Altered Mental Status Expert Witness

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Tardif v. City of New York Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169650 Facts The plaintiff, Mary Tardif, filed suit against the New York City…

This case involves a 19-year-old female college student who committed suicide in her dorm room in November of her sophomore year. The student had no history of mental illness prior to arriving at college and was physically healthy. A year…

This case involves a 23-year old male victim of human trafficking with a history of psychosis and multiple suicide attempts. He presented to the emergency room late one evening after overdosing on antidepressants. The patient was admitted to an internal medicine floor with psychiatry…

This case involves a woman who fatally stabbed her husband while having a schizophrenic episode. The woman had been diagnosed with schizophrenia the year prior to the incident and prescribed antipsychotic medication. The woman had developed insomnia from the antipsychotic, and elected to stop…

This case involves a 45-year-old male patient with a history of severe depression and seizures. He was admitted to a psychiatric facility following a suicide attempt and was given several psychiatric evaluations. The patient was deemed in severe and critical condition. It…

This case involves a 24-year-old female schizophrenic inmate who died at a state mental hospital after being tackled by an orderly. Prior to her incarceration, she had been successfully treated with Risperdal for 2 years. Although it was acknowledged that the…

This case involves a 40-year-old male patient with a history of Crohn’s disease who developed meningitis and was given a spinal tap. The patient subsequently suffered a cerebrospinal fluid leak and developed complex regional pain syndrome as a result. He received ketamine…

This case involves a young man who witnessed the murder of his best friend in a drive-by shooting. The young man was unable to return to work from the emotional distressed suffered as a result of the incident. It was…

A critical care expert witness advises on a case happened in New Hampshire involving a patient who died as a result of aspiration pneumonia following a traumatic brain injury. This case involves a fifty-five-year-old female patient who died as a…