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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 …

March 16th, 2014

Two years ago, a Temple University student’s attempt to complete a photojournalism assignment by taking pictures of a police traffic stop ended in arrest for both him and his girlfriend, who was accompanying him at the time. The pair was acquitted on charges of obstructing justice …

December 2nd, 2013

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has appointed Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP Co-Managing Partner Alan M. Feldman to the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) board. A personal injury attorney, Feldman will serve a three-year term on the nine-member board. Pennsylvania IOLTA enables lawyers to raise millions …

November 21st, 2013

Ezra Wohlgelernter, Esq. of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig, LLP recently lectured at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and presented at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice’s (PAAJ) Annual Premises Liability seminar in Philadelphia. Along with fellow presenters, Wohlgelernter discussed “Evidentiary Considerations” in …

November 5th, 2013

Handcuffed and caught in the glare of a TV news camera, Walter Logan did the one thing a man in his position is expected to do: proclaim his innocence. In 2009, the contractor was accused of bilking more than $370,000 from Salem Baptist Church of Jenkintown, …

October 16th, 2013

The state Supreme Court is set to hear whether the Restatement (Second) of Torts or the Restatement (Third) of Torts should govern Pennsylvania products liability at oral arguments today in Pittsburgh. Opposing parties in Tincher v. Omega Flex are scheduled to argue whether the “strict liability …

October 4th, 2013

Event Location: REVEL Atlantic City Technology Tips for Managing Your Practice: From Desktop to Mobile Gilbert J. Marquez , Law Firm Administrator, will be speaking about Technology Tips for Managing Your Practice: From Desktop to Mobile at the 2013 Philadelphia Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, October 4 & …

September 5th, 2013

The mother of a child who died in a shoulder-sling infant carrier has agreed to settle her lawsuit with the manufacturer of the carrier for $8 million. Anthoinette Medley, the mother of Nelsir Scott, and Infantino LLC, a maker of products for infants and babies, agreed …

August 9th, 2013

Staff Photographer Ron Tarver’s photographs, taken at the funeral for Samara Banks and her three children, were enough to break your heart. Three white coffins–one holding Ms. Banks and her seven month old son, victims of the July 16th tragedy on Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard. Two …

July 11th, 2013

On June 27, 2013, The Legal Intelligencer honored Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney, Carol Nelson Shepherd of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP, with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to a selection of Pennsylvania’s most influential lawyers. In celebration of its 170th anniversary, this was …

May 14th, 2013

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that Gilbert J. Marquez, Law Firm Administrator, has been named President-elect of the Association of Legal Administrators Philadelphia Chapter (ALA-Philadelphia). He will serve one year as President-elect (2013-2014), one year as President (2014-2015) and …

May 14th, 2013

In an apparent case of first impression, a Philadelphia judge, in upholding a $78.4 million medical malpractice verdict, has ruled that attorney fees must be based on the present value of the jury’s future damages award, not the cost of an annuity, to satisfy the …

May 1st, 2013

Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that Co-Managing Partner Alan M. Feldman has been inducted as a Fellow into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Chartered in 1954, IATL is dedicated to the administration of justice …