Medical Malpractice
FBMJ’s Sarah Cherry Presents At Mid-Michigan College
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip (FBMJ) attorney, Sarah Cherry, recently presented “How to Defend Yourself Before You Get Sued,” to a group of nursing students at Mid Michigan College in Mt. Pleasant, MI. The presentation included discussion on the anatomy of a medical malpractice lawsuit, implications of a lawsuit, medical charting tips, social media use by nurses, HIPAA, recordings by patien
FBMJ Attorneys Tucciarone & McDaniel Obtain No-Cause Verdict in Oakland County Case
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip attorneys Enrico (Eric) Tucciarone and Stacey McDaniel recently obtained a defense verdict (No Cause) in a medical malpractice jury trial in Oakland County Circuit Court.Eric and Stacey represented a major Oakland County hospital system and an orthopedic nurse in a claim involving a 78-year-old knee replacement patient. The patient fell the day after surgery afte
Enrico Tucciarone Named One of “Michigan’s Go To Lawyers” for Negligence Law
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC is pleased to announce that Enrico Tucciarone has been named a “Go To Lawyer” for negligence law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.Now in its fifth year, “Michigan’s Go To Lawyers” program recognizes leading lawyers around the state in a given practice area. Tucciarone, along with 21 other honorees, were featured in a special section of the September 23rd
FBMJ Attorney Featured Speaker at Hospital Grand Rounds
On Thursday, August 8th, Foley, Baron, Metzger, & Juip (FBMJ) attorney, Sarah Cherry, presented “Medical Malpractice: Charting Errors & Implications – Emergency Medicine Edition,” at Henry Ford Hospital Grand Rounds in Detroit, Michigan. Sarah presented to over 40 emergency medicine residents, interns, and physicians about appropriate charting in the emergency department. The present
Are Subspecialists considered “Specialists” when Determining Qualification to Testify on Standard of Care? Michigan Supreme Court Releases Opinion that says: NO!
The long-awaited opinion of Horn v. Swofford was just issued by the Michigan Supreme Court on July 25th. The crux of the case was whether a neuroradiologist was qualified to testify against Dr. Swofford who was a diagnostic radiologist reading a brain CT scan. In partially overturning its seminal 2006 case of Woodard v. Custer, the Michigan Supreme Court held that a subspecialty is not considered
No Cause Verdict for FBMJ Attorneys
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip attorneys Randy Juip and Sarah Cherry recently obtained a Defense Verdict (No Cause) in a medical malpractice jury trial in Wayne County Circuit Court.Randy and Sarah represented a major hospital system, an Emergency Medicine physician, and a Physician Assistant in a claim involving a 28-year-old female and two emergency department visits involving a hand laceratio
FBMJ Attorneys Successful in MSD of In Pro Per Case
A big shout out to FBMJ attorneys Brian Whitelaw and Cathy Rodey for the dismissal of a very complicated in pro per Complaint against a major healthcare system in the metro-Detroit area. Briefly, the plaintiff sought treatment for an oral infection while pregnant. Oral Surgery was called, and the patient was admitted and treated. Her child was later born with a genetic disorder, which she blamed o
Attorney Sarah H. Luchsinger Joins FBMJ
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC is pleased to announce the hiring of attorney Sarah H. Luchsinger as a Senior Associate with the firm.Sarah’s practice primarily involves medical malpractice defense, but also includes nursing home negligence, general negligence, premises negligence, and trucking and auto negligence. In addition, she has experience with insurance defense, and family law, in
FBMJ’s Kim Sveska Wins Daubert Challenge
Congratulations to Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip Member, Kim Sveska, for a recent successful Daubert win in a potentially high-damages medical malpractice case. A Daubert win is based on a standard which instructs judges to consider several factors related to expert witness reliability and testimony, as well as the relevance of the testimony to the case. Judges must make sure the scientific b
Congratulation to Sarah Cherry on Medical-Malpractice Dismissal
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip attorney, Sarah Cherry, was successful in obtaining another medical malpractice case dismissal on behalf of her hospital client involving an infected implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), which allegedly migrated and perforated a patient’s colon. As required under Michigan law, Plaintiff served a notice of intent related to the ICD. Plaintiff then filed a