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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In August 2011, attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and Andrew K. Mitnick obtained a $5.75 million settlement of a Pittsburgh birth injury case. The case involved a woman who was 41 …

On the eve of trial, attorney Roberta D. Pichini achieved a settlement of almost $5.7 million on behalf of a child who sustained brain injury from a delay in recognizing …

In October, 2016, attorneys, John M. Dodig and Jason A. Daria, finalized a total $5,600,000.00 settlement for Ronilson Carlos Inacio, a forty-one (41) year old carpenter who was injured on …

A Philadelphia jury returned a verdict worth roughly $5.6 million in a class action lawsuit involving allegations that thousands of models of the Kia Sephia sedan had defective brake systems. …

Attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock, G. Scott Vezina, and Carolyn M. Chopko obtained a $5.3 million recovery in a case in rural Florida involving failure of the pediatric team to timely …

A 40-year-old hunter was paralyzed from the waist down when the climbing belt he was wearing in a tree failed and he fell 25-30 feet to the ground in woods …

In June 2009, attorneys Daniel S. Weinstock and Carolyn M. Chopko obtained a $5 million settlement* in a rural Georgia town for a labor and delivery case where the child …

In a confidential settlement offered on the first day of trial, attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd and Daniel J. Mann obtained a $5 million recovery for a brain-damaged youngster and her family. …

Attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd and Patricia M. Giordano reached a $5 million settlement for the family of a child who was born with a relatively mild congenital anomaly but was …