For the most part[1], unlike those who work in traditional settings, medical professionals working in correctional facilities face the prospect of civil rights lawsuits brought by their incarcerated patients. Often, inmates and prisoners who require medical or mental...
Sam Leib, Brenden Leib and Kate Davis successfully defended an obstetrician regarding the labor and delivery of term neonate who was subsequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy and profound cognitive disabilities. Plaintiffs sought damages in excess of $30 million...
Last week, two Leib Knott Gaynor litigation teams secured defense jury verdicts for their clients. First, LKG Partner and Shareholder, Sam Leib, along with Associate Attorney Brenden Leib and Paralegal Kathryn Davis, secured a defense verdict for a Wisconsin OB/GYN...
LKG Partner and Shareholder, Douglas Knott, along with Associate Attorney Kelly Lamberty, successfully defended a hospitalist in a six-day jury trial in Marinette County, Wisconsin. The allegations concerned the alleged failure to timely diagnosis sepsis in a patient...
Leib Knott Gaynor congratulations and appreciation to Charles R. Starnes for publishing his article, “Constitutionalizing Negligence Kingsley and Objective Reasonableness”, in the June edition of For The Defense published by the Defense Research Institute (DRI). In...
Nurses are an essential component of any medical system or healthcare facility. We have all received healthcare from a nurse for various reasons. Whether at a hospital stay or even at a routine check-up. Like all conscientious healthcare providers, many nurses fear...