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Effects of Vaping in the Body

Effects of Vaping in the Body

Vaping Lawsuits and the Effects of Vaping in the Body   E-cigarettes (vaping) have taken the market by storm, but it is also facing a growing number of lawsuits all too familiar with its predeces

Jul 31, 2020 - 1 min read
Peripheral Vascular Disease

Peripheral Vascular Disease

When most people think of vascular disease, they generally think of coronary artery blockages and heart attacks. Perhaps it’s not heart disease but strokes that come to mind. Certainly, both of these conditions are dangerous diseases with serious consequences, but there are other diseases of the vascular system that can result in dangerous outcomes. One of these is peripheral vascular disease.Click here to view this video on our YouTube pagePeripheral vascular disease is a progressive disorder that causes narrowing or blockage to blood vessels outside of the chest. This can include the arteries to the brain and organs, but the legs and feet are most commonly affected. Complications of peripheral vascular disease can be severe and can include chronic pain, restricted mobility and even the loss of a limb and the need for amputation.Litigation for such cases often revolves around the attempts to repair the effects of this disease and to restore blood flow to the affected

Jun 9, 2020 - 1 min read
Growing Number of Lawsuits Over 3M Earplugs

Growing Number of Lawsuits Over 3M Earplugs

Product liability lawsuits keep growing against 3M who produced the dual-ended Combat Arms earplugs. These earplugs were worn by service men and women from 2003 to 2015. It is claimed that defects in these earplugs resulted in acoustic injuries leading to damage to the ear, the development of tinnitus and the loss of hearing over time due to the stem of the earplugs being too short.Click here to view this video on our YouTube pageThis 3D animation addresses the claims of the defective earplugs used by the military as well as an overview of ear anatomy which allows us to appreciate the complex structures working together to produce the sense of hearing and the destructive nature of these associated injuries.The ear can be divided into three regions: the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The external ear consists of an outer, funnel-like structure called the auricle and a 2.5 cm tube called the external auditory meatus or ear canal. The middle ear connects the externa

May 27, 2020 - 1 min read
Medical Malpractice Case Study in Fairfax, VA

Medical Malpractice Case Study in Fairfax, VA

Trial Presentation Case Study: Medical Malpractice Case in Fairfax, VA Court.    This medical malpractice trial in Fairfax, VA utilized graphics, illustrations, electronic presentation, and

May 20, 2020 - 1 min read
Proton Pump Inhibitors - Multidistrict Litigation

Proton Pump Inhibitors - Multidistrict Litigation

Since the late 1980’s, Physicians have prescribed proton pump inhibitors (“PPIs”) to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (“GERD”) and other conditions involving excess stomach acid. By 2019, PPI’s had been prescribed to more than 15 million Americans; and an unknown quantity of over-the-counter (“OTC”) PPIs were in use.During the period in which PPIs have been sold in the United States, hundreds of reports of various injuries have been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in association with ingestion of PPIs such as Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, Protonix, and others. In recent years, pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Merck & Co., Inc., The Proctor & Gamble Company, and Takeda have been named as Defendants in nearly 14,000 product liability complaints. Complaints uniformly allege that “users and prescribing physicians were not adequately warned” that the widely used heartb

May 14, 2020 - 1 min read
Representing The Unknown

Representing The Unknown

At Trial Exhibits, we are sometimes called upon to illustrate general theories that do not have defined specifics. In such cases, an expert witness may have an overall opinion on what occurred without knowing exactly how it happened. This illustration of umbilical cord compression is a great example of this problem.In this case involving a defect in fetal development, the OB-GYN expert was confident that the defect in this fetus occurred long before the delivery due to a compression of the umbilical cord resulting in a reduction of blood flow to the fetus. Regretfully, it was impossible to say how this umbilical cord compression occurred. Was the cord compressed between the shoulder and the anterior uterine wall? Was it compressed between the head and the cervix? The exact mechanism was unknown. The lack of these specifics does not change the validity of the theory, but it certainly makes it difficult to illustrate! That was the problem presented to Trial Exhibits.Our solution is

Mar 30, 2020 - 1 min read
Positional Awareness

Positional Awareness

In most medical cases, there is a need for the audience to understand the pertinent anatomy not in isolation, but in relationship to other structures. In a whiplash case, you need to understand the relationship of the brain and skull. In a gallbladder case, you need to understand the relationship of the cystic duct and the common bile duct. In a shoulder dystocia case, you need to understand the relationship of the baby’s shoulder to the mother’s pelvis. True understanding involved positional awareness.This was just such a case. The opposition was arguing that a midline incision should have been made through the sternum (breastbone) to access the heart in a traditional fashion. We claimed that adhesions from a previous procedure made this risky, so an alternate approach was preferred. To make our argument, we had to make sure that the audience understood the relationship of the sternum to the underlying heart and great vessels and how this relationship was changed by the adhes

Mar 30, 2020 - 1 min read
Fighting Blood Clots

Fighting Blood Clots

Have you ever wondered why we need to get up and move around from time to time while we fly or why a bedbound patient is more susceptible to venous thrombosis (blood clotting)? These issues of clotting are common in a variety of legal cases including pulmonary embolism cases and various stroke cases. Therefore, it is widely known that inactivity can lead to blood clotting and that these clots can lead to a number of dangerous results, but it is not so widely understood how ambulation (walking) can help prevent these complications.That was precisely the issue in one case recently illustrated by Trial Exhibits. In this case, one medical expert wanted to explain exactly why ambulation helps to prevent clots as one factor involved in the natural mechanisms the body uses to keep clotting in check. This illustration was created to assist that testimony.As you can see, we first created an illustration that gives an overall understanding of a blood clot. This illustration shows how red bl

Mar 30, 2020 - 1 min read