Case Types Reviewed
Podiatric malpractice, lower-extremity trauma, workers’ compensation and disability matters.
The matters below are within my practice and my expertise. If your case is not on this list, ask — and if it is outside what I can speak to credibly, I will say so and, where I can, point you toward the right specialty. See what a review involves.
Podiatric and foot & ankle malpractice
- Elective forefoot surgery outcomes — bunion, hammertoe and neuroma procedures, including malunion, nonunion, recurrence, transfer lesions, and shortened or floating toes
- Ankle and hindfoot fracture management — missed fractures, inadequate reduction, hardware failure and post-traumatic arthritis
- Diabetic foot care — ulcer management, offloading, delayed referral, and the chain of events leading to amputation
- Heel pressure injuries acquired in hospitals and nursing homes — risk assessment, heel offloading, staging, infection and whether the wound was avoidable
- Missed or delayed diagnosis of infection, including osteomyelitis, abscess and necrotizing soft-tissue infection
- Charcot neuroarthropathy — recognition, immobilization and reconstruction
- Peripheral arterial disease — failure to assess perfusion or to refer for vascular evaluation before intervention
- Wound care management and the standard for escalation
- Achilles tendon rupture and repair — missed diagnosis, the choice between operative and non-operative management, re-rupture and wound complications
- Missed Lisfranc and other midfoot injuries, and injuries not apparent on the initial plain films
- Nerve injury — including foot drop and peroneal nerve palsy — complex regional pain syndrome, and compartment syndrome of the leg or foot
- Nail and routine foot care procedures, including infection and injury in the at-risk patient
- Post-operative infection, wound dehiscence and management of surgical complications
- Informed consent — whether the risks, alternatives and expected outcome were actually disclosed
- Custom orthotics, bracing and durable medical equipment — fit, indication and resulting injury
Personal injury and trauma
- Motor vehicle collisions with foot, ankle or lower-leg injury, including Michigan no-fault matters
- Slip, trip and fall injuries — mechanism, plausibility and injury pattern
- Crush and industrial injuries to the foot and ankle
- Causation and apportionment where degenerative change or prior injury is present
- Permanency, impairment and projected future foot and ankle care
Workers’ compensation and disability
- Work-relatedness of foot and ankle conditions
- Maximum medical improvement, restrictions and work capacity
- Reasonableness and necessity of the treatment provided
Two areas covered in more detail
Surgical claims and nerve-injury claims each raise their own questions, so they have their own pages: foot and ankle surgery expert witness review and foot drop and peroneal nerve injury. If the defendant is an orthopedic surgeon rather than a podiatrist, podiatric or orthopedic expert witness explains which specialty your case needs. Background reading for counsel is collected under resources.
Common questions about case types
My case involves an orthopedic surgeon, not a podiatrist. Can you review it?
Partly, and the distinction matters. I can speak to foot and ankle medicine, the injury, the imaging and the outcome. I do not offer opinions on the orthopedic standard of care, and if that is the core of your case you need an orthopedic expert.
Do you handle personal injury as well as malpractice?
Yes. Foot and ankle trauma in motor vehicle, premises and workplace matters, including causation, apportionment where degenerative change is present, permanency and projected future care.
Do you review workers’ compensation and disability matters?
Yes — work-relatedness, maximum medical improvement, restrictions and work capacity, and whether the treatment provided was reasonable and necessary.
My case is not on the list. Should I still ask?
Yes. If it is outside what I can speak to credibly I will say so, and where I can I will point you toward the right specialty.
Where the claim is filed in Michigan, see Michigan podiatry expert witness for the qualification rules that govern who may give standard-of-care testimony.
Two case families have pages of their own: ankle fracture, syndesmotic injury and ankle surgery claims, and elective and reconstructive foot surgery.
Start with a conflict check
Send the parties, the venue and a two-sentence description of the claim. I will confirm there is no conflict and tell you plainly whether the case is inside my expertise. There is no charge for that first conversation.