The following are some of the larger publicly disclosed settlements and verdicts obtained by Kline & Specter attorneys.
Settlement for the family of a Philadelphia teenager killed when staff at a treatment center put him into a restraint hold. (Leach)
Settlement in a case alleging fraudulent practices against a New York-based company in the sale of prescription medications to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
New Jersey jury verdict involving boy who suffered brain damage due to allergic reaction to peanuts. (Varghese)
Settlement for a young man who was killed at work when a truck he was working on rolled over onto him.
Settlement with manufacturer in a case in which a school lunch table collapsed and killed a kindergarten student. (Cozzolino)
Settlement in a house fire that killed a man and injured his brother.
Settlement: Failure to diagnose sodium levels results in pediatric stroke in a nine-month-old child.
Settlement: Patient with abdominal and arm pain dies of heart attack while waiting in ER.
Settlement: Failure to diagnose seizure disorder in baby results in brain injury.
Verdict in 2019 for a Reading sanitation worker whose leg was amputated in a screw conveyor at a meat processing plant.
Settlement with a rideshare company and a Philadelphia Days Inn hotel on claims they enabled a man to rape an 11-year-old girl.
Settlement: Delay in C-section for fetal distress causes asphyxia and brain injury.
Pittsburgh jury verdict for family of tow truck operator killed when Ford parking brake failed. (Blumer)
Settlement: Delay in delivery results fetal distress, cerebral atrophy and other injuries.
Settlement: Mistreated infection after childbirth causes sepsis and mother's death.
Settlement: Infant delivered via C-section suffers seizures, cerebral palsy.
Settlement: Forceps delivery of premature baby causes skull fractures, cerebral palsy.
Settlement: Mistreated infection after childbirth causes sepsis and mother's death.
Verdict in Montgomery County against hospital involving botched cesarean section that caused the mother to suffer two cardiac arrests and undergo emergency hysterectomy. (Rongione)
Settlement: Injured teenager brain damaged due to excessive anesthetic and morphine.
Settlement: Missed diagnosis of meningitis results in severe brain damage.
Allegheny County verdict for worker hurt in fall.
Settlement: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of ruptured spleen results in death.
Settlement: Botched resuscitation after birth results in quadriplegia and cognitive deficits.
Settlement: Pre-birth malpractice leads to infant's severe mental and physical disabilities.
Settlement: Death of patient who suffered perforation and bleeding during sinus surgery.
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.
Child is injured at birth in central Pennsylvania
Settlement: Woman paralyzed due to medical errors in treatment following car accident.
Settlement: Baby suffers brain damage when skull is crushed in forceps/vacuum delivery.
Settlement: Injuries sustained in delay in delivery and later failure to timely intubate baby.
Settlement: Woman dies after giving birth due to bleeding and fluid management issues.
Settlement: Paraplegic injuries to 11-year old girl following spinal surgery.
Settlement: Misplaced tube causes child's intra-operative cardiac arrest, severe injuries.