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.
$19.2 M
Birth Injury
Jury award against Merrell Dow for boy born with club feet after his mother had taken the morning sickness drug Bendectin.
(Blum)
$21.6 M
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.
$27.6 M
General Negligence
Jury verdict in the case of a Philadelphia woman injured after exercising for a promotional video for replacement knees.
$6 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Child with history of leukemia dies of acute bleeding due to over-transfusion.
$6.5 M
Brain Injury
Settlement for woman brain damaged by hospital error.
(McDowell)
$13 M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Obstetrical malpractice results in brain injury to child and gynecologic injury.
$32 M
Birth Injury
Settlement with a hospital in the case of a child born severely brain damaged after doctors delayed performing a cesarean section.
$9M
Sex Trafficking
Settlement with a child welfare agency and hotel on behalf of a woman sexually abused and trafficked as a minor.
$8M
Sex Abuse
Settlement with adoption and foster agency on behalf of two girls -- one of whom died -- after a Philadelphia child welfare agency placed them in a home with a known child sex offender.
$8M
Sex Abuse
Settlement with a gymnastics camp on behalf of a 14-year-old female gymnast who was sexually assaulted by a coach.
$6M
Sex Abuse
Settlement with the owner and operator of a Philadelphia office building on behalf of a paralegal who was attacked by an intruder.
$6.8M
Medical Malpractice
Jury verdict against a doctor on behalf of a woman who died after a cancer procedure was performed incorrectly.
(Stanton)
$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)
$7.1 M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict in Erie County against a radiologist on behalf of a young woman rendered blind after blood clots in her brain were missed in her CT scan.
(Mitchell)
$5.25M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Surgery results in sliver of bone pressing against spine, paralysis.
$20 M
Mass Tort
Verdict against Johnson & Johnson for a New Jersey woman injured after she was implanted with a vaginal mesh device.
(Engleman)
$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.
Kline & Specter, PC works on a contingent fee basis – which means we only get paid if and when you are financially compensated. Kline & Specter is paid a percentage of the amount recovered. Any costs incurred by Kline & Specter will only be charged if the client is financially compensated.
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
