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.
$5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Failure to properly read scan leads to cancer, multiple surgeries.
$5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Late diagnosis and treatment of epidural hematoma causes quadriplegia.
$5M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Delay in diagnosis of placental abruption and delivery causes brain injury.
$5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Missed spinal cord compression symptoms result in neurologic injuries.
$5M
Workplace Injury
Settlement for an undocumented worker crushed to death in housing excavation.
$5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Medical malpractice involving valve surgery results in death.
$5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Missed breast cancer diagnosis delays treatment more than two years.
$4.7M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict in 2019 in Montgomery County, Pa., against an Abington Hospital doctor for a Glenside man who died because of the delayed diagnosis of a severe bacterial infection. (Wilson)
$3M
Product Liability
Settlement in an auto accident case in which severe injuries resulted from a rear seat lap belt.
$1.01M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict against Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a baby late diagnosed with meningitis, resulting in permanent brain damage. (Tillery)
Personal Injury