Legal Cases We Have Handled

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Truck and Auto Accidents

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The estate of a woman sued the driver of a tri-axle dump truck and his employer for wrongful death arising out of driver error in the pre-trip inspection, driver error while underway and poor brakes on the truck. Confidential settlement reached after suit was filed.

The estate of a 21 year old woman made a claim against a trucking company and its driver for an intersection collision that resulted in massive injuries and death. Confidential settlement reached prior to filing suit.

Suit by the estate of a minor child struck by an ice cream truck for failure to maintain safety equipment. Confidential settlement reached after suit was filed.

Suit by a teacher struck by a truck entering the road from a parking lot resulting in multiple severe injuries. Settlement reached after suit was filed.

Suit against a tractor trailer operator and his carrier for a rear end collision caused by ignoring construction zone warning signs.

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Suit against Penn Dot for failure to design road to prevent crossover accidents. Case settled prior to trial.

Other cases we have handled include a crossover accident resulting in multiple injuries, brain injury from a left turn accident, collision where the defendant claimed sudden unexpected brake failure, pedestrian struck in crosswalk resulting in pulmonary emboli and numerous rear end collisions.

Medical Malpractice

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Suit against an emergency department physician and the hospital for failure to diagnose and treat an impending stroke from a carotid artery dissection. Confidential settlement reached at a mediation conference. (April 2011)

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Suit against a neurosurgeon for surgical error in performing cervical spine surgery. Verdict for plaintiff in Allegheny County. (December 2010)

 
Suit against a cardiologist for improperly prescribing Amiodarone, an antiarrhythmic drug. Confidential settlement reached a week prior to trial. (October 2010)

 
The estate of an 18 year old woman and her newborn child sued several physicians and hospitals for failure to diagnose and treat a fungal infection. The mother was near term in her pregnancy and had been admitted to the hospital with exacerbation of asthma. She died from the fungal infection a few days after giving birth. Confidential settlement reached prior to trial.

The estate of a young woman sued her transplant surgeons and hospital for her wrongful death from cardiac and respiratory arrest that occurred within hours after being discharged from the hospital. Confidential settlement reached after suit was filed.

The guardian of a man sued a hospital and emergency room physician for failure to order a CT scan to rule out a brain hemorrhage. The man survived but had permanent brain damage that necessitated nursing home care for the remainder of his life. Confidential settlement reached after suit was filed.

The parents of a minor male sued his primary care physician for failure to diagnose their son’s testicular torsion that resulted in the loss of a testicle. Confidential settlement reached after suit was filed.

An elderly woman sued her cardiologist for failure to monitor the administration of Coumadin, a blood thinning medicine. This resulted is a hemorrhage in her brain. Confidential settlement reached on the first day of trial.

An elderly woman received burns from electrocautery during a surgical procedure on her forehead. Confidential settlement reached prior to suit being filed.

A woman sued her cosmetic surgeon for excessive scarring from facial lift surgery. Confidential settlement reached prior to trial.

Suit against a hospital for the negligence of a staff member in assisting a patient in getting into her car after discharge from the hospital. Patient fell resulting in an emergency admission and additional surgery. Plaintiff’s verdict in Allegheny County.

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Other cases we have handled include a medication error in a cardiac patient resulting in pulmonary injury, failure to timely diagnose pulmonary problems after trauma, surgical error during a nasal procedure, failure to diagnose a foot fracture in the emergency room, failure to diagnose breast cancer, failure to diagnose cancer of the cervix, retained metal from abdominal surgery requiring additional surgery and pharmacy error in filling prescriptions.

Premises Liability 

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Suit by the estate of an elderly woman severely burned by excessively hot water in her bathtub resulting in prolonged suffering and death. Confidential settlement reached after suit was filed.

Claim by a woman caused to fall on an uneven surface in a hospital parking garage settled prior to suit being filed.

Claim by an elderly woman seriously injured at a country club who fell down unprotected stairs. Settled prior to suit being filed.

Suit filed against a state university for uneven sidewalk that caused a fall resulting in a wrist fracture. Settled prior to trial.

Suit by a woman who fell while exiting an elevator that did not level properly. Settled prior to trial.

Suit by a contractor who stepped into a hole that was known to the property owner but not repaired or warned about. Client required disc surgery. Suit settled prior to trial.

Woman injured in a deck collapse. Structural engineer opined that deck was constructed improperly. Settled prior to suit being filed.

Claim by mother and her two children who were tenants in an apartment who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning due to improper ventilation of furnace. Settled prior to suit being filed.

Claim by mother of minor child burned by hot soup spilled by waitress resulting in burns. Settled prior to suit being filed.

Liquor Liability

Dog Bites

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Suit by college student bit by a dog with history of bites known to owner but not to student resulting in numerous facial surgeries. Settled prior to trial.

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Suit by rodent control inspector for dog bites where owner misrepresented to inspector that no dogs were on the property, when in fact there were two pit bulls, who bit her. Suit settled prior to trial.

Defective Products

Suit by wheel chair bound woman against seat cushion manufacturer for decubitus ulcers requiring numerous surgical debridements. Suit settled prior to trial.

Suit by tree trimmer injured in a man lift that fell to ground resulting in severe back injuries. Settled prior to trial.

Suit against the designer and manufacturer of a sophisticated coal handling system for severe arm injuries caused by equipment malfunction. Settled prior to trial.