$6M Settlement in Teen’s Drowning Death in Apartment Complex Pool
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 3rd, 2016
The family of a 14-year-old boy who drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool in Swatara Township near Harrisburg in June 2015 has reached a $6 million settlement with several defendants in connection with the boy’s death. The boy, Benjamin Dodoo, died June 17, 2015, while he swam in a pool at the Aspen Hill Apartment complex in the 5000 block of Stacey Drive East in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, according to an earlier report...
$1.19M Verdict in Pennsylvania Underinsured Motorist DUI Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 27th, 2016
A Beaver County woman who was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on by a drunk driver in New Brighton, Pa., in July 2012 has been awarded $1.19 million in damages by a jury in her underinsured motorist (UIM) claim against an insurance company. The victim, Britney Alviani, was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by her boyfriend when it was struck by another car on July 18, 2012, according to an...
Court Radio: Domestic Relation Issues
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 22nd, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Irena Shiloh of MyPhillyLawyer answer questions from callers about legal domestic relation issues. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.05.22-Irena-Shiloh-Domestic1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$70M in Settlements in Truck Crash that Killed 5 Nursing Students
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 20th, 2016
More than $70 million in settlements are expected for the families of five nursing students who were killed in April 2015 when the two vehicles they were traveling in on a Georgia highway were struck from behind by a tractor-trailer that failed to stop when traffic came to a halt. The students were carpooling to take their clinical exams at a Savannah, Ga., hospital early in the morning of April 22, 2015, when the tractor-trailer...
Court Radio: Medical Marijuana
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 15th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Becky Dansky from the Marijuana Policy Project talk about Senate Bill #3 - the legalization of medical marijuana, and what this could mean moving forward. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.05.15-MEDICAL-MARIJUANA1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$44M Jury Verdict to Brain-Injured Woman in Medical Malpractice Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 13th, 2016
A Philadelphia woman who experienced an adverse reaction to blood anti-coagulation medication and was left with a serious brain injury as a result has been awarded a $44 million verdict by a Court of Commons Pleas jury in Philadelphia. The woman, Andrea Tate, had gone to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in September 2011 to remove a mass in her head known as a meningioma, according to a May 6 story by The...
How Texting a Driver Could Make You Liable for a Crash – Or Not?
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 6th, 2016
A driver is operating a motor vehicle and gets into a crash with another car just after receiving a text from an acquaintance on their mobile phone. In that case, can the driver sue the person who sent the text, blaming them for causing them to become distracted and crash? That's the issue in a recent lawsuit in Lawrence County in Pennsylvania, where a judge has allowed legal claims of negligence and wrongful death to...
Court Radio: Workers’ Compensation #2
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on May 1st, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Jeff Gross answer questions from listeners regarding workers' compensation. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.05.01-Workers-Comp1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$1.2M Settlement to Injured Worker in Construction Fall
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 30th, 2016
A construction worker who fell while walking on a 17-foot-high wall at a worksite and broke both ankles and feet in 2012 has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the contractor and general contractor in charge of the project. The worker, David Markowski, who was 28 years old at the time of his fall, was working at a construction site on Misericordia University's campus in Luzerne County when he fell from the wall on Jan....