Court: Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Howell v. CONRAIL Citation: 2019-Ohio-2434 Facts The plaintiff worked for the defendant Conrail from 1975 until his retirement in 2013. The plaintiff earlier worked in…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Salazar v. United States Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25245 Facts The plaintiff brought this complaint against the Veteran Affairs (VA) New York Harbor…
This case involves a 46-year-old female patient who was seeing a dermatologist for various skin lesions and actinic keratosis management. The patient was advised to use Carac cream as a form of treatment. No biopsies were performed at the time. The…
This case involves asbestos-related workers compensation litigation. Over 20 construction workers working under the same contractor in Iowa alleged that they developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-contaminated materials during long-term projects. A pulmonary pathology expert was sought to review these claims, the…
This case involves a female patient who presented to her primary care physician with a persistent cough. An x-ray showed a large mass in the right lung and the patient was referred to a thoracic surgeon. The thoracic surgeon ordered…
This thoracic radiology case involves a patient in North Dakota with a history of smoking who had a chest x-ray that allegedly reflected a mass in the upper portion of the left lung. The study was allegedly of poor quality and no…
This case involves a female patient with a history of coronary artery disease, as well as a number of different cardiovascular defects, for which she had undergone multiple surgeries and was on blood thinning medication. A routine chest x-ray had…
This case involves a middle-aged man who had a delayed diagnosis of spindle cell carcinoma of the lung. Prior to his diagnoses, the patient had a long and detailed history of asthma, which was being managed by his primary care doctor with…
This case involves a male patient with a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as several other respiratory issues. On one occasion, the patient had a severe episode of COPD that required him to be admitted to the hospital.…
