oncology Expert Witness discusses Medical Malpractice
I have been actively engaged in the clinical practice of Radiation Oncology for the last 40 years. Over the last 10 years I have been asked to participate as a radiation oncology expert witness in a variety of medical malpractice…
Posted on in Working with ExpertsPediatrics Expert Witness discusses Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice Cases
In over twenty-five years of consulting as a pediatrics expert witness on issues for both plaintiff and defense attorneys, I have seen well over two hundred cases at all stages of the process. Having had the opportunity to follow many…
Posted on in Working with ExpertsPlastic Surgery Expert Witness Opines on Why Patients Sue Plastic Surgeons
As a plastic surgery expert witness, I’ve come to understand that a common misconception among physicians is that legal actions against them are random events that cannot be prevented. Having been hired as a plastic surgery expert witness on many…
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