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.
$20 M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Teenage boy who underwent routine surgery for sports injury suffers anoxic brain injury.
$20 M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Negligent care during labor and delivery causes a catastrophic brain injury.
$20 M
Brain Injury
Jury verdict for a college student who suffered brain damage after nurses failed to respond in time to an alarm. (Gallagher)
$20 M
Birth Injury
Medical malpractice verdict for boy who went blind after birth. The $20 Million verdict is the largest medical malpractice verdict in Montgomery County history. (Lee)
$19.9M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict for a patient who was assaulted while in the hospital, suffering severe injuries. Record Delaware verdict. (Sparber)
$19.7M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict against Penn doctor for a woman whose spinal mass went undiagnosed, resulting in permanent injuries.
$19.65M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Failure to diagnose infection and dislodged tube results in brain injury in young woman.
$19.2M
Birth Injury
Jury award against Merrell Dow for boy born with club feet after his mother had taken the morning sickness drug Bendectin. (Blum)
$19.1M
Workplace Injury
Luzerne County verdict for mother of three left incapacitated after being struck by a van as she worked at a roadside construction site. (McManamon)
$19 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Surgical error during liver donor procedure for transplantation results in liver failure.
$19 M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Overdose of Pitocin during delivery results in baby being born with severe brain damage and injury to mother.
$18.5M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict for medical error that caused damage to a girl’s heart and required later heart transplant, leaving her with only a 50-50 chance of living past 21.
$18 M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Infant suffers severe and catastrophic cerebral palsy due to a delay in performing a C-section.
$17.5M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict against VA for ex-Marine who suffered a stroke following dental procedure. The verdict includes periodic payments. (Ellison)
$17 M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Cerebral palsy, severe brain damage due to bacterial meningitis, chronic lung disease.
$16 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement for a man who suffered hypoxic brain injury after nurses failed to promptly administer CPR when he went into cardiac arrest following successful cardiac surgery.
$15.2M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict for a baby injured during heart surgery and left suffering severe brain damage. (Sears)
$15 M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict for a woman who suffered a stroke following carotid artery surgery. (Dupon)
$15 M
Brain Injury
Jury award to a Down Syndrome boy who was left brain damaged after an error during heart surgery. (Borkowski)
$15 M
Wrongful Death
Verdict for family of teenager who died after falling down a mine shaft while on a group trip in Mexico.
(Crane)
$15 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement against a Philadelphia hospital for a woman who suffered a stroke and permanent brain damage due to medical malpractice.
$15 M
Birth Injury
Settlement in a New Jersey birth injury case against a doctor and nurse.
$15 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Disease left untreated and subsequent negligent attempt at surgery results in permanent waist-down paralysis.
$14.8M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Failure to diagnose cerebral edema causes brain damage.
$14.5M
Birth Injury
Verdict in Johnstown, Pa., for a boy who suffered severe cerebral palsy due to mishandled delivery. Jury award was largest-ever in a medical malpractice case in federal court in western Pennsylvania.
(Read Article)
$14.25M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement involving an infant injured by a misplaced tracheostomy tube, resulting in anoxic brain damage.
$14 M
Premises Liability
Bucks County verdict against the Pennsbury School district for a teenage student who lost her leg when she was run over by a school bus. (Zauflik)
$14 M
Birth Injury
Delay in delivery of newborn resulted in severe injuries.
$13 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Man dies of sepsis after coronary bypass surgery due to failure to provide appropriate antibiotic therapy.
$13 M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Obstetrical malpractice results in brain injury to child gynecologic injury.
$12.75M
Medical Devices
Settlement for a patient who suffered brain damage when a medical device manufacturer’s Neuroblate surgical instrument broke during intracranial surgery.
(Brassloff)
$12.5M
Medical Devices
$12.5M -- Total verdicts -- $5.5 million compensatory and $7 million punitive -- against Johnson & Johnson for an Indiana woman injured by surgically implanted vaginal mesh.
(Hammons)
$12.25M
Premises Liability
Settlement for boy injured after falling through an apartment window. Jury awarded $7 million but pre-trial agreement raised the sum paid. (Woolfolk)
$12 M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Negligent treatment of leukemia results in patient suffering spinal cord injury and quadriplegia.
$11.8M
Premises Liability
Settlement with the Philadelphia Housing Authority and property manager for girl who suffered brain damage after asthma attack caused by mold in home. (McKinney)
$11.6M
Premises Liability
Settlement for a former University of Pennsylvania student left a paraplegic after a 20-foot fall at an off-campus residence. (Bernhoft)
$11.3M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Patient incapacitated following experimental treatment without his knowledge or proper oversight.
$11 M
Personal Injury
Philadelphia Verdict for a man who was shot and catastrophically injured by a teenager who was permitted to escape from a Devereux Foundation behavioral rehabilitation center. (Johnson)
$11 M
Child Abuse
Settlement with a Philadelphia social service agency for its alleged failure to oversee an infant’s care, causing a brain injury that resulted in spastic quadriplegia and blindness.
(Tabor)
$11 M
Child Abuse
Verdict against a child placement agency and adoptive parents of a girl who was physically and sexually abused in the home.
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- 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
