Category: Pathology Expert Witness
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Pathology Expert’s Emergency Care Opinions Excluded
Plaintiffs Lawrence Lieberman, Linda Lieberman, and the Estate of Myron Lieberman asserted claims for negligence and wrongful death against Defendant Target Corporation. This matter involves a slip-and-fall incident that occurred at a Target store on December 9, 2021. The man who fell, Myron Lieberman, fractured his hip in the fall. He was taken to the…
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Expert Testimony Survives Daubert Challenge in Surgical Mesh Injury Case
Connie Thacker (Plaintiff) received two surgical mesh devices, Prolift and TVT-Secur, as implants on May 8, 2009. Both devices were manufactured by Ethicon, Inc. and were designed to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence in women. Later, Thacker sued, alleging damages resulting from the use of these devices and identified Elizabeth Laposata as her “Case-Specific…
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Pathology Expert Witness’ Testimony Excluded Due to Rampant Plagiarism
A district judge barred Harvard pathologist from testifying because his report was merely a wholesale adoption of International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (“IARC”) findings under the guise of his own expertise. In this toxic tort case that is part of a suite of companion cases, more than sixty Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Lockheed Martin…
