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.
$6.6M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement with doctor, hospital in death of 16-month-old. (Donnelly)
$6.5M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Delay in delivery results in severe brain damage, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
$6.5M
Brain Injury
Settlement for woman brain damaged by hospital error. (McDowell
$6.5M
Workplace Injury
Philadelphia jury verdict for injured worker. (Vassallo)
$6.5M
Auto Accident
Settlement with auto dealership where an employee drove into an elderly woman on the sidewalk, killing her.
$6.5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Injuries to infant due to inadequate monitoring of mother after car accident.
$6.5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Patient not advised of test result showing heart defect dies of heart attack.
$6.5M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Brain injury in failure to properly monitor and treat Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
$6.5M
Pedestrian Accident
Settlement with Piazza Nissan of Ardmore, Pa., for the family of an 89-year-old woman who was struck and killed while on sidewalk by a company driver as his vehicle exited the dealership.
$6.4M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Delay in birth delivery results in ischemic encephalopathy.
$6.4M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Misplaced IV moves air embolus into child’s lungs, causing cardiac arrest
$6.4M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Brain damage suffered as a result of poor care during labor and delivery.
$6.3M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Woman develops pneumonia after surgery, suffers quadriplegic injuries.
$6.3M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Negligence leads to catastrophic and permanent birth injuries to twins.
$6.3M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Patient’s heart punctured during placement of port, results in heart attack.
$6.3M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Patient’s heart punctured during placement of port, results in heart attack.
$6.2M
Brain Injury
Settlement for boy who suffered brain damage after tonsil surgery. Hospital also pledged to make safety changes. (Bates)
$6.2M
Whistleblower
Settlement of a case against a medical imaging company that evaded New York state and city taxes.
$6M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Misdiagnosis leads to prolonged hypoglycemia, woman’s death.
$6M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Delay in treating thoracic aortic dissection brings cardiac arrest, brain injury.
$6M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Child with history of leukemia dies of acute bleeding due to over-transfusion.
$6M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Failure to relieve a spinal abscess causing permanent paraplegia.
$6M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Indiana County verdict for baby injured during delivery (Chichy)
$6M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Mismanagement of blood pressure during anesthesia causes stroke.
$6M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Premature baby in hospital three weeks contracts bacterial meningitis.
$6M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Botched CV line placement, delayed diagnosis leads to leg amputations.
$6M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Delay in treating thoracic aortic dissection brings cardiac arrest, brain injury.
$6M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Botched delivery by midwife results in baby’s severe brain injury.
$6M
Brain Injury
Settlement: Patient suffers respiratory distress after hip replacement, suffers brain injury.
$5.95M
Birth Injury
Settlement for a woman who suffered respiratory failure and septic shock after hospital staff failed to recognize an infection after a Caesarean delivery.
$5.8M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Woman suffers stroke following a transcatheter closure procedure.
$5.8M
Medical Malpractice
NJ verdict for woman given wrong anti-malaria drug for trip.
$5.63M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Medical malpractice leading to cardiac arrest following car accident.
$5.5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Early withdrawal of antibiotics leads to infection, hydrocephalus.
$5.5M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Injection causes hematoma on spine, paralysis.
$5.5M
Wrongful Death
Verdict for parents of murdered parking lot attendant (Palmer)
$5.45M
Medical Malpractice
Settlement: Spine and brain trauma to psychiatric patient who fell in hospital.
$5.35M
Sexual Abuse
Verdict against Presbyterian Children’s Village for twice placing a young girl in the home of a temporary foster family where she was sexually molested. (PCV)
(read article)
$5.3M
Birth Injury
Settlement: Delay in delivery causes severe hypoxic ischemic brain injury.
$5.25M
Motor Vehicle Accident
Settlement for man injured in accident with truck.
(Lebeau)
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
