Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD

Summary

An Arizona state court jury heard opening statements March 24 in a medical malpractice lawsuit claiming a gastroenterologists alleged failure to properly diagnose an obstructed bowel caused a 41-year-old mans death.

Attorney Brian Snyder of Snyder & Wenner, representing the family of Johnny Ballard, told a Maricopa County jury that Ballards death in 2019 was entirely preventable if Dr. Krishdeep Chadha had ordered a CT scan with contrast after Ballard arrived in the emergency room with excruciating stomach pain.

Snyder accused Chadha of ignoring classic signs of a bowel obstruction while hospital staff kept increasing Ballards opiate dosage to mask the pain, but Chadhas attorney argued the CT scan without contrast dye ordered by Chadha met the standard of care, and that Ballard suffered from a rare condition that is difficult to diagnose and complicated further by his history of gastric bypass weight loss surgery.

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Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Ballard, et al.,
Defense: Chadha, Krishdeep

Judge: 0 - TBD
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Court: Central Court Building

Case Number: CV2020-014913
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice

Plaintiff

Ballard, et al.,

Defense

Chadha, Krishdeep

Represented By:
Corcoran, Katherine (Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson)
Donovan, Michelle (Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson)

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Live Sessions

On Demand

Sessions are uploaded each evening and are available on demand the next morning

			Description	Start Time
		44m 38s	Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD 04/03/2026 PM (Verdict) Time TBD	11:03 AM PDT

APR

			Description	Start Time
		3h 27m 52s	Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD 04/02/2026 PM (Closings)	01:53 PM MDT
		25m 6s	Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD 04/02/2026 AM (Closings)	11:18 AM MDT

APR

			Description	Start Time
		2h 59m 54s	Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD 04/01/2026 PM	02:22 PM MDT
		1h 35m 43s	Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD 04/01/2026 AM	11:00 AM MDT

APR

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:15	Opening Statement	Snyder, Brian
01:36:30	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
00:08:05	Witness Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
01:21:18	Break
01:35:21	Witness Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
01:54:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:17:53	General Case Activities		Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:24:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:27:18	Witness Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Cunneen, Dr. Scott , M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:49:38	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wenner, David	Fischione, Dr. Mark M.D.	Pathology	In Person
00:54:50	Break
00:59:20	Witness Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Fischione, Dr. Mark M.D.	Pathology	In Person
01:45:10	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Fischione, Dr. Mark M.D.	Pathology	In Person
00:03:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wenner, David	Fischione, Dr. Mark M.D.	Pathology	In Person
00:22:15	General Case Activities		Fischione, Dr. Mark M.D.	Pathology	In Person
00:24:15	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Fischione, Dr. Mark M.D.	Pathology	In Person
00:27:15	Witness Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.		In Person
00:51:59	Witness Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.		In Person
01:02:15	Break
01:26:15	Witness Cross Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.		In Person
01:30:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.		In Person
01:46:36	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Cunneen, Dr. Scott , M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
00:40:57	Witness Cross Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Cunneen, Dr. Scott , M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:20:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Cunneen, Dr. Scott , M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:35:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wenner, David	Ballard, Heather	In Person
01:12:10	Witness Cross Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Ballard, Heather	In Person
01:27:30	Break
01:46:30	Witness Cross Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Ballard, Heather	In Person
02:17:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wenner, David	Ballard, Heather	In Person
02:22:22	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:11:30	Witness Direct Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Thukral, Dr. Chandrashekhar M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
		02:01:33	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:08:10	Witness Cross Examination	Snyder, Brian	Thukral, Dr. Chandrashekhar M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
01:38:15	Break
02:00:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Thukral, Dr. Chandrashekhar M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:41:10	General Case Activities		Thukral, Dr. Chandrashekhar M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:50:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Snyder, Brian	Thukral, Dr. Chandrashekhar M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
02:59:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Donovan, Michelle	Thukral, Dr. Chandrashekhar M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
03:08:57	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:10:10	Witness Direct Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Kuwada, Dr. Timothy M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:00:40	Witness Cross Examination	Snyder, Brian	Kuwada, Dr. Timothy M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:28:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Kuwada, Dr. Timothy M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:51:25	General Case Activities		Kuwada, Dr. Timothy M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:53:18	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Snyder, Brian	Kuwada, Dr. Timothy M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:54:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Kuwada, Dr. Timothy M.D.	Other Medicine	Video Conference
01:56:14	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:17:15	Witness Direct Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.	In Person
01:26:25	Witness Cross Examination	Snyder, Brian	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.	In Person
01:45:00	Break
02:03:40	Witness Cross Examination	Snyder, Brian	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.	In Person
02:39:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Corcoran, Katherine	Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.	In Person
02:52:57	General Case Activities		Chadha, Dr. Krishdeep M.D.	In Person
02:57:58	End of Session

MAR

Ballard, et al. v. Krishdeep Chadha MD

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:55	Witness Direct Examination	Snyder, Brian	Apstein, Dr. Michael M.D.	Other Medicine	In Person
01:24:32	End of Session