Medical Lessons Being Learned from a Hospital’s Mistake
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 30th, 2015
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia is reviewing its internal processes closely after a baby was given a "potentially lethal" chemotheraphy overdose early in October due to an alleged dosage calculation mistake by a staff member. The incident was originally reported by NBC10, and occurred when "a miscalculation led to a daily dose that was 10 times higher than intended," according to an Oct. 27 story by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The child, an 11-month-old...
$750K Settlement in Death of Woman Whose Car Was Struck by Truck
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 23rd, 2015
The family of a 25-year-old Bellevue, Wash., woman who died in August 2013 when her disabled car was rammed by a tractor-trailer on a highway has reached a $750,000 settlement in the case. Alea S. Price died Aug. 26, 2013, when the crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 405 near Bellevue, according to an Oct. 12 story in The Seattle Times. Price's car had struck a deer in the left lane of the highway...
$1.8M Medical Malpractice Settlement to Family of Disabled Child
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 16th, 2015
The family of a young child who suffered a brain injury when her oxygen levels dropped precariously during chest surgery in September 2012 will receive a $1.8 million settlement from the Virginia hospital where the procedure was performed. The child, Michelle Zhang, was 21 months old when she was brought by her parents to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Sept. 18, 2012, suffering from pneumonia, respiratory distress and other symptoms, according to an Oct. 14...
$12M Finally Being Paid, 2 Years after Verdict in Boy’s Crash Death
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 9th, 2015
The parents of a deceased 9-year-old Florida boy is finally going to receive the $12 million a jury awarded following a 2013 trial, after two years of delays. The boy was killed by a car that struck him in January 2011 while he was on bicycle ride with his father. It's about time that this verdict award has finally been paid to his grieving family. The child, Andrew Connor Curtis, died when a car coming...
Why Arbitrary Tort Limits are Unfair to Victims and Families
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 2nd, 2015
Due to Tort Limits, Texas DOT Pays Only $250K to Crash Victim's Kin Tort limits in Texas, which mandate a maximum payment of $250,000 for anyone who sues a state entity for damages, have unfairly penalized the family of a Texas woman who was killed in 2014 by a state Department of Transportation (DOT) truck which struck her car head-on. Cresha Leanne Greer, 41, was killed on Dec. 18, 2014, in Palo Pinto County, Texas,...
Family Gets $2M Settlement in Death of 11-Year-Old in Bike Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 25th, 2015
An Oregon family whose 11-year-old son was killed in April 2012 when he was struck by a city bus in Vancouver, Wash., as he rode his bicycle has reached a $2 million settlement with the bus company. The boy, Benjamin Fulwiler, died on April 28, 2012 after he collided with the side of a bus and was pulled under it, according to an Aug. 31 story by KPTV Fox 12 News. The boy was riding...
$725,000 Settlement to Woman Who Suffered Brain Injury in Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 18th, 2015
A 26-year-old woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2012 when she was hurt in a car crash in Wayne, Pa., has been awarded a settlement of $725,000 as part of a JAMS mediation process. The victim, Jillian Schonberg, who was 23 years old at the time of the Sept. 12, 2012 crash, was driving southbound on Chapel Road in Wayne when a pickup truck being driven by Christopher Maturo ran a red light...
$4.2M Verdict to Ex-College Football Player for Botched Spinal Surgery
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 11th, 2015
A 25-year-old former football player for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas has been awarded $4.2 million in damages by a Nevada jury after it ruled that a doctor who performed spinal surgery on the victim erroneously performed his initial surgery on the wrong disc in the man's spine. The medical malpractice verdict for former college player Beau Orth came about five years after Orth's errant surgery in September 2010, according to a Sept. 10 story...
$100K Settlement for Child Hurt in N.J. Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 4th, 2015
The family of a 4-year-old New Jersey boy who was hurt in a 2014 car crash will receive a $100,000 settlement in compensation for the boy's injuries. The child, Liam DiLeo, suffered a serious head wound when another car collided with the vehicle being driven by the boy's mother on May 6, 2014 in Parsippany, N.J., according to an Aug. 14 story in The (Parsippany, N.J.) Daily Record. The boy's mother, Lilly DiLeo of Hopatcong,...