Category: Nursing Expert Witness
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Nursing Expert’s Life Care Plan Opinions Limited
This is a medical negligence case filed by Plaintiff Tanya Soule, as holder of Power of Attorney for Marlene Do, her mother, a currently disabled adult, and Long Do, her husband. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants were negligent in failing to timely diagnose and manage Marelene’s ischemic stroke on December 11, 2019. Defendants Blessing Hospital; Scott…
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Law Enforcement Expert’s Testimony Regarding the Standard of Care in an Involuntary Detention Setting Admitted
This case arises out of Plaintiff Gregory Palm’s claim that he received deficient medical care while incarcerated in the Jones County Jail and Baldwin County Detention Center. Sheriff Butch Reese, Captain Shane Moody, Lieutenant Brent Skinner, and Lieutenant Dalton Hart (hereinafter “Defendants”) disclosed Kathryn Wild and Paul Cappitelli as expert witnesses. Plaintiff Gregory Palm filed…
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Nursing Expert’s Testimony Would Not Assist the Jury in Determining Whether the Plaintiff has a Disability
Bernice McLaurin has sued her former employer, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Jackson, Mississippi, claiming racial discrimination and discrimination based on an unspecified medical disability. McLaurin, an African-American, was hired as a clinical pharmacist at the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Medical Center in Jackson (VAMC) on May 12, 2019, with a one-year probationary period.…
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Nursing Expert Witness’ Opinion Addressing Medical Causation Excluded
Plaintiff, Prunella Banks filed this medical negligence action against Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC (“Lakeland”) and one of its nurses, Morgan McGuire, for injuries allegedly suffered by her late mother, Queen Banks during her short residency at the nursing home from April 21, 2021, to May 3, 2021. According to the Complaint, Nurse McGuire…
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Nursing Expert Witness’ Opinions on the Propriety of Treatment Recommendations Admitted
This matter stems from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on May 21, 2023 when the vehicle driven by Plaintiff, Juwan Brown, and occupied by his parents, Clarence and Tawanna Brown, was struck by a commercial vehicle driven by Dashawn Brooks. The commercial vehicle was owned by Penske Truck Leasing Co. and leased by Defendant…
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Pulmonary Disease Expert Witness’ Opinions on the Reliability of the DOH Investigations are Barred
Plaintiff Lori LaRock filed a medical malpractice and negligence against Albany County Nursing Home (“ACNH”), the County of Albany, Larry Slatky, Debbie Gossman, Rhonda Lyga, and John and Jane Does #1-5 (collectively “Defendants”). Plaintiff asserted that she and her family often found Sanford unfed, unbathed, ungroomed, and covered in his own urine and vomit. On…
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Social Work Expert Witness’ Testimony Explaining the Dynamics of Domestic Violence Admitted
Defendant Michael Johnson is charged with the following: unlawful imprisonment, assault of a domestic partner by strangulation and suffocation, interstate domestic violence, witness tampering, and assault. Johnson claimed that the Government has not filed a notice to call Holly Rosen, provided her curriculum vitae, a statement of her expected testimony, or the basis and methodology…
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Nursing Expert Witness’ Testimony About the Preventability of Suicides Admitted
In February 2019, Jose Banda Pichardo (“Pichardo”) died by suicide while in custody at the Imperial County Sheriff’s Department Regional Adult Detention Facility (“ICRADF”). California Forensic Medical Group is a medical provider that contracted with Imperial County to provide medical and mental health care to inmates at ICRADF. Pichardo’s parents, Jose Trejo and Susana Banda,…
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Nursing Expert Witness Fails to Establish Breach of Duty of Care
A district judge in Kansas barred an expert physician and nurse from testifying about the Defendants’ deviation from the requisite standard of care. Facts: On April 9, 2021, Smoky Hill admitted Arlen Dority, age 82, after a fall at his home on April 6, 2021 and a decline in his ability to care for himself.…
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Court Partly Admits Nursing Expert Witness’ Assertion that the Nursing Care was Substandard
A district judge in Washington ruled that the testimony advanced by an expert on nursing practice was relevant to the Plaintiff’s argument that Chelan County Regional Justice Center’s medical care of inmates is substandard. Facts of the Case: Defendant Chelan County Regional Justice Center (“CCRJC”) accepted Blair Nelson into its jail on November 21, 2020.…
