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)
$10M
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
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.
$9M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Delay in C-section for fetal distress causes asphyxia and brain injury.
$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
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.
$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)
$7.9M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Missed diagnosis of meningitis results in severe brain damage.
$7.9M
Workplace Injury
Allegheny County verdict for worker hurt in fall.
$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
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.
$7.5M
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.
$7.4M
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
Wrongful Death
Philadelphia jury verdict in boy’s drowning death at camp. (Slaughter)
Kline & Specter, PC works on a contingent fee basis – which means we only get paid if and when you are financially compensated. Kline & Specter is paid a percentage of the amount recovered. Any costs incurred by Kline & Specter will only be charged if the client is financially compensated.
Click on the following options below to learn more about some of Kline and Specter's most notable cases:
- 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
