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.
$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)
$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.
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
