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.

$5.25M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Surgery results in sliver of bone pressing against spine, paralysis.

$5.21M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Pediatric ICU and endocrinologic malpractice results in brain injury.

$5.2M
Medical Malpractice

Verdict for estate of Philadelphia woman who died of internal bleeding.

$5.2M
Medical Malpractice

Verdict vs. doctors for 76-year-old who suffered a stroke. (Monaghan)

$5.2M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Missed uterine cancer diagnosis leads to spread of the disease.

$5.1M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Montgomery County verdict for woman injured during routine sinus surgery.

$5.1M
Wrongful Death

Settlement in drowning of 16-year-old boy (McCoy)

$5.1M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement: Missed diagnosis of clogged intestine in ER leads to fatal heart attack.

$5M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Infant dies after misconnected tubing over-pressurizes resuscitation bag.

$5M
Medical Malpractice

Settlement for a woman in a case involving a medication error that resulted in eventual strokes.

$5M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Negligent birth delivery and resuscitation causes neurologic injuries, death.

$5M
Birth Injury

Settlement: Failure to timely deliver baby in fetal distress causes neurological injuries.

$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
Civil Rights

Settlement with Dauphin County and a healthcare company in the death of an inmate and the county prison

$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.

$5M
Brain Injury

Settlement: Delayed diagnosis of benign brain tumor results in neurological injuries.

$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)

$3.5M
Sexual Abuse

Settlement with Archdiocese of Philadelphia in a case alleging one of its priests sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy.

$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