In a medical negligence case that spilled over into a products liability case, we demonstrated that a test, then commonly used by doctors to determine whether a patient is allergic to insect stings, had an unacceptable rate of false negatives. The test regularly came back negative on people who were actually allergic and at risk [...]

Our client was a 31-year-old phlebotomist who contracted HIV from an on-the-job needlestick. After drawing blood from a patient, our client attempted to dispose of the needle in a sharps container. Design defects in the sharps container made it impossible for our client to ascertain that it was already full of needles, pointing up towards [...]

We represented a 34-year-old woman, pregnant with her first child. As a type 1 diabetic, her body did not produce enough insulin to regulate her blood sugar levels. To keep her blood sugar levels from rising dangerously high (hyperglycemia), she injected insulin regularly. Her health care provider recommended an insulin pump during pregnancy, which would [...]