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.

$10.5M
Wrongful Death

Settlement for the family of a Philadelphia teenager killed when staff at a treatment center put him into a restraint hold. (Leach)

$10.19M
Whistleblower

Settlement in a case alleging fraudulent practices against a New York-based company in the sale of prescription medications to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

$10 M
Medical Malpractice

New Jersey jury verdict involving boy who suffered brain damage due to allergic reaction to peanuts. (Varghese)

$10 M
Workplace Injury

 Settlement for a young man who was killed at work when a truck he was working on rolled over onto him.

$10 M
Product Liability

Settlement with manufacturer in a case in which a school lunch table collapsed and killed a kindergarten student. (Cozzolino)

$10 M
Fire Injury

Settlement in a house fire that killed a man and injured his brother.

$9.5M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Patient with abdominal and arm pain dies of heart attack while waiting in ER.

$9.5M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Failure to diagnose seizure disorder in baby results in brain injury.

$9.5M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Failure to diagnose sodium levels results in pediatric stroke in a nine-month-old child.

$9.2M
Workplace Injury

Verdict in 2019 for a Reading sanitation worker whose leg was amputated in a screw conveyor at a meat processing plant. 

$9M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Delay in C-section for fetal distress causes asphyxia and brain injury.

$9M
Sexual Abuse

Settlement with a rideshare company and a Philadelphia Days Inn hotel on claims they enabled a man to rape an 11-year-old girl.

$8.75M
Wrongful Death

Pittsburgh jury verdict for family of tow truck operator killed when Ford parking brake failed. (Blumer)

$8.5M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Delay in delivery results fetal distress, cerebral atrophy and other injuries.

$8.2M
Medical Malpractice

Delaware County verdict for missed cancer diagnosis. (Labricciosa)

$8M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Mistreated infection after childbirth causes sepsis and mother's death.

$8M
Medical Malpractice

Verdict in Montgomery County against hospital involving botched cesarean section that caused the mother to suffer two cardiac arrests and undergo emergency hysterectomy. (Rongione)

$8M
Brain Injury

Settlement: Injured teenager brain damaged due to excessive anesthetic and morphine.

$8M
Workplace Injury

Settlement in Philadelphia workplace death case (Green)

$8M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Mistreated infection after childbirth causes sepsis and mother's death.

$8M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Infant delivered via C-section suffers seizures, cerebral palsy.

$8M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Forceps delivery of premature baby causes skull fractures, cerebral palsy.

$7.9M
Workplace Injury

Allegheny County verdict for worker hurt in fall.

$7.9M
Brain Injury

Settlement: Missed diagnosis of meningitis results in severe brain damage.

$7.8M
Birth Injury

Allegheny County record med-mal verdict for childbirth injury. (Briggs)

$7.75M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of ruptured spleen results in death.

$7.5M
Brain Injury

Settlement with La Salle University for brain injured football player. (Plevretes)

$7.5M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Botched resuscitation after birth results in quadriplegia and cognitive deficits.

$7.5M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Pre-birth malpractice leads to infant's severe mental and physical disabilities.

$7.5M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Death of patient who suffered perforation and bleeding during sinus surgery.

$7.5M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement for a woman who entered a hospital seeking help for alcohol abuse and instead suffered a medical error that resulted in severe brain damage.

$7.4M
Medical Malpractice

Delaware County verdict in missed diagnosis case for stroke victim. (Cuff)

$7.25M
Birth Injury

Child is injured at birth in central Pennsylvania

$7M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Injuries sustained in delay in delivery and later failure to timely intubate baby.

$7M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Woman dies after giving birth due to bleeding and fluid management issues.

$7M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Woman paralyzed due to medical errors in treatment following car accident.

$7M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Baby suffers brain damage when skull is crushed in forceps/vacuum delivery.

$6.9M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Paraplegic injuries to 11-year old girl following spinal surgery.

$6.8M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Misplaced tube causes child's intra-operative cardiac arrest, severe injuries.

$6.6M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement with doctor, hospital in death of 16-month-old. (Donnelly)