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Bankruptcy Expert Discusses Law Firm Usurping Corporate Authority SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Bankruptcy Expert Discusses Law Firm Usurping Corporate Authority

This commercial law case involves a claim of legal malpractice against a major law firm in Texas. The firm previously provided legal counsel to the plaintiff, who had been operating a bond-financed copper mining company in Arizona worth at least two hundr …

Rafting Tournament Disrupted Over Fraud Accusation SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Rafting Tournament Disrupted Over Fraud Accusation

A competitive whitewater water rafting in Texas tournament became a lawsuit between two competing organizers when one claimed the other had exploited the operating agreement, misappropriating millions of dollars in revenue. Claiming that fraud and breach o …

Telecommunications Worker Suffers Fatal Injuries From Electrical Shock SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Telecommunications Worker Suffers Fatal Injuries From Electrical Shock

This communications law case involves an employee of a local telecommunications company in Texas who was fatally electrocuted by a negligently placed power line. At the time of the incident in question, the man was working on coaxial cable used by his com …

Catastrophic Failure of Rifle Barrel Causes Devastating Injuries SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Catastrophic Failure of Rifle Barrel Causes Devastating Injuries

This case involved a plaintiff who was seriously injured when his rifle malfunctioned during a hunting trip in Texas. A few weeks before the incident in question, the plaintiff purchased a pre-owned hunting rifle from a local gun store in order to hunt dee …

Oral Surgery Expert Opines on Excessive Bleeding Following Root Canal SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Oral Surgery Expert Opines on Excessive Bleeding Following Root Canal

This case involves a woman in Texas who had a root canal performed in order to treat an infected tooth. Several days after the procedure, the woman presented to the emergency room with complaints of puss and swelling indicative of a probable infection. The …

Fireplace Explosion is Linked to Defective Gas System SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Fireplace Explosion is Linked to Defective Gas System

This case involves a woman from Oklahoma who was severely injured when an open gas fireplace with a glass guard on its perimeter exploded. The gas fireplace was located at a home owned by the plaintiff’s colleague, whom she knew from her position as a com …

Improper Placement of Nasogastric Tube Leads to Patient Death SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Improper Placement of Nasogastric Tube Leads to Patient Death

This cardiac radiology case involves a female patient who suffered from acid reflux and had used heartburn medication in the past, was admitted into the ER and diagnosed with a small bowel obstruction in Arizona. She had a nasogastric tube placed for deco …

Patient is Killed From Depressed Respiratory Function Following Surgery SOUTHWEST Expert Case

Patient is Killed From Depressed Respiratory Function Following Surgery

This OR operations case involves a patient in Arizona who underwent a surgical procedure to remove part of his colon. A preoperative workup including a pulmonary and critical care consultation was conducted by the defendant pulmonologist. The consultation …