Verdicts and Settlements

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$36.5 Million Settlement in Food Truck Explosion Cases

On July 1, 2014, a propane cylinder on a food truck operating in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia suddenly exploded, engulfing the truck and its occupants in flames. Olga, the 42-year-old owner of the food truck known as La Parrillada Chapina, and her daughter Jaylin, age 18, suffered extensive burn injuries from which they both expired three weeks later. Feldman Shepherd …

$78.5 Million Verdict in Philadelphia Cerebral Palsy Case

Attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock, G. Scott Vezina, and Carolyn M. Chopko obtained a $78.5 million verdict on behalf of a child who suffered severe brain damage as a result of medical negligence. The child’s severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy resulted from an 81-minute delay in performance of an emergency cesarean section delivery. The case was tried, beginning in 2012, in …

$46 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR IKEA DRESSER TIP-OVER CASE

In a legal victory that put IKEA — and the entire U.S. furniture industry — on notice that they should do absolutely everything they can to notify their customers when they recall dangerous furniture, Feldman Shepherd achieved a $46 million settlement for the family of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally injured by the tip-over of an IKEA MALM three-drawer dresser that, unbeknownst to the …

Class Action Settlement for Victims of Unlawful Strip Searches by Chester, Pennsylvania, Police Department

Attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Edward S. Goldis and Andrew K. Mitnick secured a preliminary class action settlement for people who were subjected to unconstitutional strip searches by the City of Chester’s Police Department in Pennsylvania. The litigation arose after their client, Kenard Pitney, was arrested on minor charges in May 2018 by Chester police while he was a patron at Harrah’s …

A Philadelphia jury issued an $8 million verdict to a Montgomery County woman Tuesday for pain and suffering associated with a string of trips to area emergency rooms where doctors …

In what appears to be the largest insurance bad faith verdict ever handed up in Pennsylvania, a federal jury has awarded more than $7.9 million – including $6.25 million in …

Attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, and Edward S. Goldis represented plaintiff Christopher Hedlund, a sales associate at the Paoli Acme Markets location, who was working in a large …

The Legal Intelligencer Friday, April 29, 2005 By Asher Hawkins A Philadelphia jury has returned a $7.7 million verdict in a case brought by the survivors of a mother of …

During the first day of trial, attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and Daniel J. Mann secured a $7.5 million cash settlement on behalf of a 15-year-old child who suffers from cerebral …

$7.5 million settlement of rural Michigan obstetric case involving brain injuries to the infant plaintiff during the course of labor and delivery. Reportedly the second highest med mal settlement in …

Attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock, Carolyn M. Chopko, and G. Scott Vezina secured a $7.5 million settlement in a case involving a neurosurgical misadventure causing permanent brain damage to a 51-year-old …

On February 20, 2010, plaintiff Christina B. and other family members visited a children’s entertainment center in New York. Christina transported her one-month-old son in a SlingRider, a fabric, over-the …

Attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd and Patricia M. Giordano represented a pregnant woman who received all of her prenatal care at an academic medical center in Manhattan. Shepherd and Giordano contended that …

Attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, and Edward S. Goldis represented a late-aged couple who were driving their Toyota Camry southbound on a two-lane road in Bucks County, approaching …

$7 million upstate Pennsylvania settlement on behalf of child who suffered brain injury during the course of labor/delivery. Attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd and Patricia M. Giordano represented a minor-plaintiff’s mother who …

After three days of trial, before a jury, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, attorneys John M. Dodig and Jason A. Daria obtained a $6.75 million settlement for the …