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Feldman Shepherd Attorney Evan Liu Assists in Securing Asylum and Permanent Resident Status for Boko Haram Kidnapping Victim

What began in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014 with the shocking kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Islamic militant group Boko Haram has ended happily in the U.S. for a Feldman Shepherd client who managed to escape her captors. Attorney Evan Y. Liu, M.D., recently assisted in securing asylum and permanent resident status for Patience Bulus, who at age 16 was one …

Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit Against Lloyd’s for Failure to Cover Business Income Losses in Pennsylvania Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic

PHILADELPHIA – May 27, 2020 — The law firms of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP and Francis Mailman Soumilas filed a class action lawsuit against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Lloyd’s”) for the insurer’s refusal to pay for loss of business income arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and Pennsylvania’s civil shutdown orders. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. …

Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit for Consumer Damages in Connection with IKEA’s Recall of Nearly 30 Million Dressers

The law firms of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP and Francis Mailman Soumilas, filed a class action lawsuit against IKEA US Retail LLC and IKEA North America Services LLC (collectively “IKEA”) on behalf of IKEA customers. This class action follows a recall of 8 million MALM chests and dressers and 21 million additional children’s and adult chests and …

IKEA Dresser Tip-Over Case Settles for $46 Million; IKEA Agrees to Expand Efforts to Recall Unstable Dressers.

The settlement is believed to be the largest child wrongful death recovery in American history PHILADELPHIA – January 6, 2020 — Plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP has secured a $46 million settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 2-year-old California boy who was fatally injured by a tip-over of an IKEA MALM three-drawer …

Feldman Shepherd Attorney Evan Liu Helping Victim of Boko Haram Kidnapping Apply for Asylum in the U.S.

When Feldman Shepherd attorney Evan Y. Liu, M.D., signed on for a training program to provide pro bono legal representation to migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., never did he expect to encounter a client with the indomitable spirit of Patience Bulus. Bulus, at age 16, was among the 276 schoolgirls who were kidnapped on April 14, 2014, in Chibok, Nigeria, by Islamic militant group …

Feldman Shepherd Files Lawsuit Against Greentree Logistics, Inc., J.D. Eckman, Inc., and Jack Edward Satterfield III for I-83 Truck Accident That Killed Young Father and Infant Daughter

PHILADELPHIA, October 31, 2018 — Feldman Shepherd attorneys Mark W. Tanner and filed a lawsuit today against Greentree Logistics, Inc., J.D. Eckman, Inc., and Jack Edward Satterfield III on behalf of a Jessica Lybrand, of Middletown, Pennsylvania, whose husband Zachary Lybrand and 16-month-old daughter Elliana Lybrand died in a 12-vehicle accident on I-83 in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, on Oct. …

As Students Return to UPenn Campus, Suit Against UPenn for Failure to Adequately Respond to Suicidal Student’s Pleas for Help Moves Forward

A lawsuit filed by Feldman Shepherd on behalf of a University of Pennsylvania student who committed suicide after crying out for help nine times to university officials and not receiving any meaningful response is moving forward with a projected trial date of May 4, 2020. Feldman Shepherd attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd, Patricia M. Giordano and Andrew K. Mitnick filed a lawsuit …

Pro bono

Feldman Shepherd Attorney Evan Liu Assists in Securing Asylum and Permanent Resident Status for Boko Haram Kidnapping Victim

February 18th, 2021

Class Actions

Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit Against Lloyd’s for Failure to Cover Business Income Losses in Pennsylvania Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 1st, 2020

Dresser Tip-Over Class Action

Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit for Consumer Damages in Connection with IKEA’s Recall of Nearly 30 Million Dressers

May 14th, 2020

January 6th, 2020

Pro bono

Feldman Shepherd Attorney Evan Liu Helping Victim of Boko Haram Kidnapping Apply for Asylum in the U.S.

November 18th, 2019

Zachary Lybrand

Feldman Shepherd Files Lawsuit Against Greentree Logistics, Inc., J.D. Eckman, Inc., and Jack Edward Satterfield III for I-83 Truck Accident That Killed Young Father and Infant Daughter

November 1st, 2018

Olivia Kong

As Students Return to UPenn Campus, Suit Against UPenn for Failure to Adequately Respond to Suicidal Student’s Pleas for Help Moves Forward

September 5th, 2018

August 1st, 2018

In a 38-page opinion issued July 18th, 2018, the New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division reversed the trial court’s decision to toss a $6.3 million class action verdict against Kia Motors America, reinstating the full amount of the verdict plus counsel fees. Feldman Shepherd attorneys …

July 18th, 2018

In the Spring of 2018, Feldman Shepherd attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock, G. Scott Vezina, and Carolyn M. Chopko secured a 17.5 million settlement in favor of a mom-to-be whose obstetric providers failed to treat her with injectable progesterone throughout her high-risk pregnancy in order to …