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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 …

April 22nd, 2013

A man whose arms were crushed by a cardboard baler while working at Acme has reached a combined $7.9 million settlement with the manufacturer, service technician and replacement part provider of the equipment. The trial in Hedlund v. Marathon Equipment was slated to begin in the …

April 2nd, 2013

The Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is proud to announce that personal injury attorney and firm partner Roberta D. Pichini was inducted as a Fellow in the International Society of Barristers (ISOB) at its annual meeting in Mexico …

March 19th, 2013

Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP has promoted G. Scott Vezina to partner. Vezina, who joined the firm in December 2011, is an experienced trial lawyer who has handled more than 35 jury and 35 non-jury trials, primarily in medical …

February 26th, 2013

Philadelphia trial lawyers Patricia M. Giordano, G. Scott Vezina and Edward Scott Goldis presented a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar, “Personal Injury 101” sponsored by LawReviewCle in January 2013. During the program, the attorneys guided the CLE participants through a personal injury claim from beginning to …

January 4th, 2013

Philadelphia trial lawyer Carol Nelson Shepherd of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP, recently served as a course planner and faculty member at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ) 7th Annual Medical Malpractice Seminar. Shepherd’s medical update presentation addressed medical malpractice concerns associated with …

November 28th, 2012

Evan Y. Liu, M.D., an attorney with Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP, presented “Social Media & Ethics” and “Ethical Considerations of Social Media Marketing” at a full-day continuing education conference held at Temple University’s Fort Washington campus on Nov. 17. …

October 24th, 2012

Philadelphia trial lawyer G. Scott Vezina of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP presented a continuing legal education (CLE) program about the strategies for the use of mock and shadow juries to attendees of The Legal Intelligencer’s 2012 Litigation Summit on Sept. 13, 2012. “I …

June 8th, 2012

Philadelphia personal injury attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann and Edward S. Goldis of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP negotiated a $26.1 million settlement in Sneeringer v. GLC Transportation. The settlement was reached on June 5, 2012 and is believed to …

June 6th, 2012

Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that personal injury attorney and firm Co-Managing Partner Alan M. Feldman has been invited to join the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL). Chartered in 1954 to facilitate …

May 29th, 2012

Philadelphia personal injury attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd and Roberta D. Pichini of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP have been named 2012 Women of the Year by The Legal Intelligencer. Published in The Legal’s “2012 Women in the Profession” supplement, “2012 Women of the …

May 14th, 2012

Philadelphia trial lawyers John M. Dodig and Mark W. Tanner of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP, recently presented “Trial Strategy: Building Blocks of Persuasion” to students of the Temple University Beasley School of Law LL.M. Trial Advocacy program. The course, presented in April, …

May 4th, 2012

Philadelphia attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and G. Scott Vezina of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP obtained a $78.5 million verdict on behalf of a child who suffered severe brain damage as a result of medical negligence. The child, now 3 years old, has …