Case: Billy Schumann, et al. v. Collier Anesthesia, No. 2:12–cv–347–FtM–29CM, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; May 9, 2014 Background: Plaintiffs Billy Schumann and Dustin Abraham, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, seek minimum wage and overtime…

Case: Jacqueline Toombs v. Acute Care Consultants, Inc., No. A13A2316, Georgia Court of Appeals; March 19, 2014 Background: Jacqueline Toombs filed a medical malpractice case against Dr. Bruce Friedman, nurse practitioner Gena Markwalter and Acute Care Consultants, Inc. alleging that…

Case: Frank Czajkowski, et al. v. YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford, Inc., No. 35085, Appellate Court of Connecticut; April 15, 2014 Background: Plaintiff Lisa Czajkowski, on behalf her minor son, Frank, sued YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford, Inc., alleging negligence as a…

Case: Brock Gaudreault v. Elite Line Services, LLC, No. 12–cv–1177 (JNE/JSM), U.S. District Court, Minnesota; May 14, 2014 Background: Plaintiff Brock Gaudreault was an equipment service employee of Delta Air Lines on May 23, 2010. While preparing to block the…

Case: Terry Moore v. Robert Blackwell, et al., No. 109685, Okla. App., Div. 2; Decision Dec. 31, 2013, Mandate issued April 29 Background: On Sept. 1, 2007, Jerrit Moore, who was twelve-years-old at the time, was walking with a friend…

A Florida teenager, 17-year-old Tyler Hadley, was sentenced to life in prison without parole by St. Lucie County Judge Robert R. Makemson. This, despite the fact that two expert witnesses testified that Hadley was in no way acting as an…

Co-authored with Katelyn Crawford In Vergara v. California, a landmark case concerning teacher employment, plaintiffs argue that California’s tenure, dismissal, and layoff system violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause by systematically discriminating against low-income children. The plaintiffs are nine California…

Back on April 1st, we published a litigation guide on the da Vinci Robot Surgical System (produced by Intuitive Surgical, Inc.). It details the different litigation issues, medical summaries, and robotic surgery expert witnesses used in those types of cases. Since that…

Co-authored by Peter Radetich. On May 12, 2013, the family of Derek Boogaard filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Chicago against the National Hockey League (NHL), alleging that the NHL was responsible for the physical trauma and brain damage Boogaard suffered…

On February 19, 2013, the first of over 3,000 Actos lawsuits went to trial in the Superior Court of California. The plaintiff in the case alleged that Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Asia’s largest drugmaker and Actos manufacturer, was negligent in presenting the…