Nursing Home Resident-to-Resident Abuse Litigation: What Attorneys Need From Medical Experts
Resident-to-resident altercations now lead federal nursing home abuse citations. Here is what the October 2026 CMS data, the regulations, the science, and recent cases show, and which medical experts attorneys on both sides need.
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Same Autopsy, Opposite Opinions: What the Birchmore Murder Trial Teaches About Forensic Expert Credentials
A federal murder trial in Boston may turn on one small broken bone and on which expert the jury believes. Tracy Liberatore, Esq. on what the Birchmore case shows attorneys about matching forensic credentials to the question.
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How to Find a Nurse Expert for a Nursing Home Lawsuit
Most nursing home cases turn on nursing care, so the nurse expert is often the most important witness in the file. Here is which nurse fits which case theory, where to look, how to vet a candidate, and what the expert can and cannot opine on.
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When a Patient’s Medical History Becomes the Malpractice Defense
A patient checked no to prior anesthesia problems and died after sedation. The providers blamed her for not disclosing it. In Oglesby v. Unnamed Physician, the Indiana Court of Appeals said the records did not prove the complication ever happened.
Read More...Depo-Provera Litigation After the Settlement: What Attorneys Need From OB/GYN and Epidemiology Experts
The Depo-Provera settlement leaves an estimated one in five federal claims outside the program, and the fights that remain turn on duration of use, timing of diagnosis, latency and label history. Here is what the court’s own orders require, what the epidemiology shows, and why OB/GYN and epidemiology experts now sit at the center of MDL 3140.
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