Settlements and Verdicts
Medical Malpractice
- Berry v. Samaritan Health Corp.
$16.5 Million jury verdict for failure to investigate a seven-year-old child’s surgically correctable underlying heart condition. - Shuster v. Ponzio
$12 Million verdict in medical malpractice suit. - Robert Schultheis v. Sanford Davne, M.D., Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Paul Gorsuch, M.D., and Acromed, Inc.
$10 Million award for medical malpractice upheld. - Confidential
$8.5 Million recovery for family of 30-year-old mother.
Transportation and Motor Vehicle Accidents
- David Crossan v. Kaolin Mushroom Farms
$6.9 Million settlement for collision causing permanent injuries - Confidential
$5.5 Million recovery from truck accident. - Rowan v. Lex Electric
$2.75 Million settlement for a motorcycle accident involving a 64-year-old man and Lex Electric work vehicle. - Ofei vs. Major Trucking Company
$2.5 Million settlement for a motor vehicle accident involving a 54-year-old man and a major national trucking company.
Construction and Work-Related Injuries
- Confidential
$3.3 Million settlement for truck driver who sustained severe electrical burns when his dump trailer contacted uninsulated electric utility lines. - Confidential
$1.6 Million settlement for an ironworker injured in fall at construction site. - Confidential
$1.55 Million total recovery for laborer who suffered head injury as a result of defective scaffolding, which caused a crank handle to spin around and strike him in the face and forehead.
Toxic Substance Injury
- Confidential
$3.75 Million settlement in a toxic tort case - Confidential
$750,000 recovery in chemical exposure case resulting in brain cancer. - D'Annunzio v. Drapikowski, et al.
$450,000 verdict in Montgomery County, PA in a toxic mold case.
Products Liability
- Confidential
$3.7 Million for death of a nine-year-old boy as a result of a fire in an apartment building. - Confidential
$3.3 Million settlement for truck driver who sustained severe electrical burns when his dump trailer contacted uninsulated electric utility lines. - Jane Doe v. Harbor Freight, et al.
$2.225 Million settlement for 11-year-old burn victim.
Pharmaceutical/Drug Product Injuries
- Acromed
$120 Million total settlement for plaintiffs injured as a result of implantation of spinal bone screws into the spine during spinal fusion procedures. - Confidential
$20 Million total settlement for clients injured as a result of ingestion of the diet drug Fen-Phen. - Confidential
$1,250,000 total recovery for a client who suffered permanent damage to his heart as a result of his physician's negligence in prescribing a dangerous dosage of Vioxx. - Confidential
$1 Million recovery for damage to the heart valve of a New Jersey woman from the ingestion of diet drugs/Fen-Phen.
Fire and Explosion
- Confidential
$3.7 Million for death of a nine-year-old boy - Jane Doe v. Harbor Freight, et al.
$2.225 Million settlement for 11-year-old burn victim. - Confidential
$1.5 Million total settlement in defective smoke alarm that didn’t sound, resulting in death of a child in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Premises Liability
- Gustafsson v. Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corp.
$85 Million jury verdict in February of 2008, against Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corporation on behalf of a University of Pennsylvania medical student who fractured his back after falling through an open manhole cover in Center City Philadelphia. The verdict is the largest premises liability verdict in Pennsylvania history. - Confidential
$1.2 Million recovery for 81-year-old woman with brain injury as a result of an injury at Philadelphia International Airport. - Weidinger v. Yager-Krol
$1,075,000 partial settlement involving a motor vehicle accident due to a shopping center’s negligence in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The owners and the property management company of the center failed to maintain proper landscaping and signage causing obstruction of vision for both drivers. The negligence caused an accident resulting in traumatic aortic dissection and surgery and multiple orthopedic fractures for the defendant. - Agresta v. Pulte Homes, et al.
$954,000 jury verdict for Mr. Agresta who slipped and fell on ice at the Springton Point Condominium Association sidewalk where his family resides in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. The sidewalk was a common element under the control of the townhouse community; however, it was contracted by Wentworth Property Management to maintain.
Consumer Rights
- Reynolds vs. the University of Pennsylvania
$435,000 jury verdict against the University of Pennsylvania to Mr. Frank Reynolds in a case involving breach of contract and violations of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
Injuries to Children
- Confidential
$6 Million settlement for cardiac defect (tetralogy of fallot) in an infant which went undiagnosed and untreated, resulting in death of the infant. - Jane Doe v. Philadelphia Daycare Center
$5.75 Million settlement for wrongful death of a two-year-old at a Philadelphia daycare center. - Jane Doe v. Harbor Freight, et al.
$2.225 Million settlement for an 11-year-old burn victim.
Negligent Security
- Confidential
$1,300,000 for the assault of a building occupant due to negligent security services provided by a property management company and security provider.
