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Articles by Victoria Negron

Patient Dies Of Liver Failure After Delayed Interventional Radiology Treatment

This case involves a middle-aged female patient who presented with abdominal pain and a hepatic lesion. She underwent a CT-guided liver biopsy and was discharged home. Later in the week, the patient began to complain of increased abdominal pain and was…

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Defective Batteries Allegedly To Blame For E-Cigarette Explosion

This case involves an individual who was severely injured by an e-cigarette. The individual just finished smoking the e-cigarette outside of a local mall and placed the device into his front left pocket. After 10 minutes of walking in the mall, the e-cigarette…

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Recycling Plant Sued After Failing To Comply With Environmental Regulations

This case involves a recycling plant that was recently shut down for various breaches of environmental regulatory codes. A class of investors filed suit against the plant’s corporate executives asserting that the plant made misleading statements about their level of…

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Infectious Disease Experts Opine On Whether Vaccine Caused Chronic Fatigue

This case involves a male journalist who went to a local facility to receive immunizations before traveling abroad for work. A senior member of the facility staff mistakingly administered an anthrax vaccine and allegedly administered a significantly larger dose than…

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Mortgage Brokerage Firm Fails To Disclose Franchise Bankruptcy

This case involves a young couple from Hawaii who were advised by their attorney to invest in commercial property. They bought a commercial property in California via the defendant mortgage brokerage firm based in Oregon. At the time of purchase,…

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Expert Witness Fee Report: Facts, Figures & Trends In 2017

Check out our 2018 Expert Witness Fee Report Here The expert witness fee data you’ve been waiting for is finally here! In early 2017, The Expert Institute launched our Expert Witness Fee Calculator which compiles data from over 35,000 expert…

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Toddler Seriously Injured By Improperly Stacked Boxes At Large Retailer

This case involves a toddler at a large bix box retail store who wandered into an aisle where boxes were being unloaded. There were 6 employees unloading boxes and shelving items in the aisle but none of them noticed the toddler wander in.…

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Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Expert Opines On Contract Dispute Between Developers

This case involves a company that was developing a next-generation aircraft. A letter of intent was signed by a contracting company to design the control system. During the joint development phase, the contractor failed to develop the system in time. The…

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Surgical Resident Performs Unsuccessful Emergent Tracheotomy

This case involves a middle-aged male patient who presented to the hospital with a seizure. The patient developed an allergic reaction to the blood pressure medication he was given during his ED course and his airway began to swell uncontrollably. Intubation was indicated for airway…

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Former Pharmaceutical Firm Employee Violates Confidentiality Agreement

This case involves a breach of an employee confidentiality agreement after a senior employee of a biopharmaceutical firm left the company in order to join a competitor. The former employee had knowledge of a particularly important clinical success with an oncology medication of high…

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