$900,000 Settlement to Luzerne County Man in 2009 Truck Crash
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on April 25th, 2015
A Luzerne County man who suffered serious neck and back injuries when his pickup was hit by a commercial truck in November 2009 will receive a $900,000 settlement from the company that owned the truck. Michael Spadine was driving on Cherry Street in Montrose, Luzerne County, on Nov. 3, 2009 when his pickup truck was struck by a Linde Enterprises Inc. commercial truck being driven by employee Richard Kemmerer, according to a March 28 story...
$6.3M Medical Malpractice Verdict for Elderly Woman in Stroke Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 17th, 2015
A 76-year-old Montgomery County woman whose doctor allegedly failed to react quickly enough to discover an apparent stroke suffered by the patient in 2004 has been awarded a $6.3 million verdict by a jury in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Myrna Rawdin had gone to see her physician, Dr. Mark B. Real and PMA Medical Specialists, on Nov. 1, 2004, complaining of lightheadedness, dizziness, garbled speech and headaches, according to an April 7...
$150M Jury Verdict Awarded to Family in Jeep Fire Death of Child
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 10th, 2015
The family of a 4-year-old boy who was killed when their Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle burst into flames after being rear-ended in a March 2012 crash has been awarded $150 million in damages by a Georgia jury. The boy, Remington "Remi" Walden, of Bainbridge, Georgia, was a passenger in the 1999 Jeep that was being driven at the time by his aunt, according to an April 6 story by the Associated Press. The...
Former Worker Awarded $850,000 Settlement for 2008 Forklift Injury
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on April 3rd, 2015
A former construction worker has been awarded an $850,000 settlement after he was allegedly struck and severely injured by a forklift that was being operated by another worker at a job site at the Plymouth Meeting Mall back in 2008. Karl Lange, who was 56 years old when the incident occurred on Dec. 23, 2008, was pinned against a wall by the forklift, which was allegedly being operated by a sheet metal worker from Nasco...
How Having a Will Protects You and Your Family
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 27th, 2015
If something should happen to you, is your family protected? Do you have adequate life insurance coverage? And perhaps most importantly, do you have a will that states how your assets should be distributed and a living will that provides information about the kinds of medical treatment you wish to receive if the need arises? For every family, these decisions and the planning they require are critical and immensely helpful if something should happen to...
$155K Settlement in Death of Car Passenger Killed in Crash with Train
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 20th, 2015
The estate of an 81-year-old grandmother who died when the car she was riding in was struck by a train almost four years ago in Orangeburg, S.C., will receive a $155,000 combined settlement from the Norfolk Southern railroad and the state Department of Transportation. The settlement was reached in the May 13, 2011, crash that killed Susan Weatherford while she was being driven in a car by her grandson, Jeremy Weatherford, not far from his...
$25M Fine Paid by Johnson & Johnson in Children’s Tylenol Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 13th, 2015
Consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has pleaded guilty and will pay a $25 million fine for failing to maintain safe manufacturing processes in the production of Infants' and Children's Tylenol and Children's Motrin liquids from 2009 to 2010 at a manufacturing plant in Fort Washington in Montgomery County, Pa. The fine and the guilty plea were announced on March 10 in federal court in Philadelphia, where the company was rebuked for failing to quickly...
$1.48M Verdict in Death of Woman in Monroe County Multi-Vehicle Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 6th, 2015
The family of a 37-year-old East Stroudsburg woman who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash as she drove her car south on Route 33 near Saylorsburg in March 2009 has been awarded a $1.48 million verdict by a Monroe County jury. Jennifer L. Holzmacher-Klein died in the crash when her 2000 Hyundai Elantra was struck head-on by a Subaru Forester being driven northbound on the highway by Jigai Wang, according to a March 3 story...
$1.3M Settlement to Family of Motorcyclist Killed By School Bus
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 27th, 2015
The family of a 24-year-old Connecticut motorcyclist has reached a $1.3 million settlement with a school bus company after one of the company’s buses collided head-on with the motorcyclist in September 2012 in New Milford, Conn., killing him. The motorcyclist, Travis Lipton, 25, of New Milford, Conn., was killed on Sept. 24, 2012, after his Suzuki motorcycle smashed into a school bus owned by All-Star Transportation, according to a Feb. 9 story by The (Danbury,...