How Veritas Deposition™ cross-referenced a defense expert's prior testimony against a national database — exposing 8 conflicting opinions that shifted settlement posture by $3M.
A Manhattan birth injury case — and the expert witness who contradicted himself across four different jurisdictions.
During a prolonged labor at a Manhattan hospital, fetal heart rate monitoring showed repeated late decelerations over a 3-hour window. The standard of care required emergency cesarean delivery within 30 minutes of a Category III tracing. Instead, labor was allowed to continue for 2 hours and 45 minutes.
The infant was delivered with APGAR scores of 2 and 4, cord blood pH of 6.9, and evidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Now 3 years old, the child requires 24/7 care, has a G-tube, and is non-ambulatory. Lifetime medical costs exceed $4M.
The hospital retained Dr. Richard Stanton, a nationally known perinatologist with 30+ years of experience. His opinion: the fetal heart tracings did not meet criteria for Category III, and the 2h45m delay was within acceptable practice standards. His CV listed 27 prior defense engagements across 14 states.
The plaintiff's team uploaded Dr. Stanton's CV, his expert report from this case, and five of his prior depositions (from Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, and California) into Veritas Deposition™. The Contradiction Detection Engine™ ran the cross-reference — and delivered 8 material conflicts within 90 seconds.
Veritas Deposition™ cross-referenced Dr. Stanton against a national expert testimony database — finding 8 prior statements that contradicted his current opinion.
Dr. Stanton's expert report in this case asserts that the fetal heart rate patterns were Category II at most, and therefore did not require immediate delivery.
In a Pennsylvania birth injury case, Dr. Stanton testified under oath that a fetal heart rate tracing with identical deceleration patterns to the present case constituted a "clear Category III" that required delivery within 30 minutes. He was the plaintiff's expert in that case.
The AI categorized 8 contradictions by severity and mapped each to an impeachment strategy.
The contradiction report transformed the settlement landscape within one week.
From intake to contradiction report — what normally takes weeks took LexiFlow 4 minutes.
Upload deposition transcripts and expert reports. Veritas Deposition™ cross-references against prior testimony from the same expert across multiple jurisdictions — in under 90 seconds.