The following are some of the larger publicly disclosed settlements and verdicts obtained by Kline & Specter attorneys. The list does not account for innumerable major settlements which are confidential nor for scores of other Kline & Specter seven-figure settlements and verdicts.
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$153 M |
Verdict against Ford in death of a boy run over by truck with defective parking brake. The then-second largest such verdict in the nation. (White) (Jury awarded $52 million in retrial of punitive damages.) |
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| $100 M |
Largest-ever compensatory verdict in Pennsylvania, for a baby who suffered severe brain damage due to medical malpractice. (Vlasny) |
| $51 M |
Verdict against the Philadelphia mass transit agency in a case in which a boy’s foot was severed in an escalator. SEPTA was also fined for concealing documents. (Hall) |
| $49 M |
Verdict in a hospital error case that left a young man severely brain damaged. The award set a Pennsylvania record for a medical malpractice case. (Caruso) |
| $40.5 M |
Settlement in explosion that killed six and injured six others at apartment complex where basement flooding had caused a gas line break. (Village Green) |
| $38.2 M |
Delaware County verdict in auto accident case for girl injured at notoriously dangerous intersection. Plaintiffs were PennDOT and Borough of East Lansdowne. (Robley) |
| $35 M |
Preliminarily approved settlement on behalf of more than 100 businesses and individuals for losses in the 2001 Continental Business Center fire in Bridgeport, Pa. (Bridgeport) |
| $36.4 M |
Settlement with oil refinery in death of a worker, believed to be the largest-ever reported settlement nationally for a single-victim employee fatality. (Motiva) |
| $33.1 M |
Lehigh County verdict in the case of a missed diagnosis of breast cancer that resulted in a woman’s death. (Welteroth) |
| $29.6 M |
Settlement in the Pier 34 collapse that left three women dead and dozens injured. (Pier 34) |
| $25 M |
Jury verdict against two doctors found negligent in the death of a patient, herself a doctor, after a routine fertility procedure. (Matteo) |
| $24 M |
Jury verdict in a premises liability case involving a three-year-old girl’s near-drowning at an apartment complex swimming pool. (Weightman) |
| $22 M |
New Jersey verdict for a woman injured after childbirth when blood arrived late for a transfusion. (Gomez) |
| $20.8 M |
Jury verdict for a podiatrist who lost her foot due to errors committed after she entered hospital for an unrelated treatment. (Young) |
| $20 M |
Medical malpractice verdict for boy who went blind after birth. Award was one of the largest ever in Montgomery County. ( Lee) |
| $20 M |
Jury verdict for a college student who suffered brain damage after nurses failed to respond in time to an alarm. (Gallagher) |
| $19.9 M |
Verdict for a patient who was assaulted while in the hospital, suffering severe injuries. Verdict set a record for the state of Delaware. (Sparber) |
| $19.1 M |
Luzerne County verdict for mother of three left incapacitated after being struck by a van as she worked at a roadside construction site. (McManamon) |
| $18.5 M |
Verdict for medical error that caused damage to a girl’s heart and required later heart transplant, leaving her with only a 50-50 chance of living past 21. (Keen) |
| $15.2 M |
Verdict for a baby injured during heart surgery and left suffering severe brain damage. (Sears) |
| $15 M |
Verdict for a woman who suffered a stroke following carotid artery surgery. (Dupon) |
| $15 M |
Jury award to a Down Syndrome boy who was left brain damaged after an error during heart surgery. (Borkowski) |
| $12.25 M |
Settlement for boy injured after falling through an apartment window. Jury awarded $7 million but pre-trial agreement raised the sum paid. (Woolfolk) |
| $10 M |
Settlement with manufacturer in a case in which a school lunch table collapsed and killed a kindergarten student. (Cozzolino) |
| $10 M |
New Jersey jury verdict involving boy who suffered brain damage due to allergic reaction to peanuts. (Varghese) |
| $8.2 M |
Delaware County verdict for missed cancer diagnosis. (Labricciosa) |
| $8 M |
Settlement in Philadelphia workplace death case (Green) |
| $7.9 M |
Allegheny County verdict for worker hurt in fall. (Drum) |
| $7.8 M |
Allegheny County record med-mal verdict for childbirth injury. (Briggs) |
| $6.8 M |
Luzerne County verdict vs. motorcycle helmet manufacturer. (Wandel) |
| $6.6 M |
Philadelphia jury verdict in boy’s drowning death at camp. (Slaughter) |
| $6.6 M |
Settlement with doctor, hospital in death of 16-month-old. (Donnelly) |
| $6.5 M |
Philadelphia jury verdict for injured worker. (Vassallo) |
| $6.5 M |
Settlement for woman brain damaged by hospital error. (McDowell) |
| $6.2 M |
Settlement for boy who suffered brain damage after tonsil surgery. Hospital also pledged to make safety changes. (Bates) |
| $6 M |
Indiana County verdict for baby injured during delivery (Chichy) |
| $5.8 M |
NJ verdict for woman given wrong anti-malaria drug for trip. ( May) |
| $5.25 M |
Settlement for man injured in accident with truck. (Lebeau) |
| $5.2 M |
Verdict vs. doctors for 76-year-old who suffered a stroke. ( Monaghan) |
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