Tag: Sedate
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Emergency Medicine Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on Sedation
This litigation stems from the death of Charles Lamar Vanlandingham in September of 2019. Plaintiff alleged that Vanlandingham suffered a medical episode with seizure activity in the early morning hours of September 15, 2019, and Vanlandingham’s girlfriend called 911. According to Plaintiff, Vanlandingham started to improve in the time it took EMS to arrive. Following…
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Dentistry Expert’s Testimony on Conscious Sedation Admitted
This case stems from allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that Dr. Eli Jarjoura, a licensed dentist, illegally prescribed Schedule IV controlled substances without a “legitimate medical purpose . . . in the usual course of his professional practice.” Jarjoura instructed the patient to take one 0.25 mg tablet of triazolam and one 0.5…
