Recent Outcomes

$7,500,000 settlement for a man industrial accident. In that case, the plaintiff, a 56 year old man lost an arm and a leg, but made an amazing recovery. The money recovered enabled the plaintiff to remodel his home and ensured that his medical care would always be paid for.

$6,000,000 settlement for oil and gas workers. In this case, it was alleged that a national oil fracking company systemically failed to pay its workers overtime. After heated and contentious litigation the case was resolved after 3 days of mediation.

$1,200,000 settlement for industrial accident against defendant from Luxembourg. In this tragic case, the plaintiff a 45 year old man was trapped in a piece of industrial equipment and died. Our firm took testimony from over 30 individuals both locally and from Luxembourg. The case was vigorously defended both on liability and because of certain laws unique to Luxembourg. After our firm responded to the defendants attempts to have the case dismissed before trial, the case was successfully settled.

$1,000,000 verdict for two lead poisoned children in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In this case, the plaintiffs aged 9 and 10 at the time, suffered brain damage and IQ loss as a result of exposure to lead based paint. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the children and provided the children with money for education and other necessities when they became adults.

$900,000 settlement in hospital liability case on behalf of a 90 year old woman.

$850,000 settlement for railroad worker suffering foot amputation. The plaintiff, a 37 year old man lost his foot when it was crushed by a rail car. The railroad attempted to cast most of the blame on the plaintiff, but through extensive discovery we were able to prove otherwise and the case resolved.

$850,000 medical malpractice settlement related to cataract surgery. In this case, the plaintiff a 75 year old man suffered cardiac arrest while undergoing cataract surgery. In addition to successfully settling the case, this litigation resulted in positive changes with regard the defendant’s cataract surgery pre-operative procedures.

$800,000 for adult victims of sexual assault on a school bus. In these cases, our firm took on one of the nation’s largest school busing companies after it was alleged that a bus driver assaulted the plaintiffs while they were on the bus. After extended and hard-fought litigation, the cases resolved after days of mediation.

$450,000 medical malpractice settlement related to failure to diagnose colon cancer. In this case, the plaintiff was a 73-year-old woman who died from stage IV colon cancer after her doctors failed to inform her of cancerous polyps discovered on a colonoscopy three years prior to her death.

$390,000 nursing home abuse settlement for a woman dropped by the nursing staff resulting in two broken legs. In this case, the plaintiff was a 79-year-old woman who was dropped on the floor and broke both of her legs while being transferred by employees of a nursing home. The woman was left in bed with two broken legs for three days before being sent to the hospital for treatment.

85 year old woman taking blood thinners falls out of a chair and strikes her head, resulting in a fatal subdural hematoma. Further, PCH staff failed to monitor level of blood thinners thus increasing the risk that a fall could result in a subdural hematoma.

A woman, who was only 76 years old at the time, was dropped by nursing home staff - who were moving her with a mechanical lift. According to the Coroner’s Report, our client died of complications of a C-2 fracture which resulted from the injuries she sustained when she was dropped from the lift by the nursing staff. Her family resolved the case for $275,000.00.

$275,000 medical malpractice settlement related to an object retained in plaintiff’s abdomen after a surgical procedure.

$250,000 nursing home settlement related to a fall. In this case, the plaintiff a 84 year old man suffered a fall in a nursing home because of poor care by the staff. The fall resulted in the plaintiff suffering a fractured C2 vertebrae and passing away weeks later.

$240,000 personal injury settlement related to an auto accident. In this case, the plaintiff was struck walking across an intersection and suffered multiple fractures requiring surgery and extensive rehabilitation.

Represented estate of a nursing home resident who sustained several falls at the facility, the last of which was fatal after she sustained an injury to her brain after hitting her head.

$220,000 nursing home settlement related to a fall. In this case, the plaintiff suffered a significant fall due to lack of care by the staff at the nursing facility. Because of the fall, the plaintiff suffered a compound fracture that became infected and required additional surgery. Plaintiff required extensive rehabilitation for her injuries.

Represented estate of Pennsylvania woman who was a long-term resident at a nursing home because she required a tracheostomy to breathe. Due to improper cleaning and hygiene of the trach site, our client’s trach was allowed to become dislodged, thereby resulting in suffocation and death to our client.