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Victoria Negron is a content writer and strategist who specializes in legal news and blog writing.Articles by Victoria Negron
Conference Display Falls Causing Traumatic Brain Injury
This case involves an individual who suffered a traumatic brain injury at an industry conference when a display fell over and hit her. While the woman was walking through a sponsor’s display, one of the structural beams caved in and the display collapsed, causing her to lose consciousness. In the months following the incident, the woman…
Posted on inCardiologist Fails To Remove Wire After Surgical Defibrillator Placement
This case involves a middle-aged female patient with a history of chronic heart failure who presented to the hospital to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (CRT device) placed. During the surgery, the device placement was complicated by a wire that became disconnected from…
Posted on inSearch Engine Expert Calculates View Count For Compromising Video
This case involves a man who attended a large music festival. While the man was at the music festival, he became drunk and briefly exposed himself as a videographer was capturing a panoramic shot of the event. The camera belonged…
Posted on inWoman Severely Burned By Allegedly Defective Headphones
This case involves an allegedly defective model of headphones that exploded. The plaintiff was using her headphones while biking in 95-degree weather and was sweating profusely. As the headphones became wet, they began to smoke and spontaneously exploded, causing severe facial…
Posted on inInternet Service Providers Accused of Antitrust Violations
This case involves several entities that were part of a group contract negotiated by the state which violated the False Claims Act. Under the contract in question, internet service providers agreed they would provide the lowest cost service possible as…
Posted on inPatient Receives Fatally Toxic Treatment For Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
This case involves a 40-year-old male patient with a history of Crohn’s disease who developed meningitis and was given a spinal tap. The patient subsequently suffered a cerebrospinal fluid leak and developed complex regional pain syndrome as a result. He received ketamine…
Posted on inDelayed Diagnosis Of Bacterial Infection Causes Premature Twin Birth
This case involves a female patient who was confirmed by ultrasound to have a twin pregnancy. The patient was seen by her obstetrician at 22 weeks gestation with complaints of leaking clear fluid and pelvic pain. The obstetrician did not…
Posted on inCompany Allegedly Under-Compensates Female Member of Sales Team
This case involves a senior sales executive that was allegedly under-compensated by the company in question for the first 3 years of her employment. The executive was a career sales professional with an MBA and was consistently ranked the highest performing employee in her division. It was then…
Posted on inHospital Allegedly Fails To Establish Sufficient Security Measures For Online Medical Records
This case involves a woman whose roommate accessed and shared her sensitive medical records without her consent. Leading up to the event, the woman and her roommate had gotten into a dispute. Because of this dispute, the roommate vengefully logged…
Posted on inSafety Engineer Evaluates Collision Between Train And School Bus
This case involves several children who died when a train collided with a school bus. The normal school bus route did not involve crossing over the railroad tracks, but construction on a main municipal road caused traffic to be re-routed over the…
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