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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.

$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.)
$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)

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$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)
$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)
$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)
$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)
 $10.5 M Settlement for the family of a Philadelphia teenager killed when staff at a treatment center put him into a restraint hold. (Leach)
$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)
$8.75M Pittsburgh jury verdict for family of tow truck operator killed when Ford parking brake failed. (Blumer)
$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)
 $7.5M Settlement with La Salle University for brain injured football player. (Plevretes)
$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)
$5.5 M Verdict for parents of murdered parking lot attendant (Palmer)
$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)
$5.1 M Settlement in drowning of 16-year-old boy (McCoy)

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* Among some of the other better-known seven-figure settlements and verdicts are: $4.5 million – Jury award for elderly couple killed in car accident (Carter); $4.4 million – Settlement in fatal crane accident (Yankosky); $3.4 million – Settlement for young man who dies getting a nose job (Covenko); $3 million - Verdict for woman injured in surgery to remove a benign tumor (Grolimund); $3 million – Montgomery Co. verdict for missed breast cancer diagnosis (Lackman); $2.8 million - Verdict for failure to order tests to detect cancer (Denning); $2.9 million – Delaware County verdict for doctor who died at his own hospital (Ebel); $2.5 million – Settlement for a man and son killed by city police car (Gillyard/Rich); $2 million – Verdict for older woman who died after catheter misplaced (Spraggans).

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