Edward E. Taber

• Degidio v. Centocor, et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio (2014). Obtained the exclusion of Plaintiff’s medical and regulatory experts’ testimony under Daubert, resulting in summary judgment for pharmaceutical manufacturer in case involving alleged injuries from prescription biologic.
• Williams v. Bausch & Lomb Company, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2011). Pharmaceutical product liability action creating new law on the application of the new statutory damage caps set forth in Ohio’s Tort Reform Act (Senate Bill 80).
• Howell v. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Medical Privacy, 2008.
• Rife v. Matrixx, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Pharmaceutical Product Liability, 2007.
• Spadichi, Inc. v. Cheslin Chevrolet, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Product Liability, 2007.
• Lightbody v. Rust, Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Breach of Contract, 2006 (retrial).
• Rickett v. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Medical Malpractice / Birth Injury, 2002.
• Henes v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Common Pleas Court of Butler County, Ohio. Medical Malpractice, 2001.
• Sullins v. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death, 2001.

Recent Speaking Engagements

• "Patient-Provider Communications, Technology, and Apologies," 2018 Medical/Legal Summit, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio (April 2018)
• "New Frontiers in HIPAA & Privacy Enforcement: State Courts, FTC and OIG," Ohio Hospital Association Centennial Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio (June 2015)
• "Physician Extenders," 2015 Medical/Legal Summit, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association/Academy of Medicine Foundation/Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio (April 2015)
• "Opening Statement & Closing Argument," Ohio State Bar Association Litigation Basics Seminar, Cleveland, Ohio (October 2014)

Recent Publications

• "Drug and Device Lawyers Need to Be Mindful of Recent HIPAA and State Medical Privacy Law Developments," DRI's RX for the Defense (October 2015)
• "Reforming Tort Reform: What's Going On with Ohio's Affidavit of Merit Rule?," published in Northern Ohio Physician (September/October 2013)
• “U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Regarding Pharmaceutical Warnings,” published in Northern Ohio Physician, Vol. 94, No. 4 (July/August 2009)
• "The Push for Transparency in Healthcare," published in OACTA Quarterly Review (Spring 2009)
• “Physician Interaction with Pharmaceutical Companies: New Rules and Nationwide Trends” (April 2009)
• “Medical Privacy Litigation: What You Don’t Know About this New Trend Could Burn You,” published in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal, Vol. 1, No. 12 (March 2009)

• The Best Lawyers in America® (2012-2020) 
  • 2015 Cleveland Lawyer of the Year (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants)

• Defense Research Institute
• Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• University of Michigan Alumni Association
• American Motorcyclist Association

• Fifty Tucker Ellis Attorneys Named Among Best Lawyers for 2020
  August 2019
• Forty-Seven Tucker Ellis Attorneys Named Among Best Lawyers for 2019
  August 2018
• Tucker Ellis Wins Unanimous Defense Verdict for Cleveland Clinic
  March 2017
• The "Heartbleed" Bug and Responding to a Data Security Breach
  April 2014
• Supreme Court of Ohio Reaffirms (Again) Robinson v. Bates; Rules that Trial Errors Deprived Physician of Fair Trial
  October 2013