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The “objective reasonableness standard” of police civil litigation was established by the United States Supreme Court in Graham vs. Conner in 1989.  As a police practices expert, I cannot render an opinion as to the objective reasonableness of a police…

Finding the right construction expert for defect and workmanship claims can be difficult for attorneys without a specialty in construction. Attorneys tend to retain engineers or architects as experts because, like attorneys, they are degreed and licensed. However, this tactic…

One of the first questions I am asked by attorneys as an expert witness is, “what do all those letters behind your name mean?” Nursing is a unique profession with its own designations and regulations, and credentialing is an essential…

It has been more than four years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in which 20 children and 6 adults were killed by an outside attacker. Given the scope of this event as well as the national and…

Although most patients can spontaneously expel a kidney stone, nearly 10-20% of adults will ultimately need some type of operative procedure. Here, I’ll discuss common complications of kidney stone surgery that could become a source of medical-legal liability. Surgical Procedures…

Both a long-respected legal doctrine and a core principal of the hospitality industry, the top priority of hotel owners and operators is to protect the safety of their guests. Equally, owners and operators are usually deemed culpable for negligent behavior.…

However, the potential harm surgeons can inflict on patients during spinal surgery depends heavily on when, and if, a surgeon realizes their mistake. In this article, I will discuss the intricacies of wrong-level spinal surgery and considerations for attorneys in…

The majority of medical legal cases involving bodily injury require the expertise of an Orthopaedic Surgeon.  Most accidents and industrial injuries involve the musculoskeletal system— including bone fractures, ligament injuries, or soft tissue injuries involving the extremities or spine.  With…

As the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the…

Diabetes Mellitus is an extremely common disorder.  The incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2) has exploded in parallel with the rising incidence of obesity: so much so that the colloquial name Diabesity has come to designate the combination of…