The following are some of the larger publicly disclosed settlements and verdicts obtained by Kline & Specter attorneys.
Settlement: Failure to diagnose sodium levels results in pediatric stroke in a nine-month-old child.
Verdict in 2019 for a Reading sanitation worker whose leg was amputated in a screw conveyor at a meat processing plant.
Settlement: Delay in C-section for fetal distress causes asphyxia and brain injury.
Pittsburgh jury verdict for family of tow truck operator killed when Ford parking brake failed. (Blumer)
Settlement: Delay in delivery results fetal distress, cerebral atrophy and other injuries.
Settlement: Mistreated infection after childbirth causes sepsis and mother's death.
Settlement: Injured teenager brain damaged due to excessive anesthetic and morphine.
Settlement: Mistreated infection after childbirth causes sepsis and mother's death.
Settlement: Infant delivered via C-section suffers seizures, cerebral palsy.
Settlement: Forceps delivery of premature baby causes skull fractures, cerebral palsy.
Allegheny County verdict for worker hurt in fall.
Settlement: Missed diagnosis of meningitis results in severe brain damage.
Settlement: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of ruptured spleen results in death.
Settlement: Botched resuscitation after birth results in quadriplegia and cognitive deficits.
Settlement: Pre-birth malpractice leads to infant's severe mental and physical disabilities.
Settlement: Death of patient who suffered perforation and bleeding during sinus surgery.
Child is injured at birth in central Pennsylvania
Settlement: Injuries sustained in delay in delivery and later failure to timely intubate baby.
Settlement: Woman dies after giving birth due to bleeding and fluid management issues.
Settlement: Woman paralyzed due to medical errors in treatment following car accident.
Settlement: Baby suffers brain damage when skull is crushed in forceps/vacuum delivery.
Settlement: Paraplegic injuries to 11-year old girl following spinal surgery.
Settlement: Misplaced tube causes child's intra-operative cardiac arrest, severe injuries.
Settlement: Injuries to infant due to inadequate monitoring of mother after car accident.
Settlement: Patient not advised of test result showing heart defect dies of heart attack.
Settlement: Brain injury in failure to properly monitor and treat Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Settlement: Delay in delivery results in severe brain damage, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
Philadelphia jury verdict for injured worker. (Vassallo)
Settlement: Delay in birth delivery results in ischemic encephalopathy.
Settlement: Misplaced IV moves air embolus into child’s lungs, causing cardiac arrest
Settlement: Brain damage suffered as a result of poor care during labor and delivery.
Settlement: Patient’s heart punctured during placement of port, results in heart attack.