Verdicts and Settlements

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$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 …

$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 …

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 …

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 …

Attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock, G. Scott Vezina, and Carolyn M. Chopko secured what is believed to be a record-breaking settlement of $6.5 million in a birth injury/medical malpractice case in …

Attorney Jason A. Daria secured a $6.5 million settlement just 10 days before trial for the family of a 36-year-old man who was killed in a tractor-trailer accident that occurred near …

Attorneys Daniel J. Mann and Bethany R. Nikitenko secured a $6.5 million settlement in a dram shop lawsuit filed on behalf of a mother and her 4-year-old son who were …

John Manlove was an 80-year-old resident of the Village Green Apartments in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. As a result of a rupture of a pipe leading to a gas-powered laundry machine during …

Ten days before trial was scheduled to begin, attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and Jason A. Daria secured a settlement of $6 million on behalf of a child who suffers from …

Attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and G. Scott Vezina obtained a $6 million recovery* on behalf of a child with severe brain damage that occurred during labor and delivery. The injury …

The eighth day of trial, attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and Carolyn M. Chopko secured a $6 million settlement on behalf of a man who was paralyzed in a bicycle accident …

Following a five-week trial of a class action in the matter of Regina Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc., a jury in Union County, New Jersey found in favor of …

Attorneys John Dodig and Jason Daria secured a $6 million verdict in favor of Warren County resident Kenneth Matlock, who sustained severe and permanent injuries when a large, decayed tree …