Workers' Compensation
$317,000 settlement workers' compensation claim with a head injury who was injured while working for Pepsi.
$107,500 settlement for a workers' compensation claimant injured while mopping.
$90,000 workers' compensation settlement for an employee who sustained a back injury while working for a temporary agency, Manpower, Inc.
$71,000 Pennsylvania workers' compensation benefits for a Weirton, West Virginia worker injured while working in Pennsylvania.
$35,000 settlement of a workers' comp case after the plaintiff moved to Florida
$850,000 settlement for a worker injured in an industrial accident
$317,000 settlement in a workers' compensation claim for an employee who lost 75 percent of her hearing and was disfigured in a work place accident
$200,000 workers' compensation settlement for steamfitter with facial burns and disfigurement
$175,000 workers' compensation settlement
$125,000 workers' compensation settlement back injury claim
$195,000 settlement for a construction worker who slipped and fell on ice at the jobsite and suffered a herniated disc that needed to be operated on. The stone mason was off work for three months and received workers' compensation
260 weeks: Claimant in workers' compensation case receives the maximum award allowed by law for disfigurement after being burned.
Won workers' compensation benefits for a mason whose shoulder was failing because of repetitive lifting while working.
Slip and Fall/Premises Liability
$101,000 settlement for an Allegheny County Plaintiff injured on slippery steps while walking through a house he was contemplating buying
$100,000 settlement for patient who slipped and fell in gravel parking lot and broke her leg
$100,000 settlement for a back injury sustained in a slip and fall on ice in a parking lot
$100,00 settlement for a fractured femur in a slip and fall on ice and snow
$80,000 settlement for an individual who was injured when he tripped over a floor mat while he entered a large pharmacy chain
$73,000 for an apartment dweller who was injured when she went to get out of her car, which was parked in a large apartment complex's parking lot. The complex had a policy of not salting the individual spaces, but only by the main road. The plaintiff suffered a broken wrist that was fixed by surgery.
$65,000 for fracture ankle off a loading dock after he fell off a loading dock
$22,500 Washington County woman injured ankle after she fell in a pumpkin patch prior to Halloween
$18,775 settlement for a gentleman who injured his back while falling at Kentucky Fried Chicken
$275,000 Allegheny County jury award for woman with bilateral carpel tunnel injury in a slip and fall accident on wet floors.
$202,000 Washington County jury award against landowner for motorist struck by cement boulder as he drove down a public road
Confidential settlement with an employee of Foodland who was injured in a slip and fall in the store
Motor Vehicle Accidents
$275,000 settlement for a Beaver County woman who was injured when she was rear ended by a beer truck
$250,000 settlement for woman with severe lower leg fractures and surgery from head-on collision. All liability and underinsured motorist benefits paid
$225,000 settlement for Erie County passenger killed in one-car accident - all insurance policies paid limits
$5.05 Million Fayette County jury verdict for a man who lost his leg when he was struck by a drunk driver
$202,000 verdict in Court of Common Pleas of Washington County for a man injured when a piece of concrete struck his car. State Farm Insurance Company offered $2,500 to settle the case before trial
$200,000 policy limit settlement for minor child struck by car with police report and eye witness saying he bolted out in front of vehicle
$165,000 settlement for a coal truck driver injured when he was rear-ended by another truck
$150,000 jury verdict, Buck's County, tractor trailer highway accident
$75,000 settlement of a pedestrian struck by backing out driver resulting in aggravation knee injury.
Confidential settlement of a truck driver who was struck by a locomotive as the train sped through a small town.
Multiple Insurance Policy Limits: Plaintiff settled her case for the policy limits on three different policies after being a passenger in a car on the way to work that slid on black ice and crashed into a hillside. The driver of the vehicle was killed. Plaintiff suffered fractured ankle requiring intermedial fusion and a ruptured vertebra in her back, which needed four metal screws.
Product Liability
$225,000 settlement for a Fayette County man injured in a product liability case when he was caught in a "buffing machine" and sustained internal injuries
$502,000 jury award for truck driver who slipped and fell as a result of unsafe steps on a tractor-trailer
$65,000 for a client whose leg tendon was cut from the use of a "weed eater"
$47,500 settlement for a concussion caused by the client attempting to sit on a chair and it collapsed
Confidential settlement against a ladder manufacturer after their product caused client to fall from the ladder. Experts determined that a defective rivet was cause of fall.
Medical Malpractice/Negligence
$200,000 settlement of a misdiagnosis of preeclampsia and pregnancy induced hypertension
$8.9 million jury verdict for a female patient against a Clearfield County neurologist
$115,000 settlement for a nursing home patient abused by staff
$100,000 settlement, prescription error, wrong medicine repeatedly filled causing severe side effects.
25 weeks for a scar claim for a cervical laminectomy, which the access was through the front of the neck
Confidential malpractice settlement against a psychologist/marriage therapist who began romantically involved with the husband of one of his married couples
Confidential Settlement against hospital 11/08: Plaintiff fell while trying to go to the bathroom after having her call button ignored
Confidential wrongful death settlement: Plaintiff died from infection caused by bed sore after nursing home failed to appropriately clean wounds and timely diagnose the infection
Other Personal Injury Cases
$800,000 (approx.) structured settlement to minor child who was exposed to mercury brought into the family home on father's work clothes
$587,000 jury award for an Allegheny County man who was injured when his hand was pinned by a battery cell
$135,000 settlement for an apartment complex manager who hurt his back while lifting an air conditioner unit
$35,000 jury verdict for a woman who was offered no money after she suffered injuries in an accident. The story of two witnesses differed from the story of our client, but our client was adamant about her position and the jury believed our presentation of evidence.
Confidential settlement of a US Airways flight attendant who was injured when lifting carry-on bags in a jet way.
Confidential settlement of a coal miner who injured his knee when he stepped into a hole.
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