$20M Medical Malpractice Settlement to Family of Brain-Damaged Child
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 29th, 2016
The family of a three-year-old San Diego, Calif., girl who was the victim of a nursing error in a hospital four days after she was born in January 2013 will receive a $20 million settlement to pay for her continuing medical care. The girl, whose name was withheld to protect her identity, was born five weeks prematurely and was placed in a newborn intensive care unit (ICU), where four days later her mother found her...
Court Radio: Auto Insurance
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 24th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman takes legal issue inquiries from callers, such as auto insurance claims. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.04.24-AUTO-INS1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$5.5M Settlement to Child Severely Injured in Fall from Window
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 15th, 2016
The family of a 7-year-old child who suffered brain damage after falling from a third-story window in an apartment in a subsidized housing development in North Philadelphia has reached a $5.5 million settlement with the developers, contractors and architects of the development. The settlement will be received by the family of Rahniya Neal, who was three-years-old in January 2012, when she was playing on the top bunk of a bed with a cousin and fell...
Court Radio: General Legal Q&A #3
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 10th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman answer questions from callers about general legal issues. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.04.10-General-Legal1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$14.9M Verdict to Woman Severely Injured by Driver’s Seat in Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 8th, 2016
A 43-year-old California woman has been awarded a $14.9 million jury verdict after she was severely hurt by the driver's seat back in her car when she was rear-ended by a pickup truck in a 2012 crash. Marcia Gray was driving her 1995 Mazda Protégé automobile on westbound Interstate 580 near the Interstate 980 interchange on April 30, 2012, when she stopped suddenly to avoid a crash ahead of her and was hit from behind...
Court Radio: Chiropractic Services
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 3rd, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Joe Macafee of West Philly Associates take chiropractic questions, why see a chiropractor and what a chiropractor can or can't do. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.04.03-Chiropractic-Services-Dr-Joseph-McAfee1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$8.5M Settlement in 2010 U.S. Army Helicopter Training Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 1st, 2016
The family of a 38-year-old U.S. Army civilian flight instructor who died in a 2010 helicopter crash during a training flight in Alabama will receive $8.5 million in compensation following the settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by his wife. The instructor, Jeremy Clark of Enterprise, Ala., was killed on Dec. 14, 2010 when the OH-58 Kiowa helicopter he was operating with a student pilot crashed at Fort Rucker during an Army...
$5.55M Verdict to Pa. Man in U.S. Steel Discrimination Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 29th, 2016
A 61-year-old Pennsylvania man who was forced to leave his job after working 30 years at U.S. Steel Corp. in Pittsburgh as a mechanic has won a $5.55 million discrimination award from a U.S. District Court jury. Albert Gucker, 61, won the award when the jury determined that the company unfairly acted on Dec. 28, 2011 to stop accommodating his existing physical disabilities, which included restrictions on lifting and climbing, according to a March 11...
Court Radio: Uncontested Divorces
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on March 20th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman, David Rapaport and Irena Shiloh of MyPhillyLawyer answer questions from callers on domestic relation issues, such as divorce. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARCH-20-2016-Uncontested-Divorces-Irena-Shiloh1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]