Safety Improvements: Many Kline & Specter cases have resulted not only in large monetary resolutions but also in changes that benefited thousands if not millions of citizens. (See examples)
The following are some of the larger publicly disclosed settlements and verdicts obtained by Kline & Specter attorneys.
$8 B
Product Liability
Punitive damages verdict against J&J involving the drug Risperdal, linked to the growth of female breast tissue in boys. Verdict is the largest in PA history and among largest ever in the nation.
(Risperdal)
$2.25B
Product Liability
Jury verdict including $2 billion in punitive damages against Monsanto for a Pennsylvania man in a Roundup cancer case.
(McKivison)
$175 M
Product Liability
Verdict against Monsanto Co. in a case in which a Philadelphia man was diagnosed with cancer from years of using its weed killer Roundup.
(Caranci)
$153 M
Product Liability
Verdict against Ford in death of a boy run over by truck with defective parking brake. The then-second largest product liability verdict in the nation. (White) (Jury awarded $52 million in retrial of punitive damages.)
$120 M
Transvaginal Mesh
Verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a vaginal mesh case. The verdict included $100 million in punitive damages and was the largest contested liability verdict in Pennsylvania history.
(McFarland)
$109 M
Premises Liability
The jury verdict included $48 million compensatory and $61 million punitive damages for the family of a woman killed by a fallen electric line.
(Goretzka)
$95.6M
Personal Injury
Recovery following a verdict for a woman catastrophically injured in a Philadelphia building collapse. Largest personal injury recovery in Pennsylvania history. (Plekan)
$80 M
Transvaginal Mesh
Verdict against J&J for a Media, Pa., woman in a vaginal mesh case. Verdict included $50 million in punitive and $30 million in compensatory damages, the largest compensatory award in the ongoing mesh litigation.
(Mesigian)
$78 M
Product Liability
Jury verdict, including $75 million in punitive damages, against Monsanto for a Pennsylvania man in Roundup cancer case.
(Melissen)
$57.1M
Product Liability
Verdict against Johnson & Johnson for a Pennsylvania woman permanently injured by a defective vaginal mesh device. (Ebaugh)
$57 M
Birth Injury
Verdict in a birth injury case involving oxygen deprivation which resulted in cerebral palsy.
$51 M
Premises Liability
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)
$50 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Missed breast cancer diagnosis delays treatment more than two years.
$49 M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict in a hospital error case that left a young man severely brain damaged. The award set a Pennsylvania record at the time for a medical malpractice case. (Caruso)
$47 M
Medical Malpractice
Largest medical malpractice verdict in federal court in Pennsylvania history, for a child injured in a post-birth procedure. (Harker/Baldacchino)
$46.5M
Premises Liability
Jury verdict – $8.02 million compensatory and $38.5 million punitive – against a security company for the families of two women killed by a disgruntled employee at Kraft Foods plant in Philadelphia. (Brown/Wilson)
$42.9M
Medical Malpractice
One of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Pennsylvania history for a girl badly injured at birth at a Philadelphia hospital.
(Fortson)
$42 M
Birth Injury
Verdict in Harrisburg federal court for an infant who suffered severe brain damage because of a botched forceps delivery. Defendant was the U.S. government, which employed the doctor. (Armolt)
$41 M
Product Liability
Verdict against Johnson & Johnson for a Lancaster, Pa., woman who suffered permanent serious injury due to implanted vaginal mesh device.
(Emmett)
$40.5M
Premises Liability
Settlement in explosion that killed six and injured six others at apartment complex where basement flooding had caused a gas line break. (Village Green)
$38.2M
Motor Vehicle Accident
Delaware County verdict in auto accident case for girl injured at notoriously dangerous intersection. (Robley)
$37.5M
Sex Trafficking
Arbitration award against a Philadelphia North American Motor Inns hotel for three women who were the victims of sex trafficking when they were minors.
$36.4M
Workplace Injury
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
Whistleblower
Largest settlement of its kind in Arizona history against a healthcare system over alleged Medicare fraud.
$35 M
Premises Liability
Settlement on behalf of more than 100 businesses and individuals for losses in the 2001 Continental Business Center fire in Bridgeport, Pa. (Bridgeport)
$33.1M
Medical Malpractice
Lehigh County verdict in the case of a missed diagnosis of breast cancer that resulted in a woman’s death. (Welteroth)
$32 M
Birth Injury
Settlement with hospital in the case of a child born severely brain damaged after doctors delayed performing a cesarean section.
$30 M
Brain Injury
Settlement for a young child who suffered severe brain damage due to improperly managed anesthesia during a routine procedure at an area hospital.
$30 M
Work Injury
Settlement in 2018 for a worker severely injured when he fell from a cell tower when a ladder rung to which he was tethered dislodged.
(Jeglum)
$29.6M
Premises Liability
Settlement in the Pier 34 collapse that left three women dead and dozens injured. (Pier 34)
$28.5M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict in New York for a former NFL Giants running back for a botched surgery that ended his football. (Cox)
$27.6M
General Negligence
Jury verdict in the case of a Philadelphia woman injured after exercising for a promotional video for replacement knees. (Polett)
$25 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Misdiagnosis and failure to properly treat retinopathy of prematurity in twin boys resulting in blindness.
$25 M
Medical Malpractice
Jury verdict against two doctors found negligent in the death of a patient, herself a doctor, after a routine fertility procedure. (Matteo)
$25 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Failure to diagnose life threatening cardiac problem following open heart surgery resulting in cardiac arrest and death.
$25 M
Motor Vehicle Accident
Settlement: Tractor trailer slammed into a vehicle occupied by a Philadelphia school teacher, who suffered a spinal cord injury that resulted in paralysis.
$24 M
Premises Liability
Jury verdict in a premises liability case involving a three-year-old girl’s near-drowning at an apartment complex swimming pool.
(Weightman)
$24 M
Sex Trafficking
Settlement with Days Inn for eight victims of human trafficking that occurred at Philadelphia hotel where owner failed to protect the victims.
(Days Inn)
$21.8M
Medical Malpractice
Delaware County , Pa., jury verdict for a man who was left blind as the result of prolonged back surgery.
$21.6M
Birth Injury
Jury verdict for child born with severe brain injury. The verdict, which includes periodic payments, was a record for an Erie County, Pa., personal injury case. (Graham)
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Click on the following options below to learn more about some of Kline and Specter's most notable cases:
- Medical Malpractice (Includes brain and spinal cord injury, birth injury and neonatal cases, failure to diagnose cancer, and general malpractice)
- Mass Tort/Drug Cases
- Product Liability
- Premises Liability
- Automobile Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Defamation
