$12.9M Settlement in Truck Crash That Killed a 46-Year-Old Woman
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 23rd, 2015
A $12.89 million wrongful death settlement has been reached in the case of a 46-year-old Indiana woman who was killed in September 2011 when the car she was riding in was struck by an overhanging load from a tractor-trailer in the dark of night. The woman, Pamela Beemer, of Elkhart, Indiana, was a passenger in a Lincoln Town Car being driven by Ernest D. Sailor, 87, when a tractor-trailer hauling an oversized load – a...
$300K Settlement for Woman Fired by Hospital After Cancer Surgery
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 18th, 2015
A California woman who was fired from her job in a hospital after asking for more time off following a double mastectomy in 2012 will receive a $300,000 settlement to resolve the federal disability discrimination lawsuit that was filed following the incident. The woman, Imelda Tamayo, was an office worker in the endocrinology department at Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, which is affiliated with the University of California-San Francisco, when she was diagnosed with breast...
$3.1M Medical Malpractice Verdict to Retired Cop in Loss of Leg
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 6th, 2015
A retired Illinois police lieutenant has been awarded a $3.1 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit that was filed after his left leg was amputated in 2010 following treatment of ongoing vascular problems in a local hospital. Donald Johnson, 65, who formerly served on the police force in Loves Park, Ill., was admitted to Rockford Memorial Hospital on Aug. 10, 2010, after complaining of dizziness, weakness and suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to...
$2.8 Million Settlement to Girl Scout Badly Hurt in Fall From Rocks
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 30th, 2015
The family of an adolescent girl who was severely injured in April 2012 when she fell from a rock formation while visiting a camp facility with a group of Girl Scouts has received a $2.8 million settlement for her injuries and long-term care. The girl, Ashley Bagosy, was 11 years old when she fell while climbing on rocks with a group of other girls on a visit to Camp Archbald in Kingsley, Pa., in Susquehanna...
Pizza Delivery Driver Receives $240,000 Settlement in Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 23rd, 2015
A 26-year-old former pizza deliveryman will receive a $240,000 settlement from the driver of a car that smashed into his delivery vehicle, leaving him with severe injuries, back in June 2013 in Northeast Philadelphia. The pizza delivery driver, Mahmoud Ahmad, was hurt on June 2, 2013, when his Acura TL automobile was struck in an intersection by a Nissan Maxima being driven by Mohammed Abuawada, who was traveling at a high rate of speed and...
$847K Jury Award to Woman for Serious Injury Due to Fall on Ice
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 18th, 2015
A woman who slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in front of her Philadelphia apartment building as she was leaving her building on Feb. 1, 2011, has been awarded an $847,362 jury verdict to compensate her for severe injuries and a bone dislocation from the icy fall. The victim, Angelit Barnes, was leaving her building at the Campus Apartments in Philadelphia early that morning when she fell and suffered a severe fracture and dislocation...
$2.5 Million Settlement in DUI Hit and Run Death of Pedestrian
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 9th, 2015
The family of a 27-year-old California woman who was struck by a hit-and-run driver as she walked across a street in December 2013 will receive a $2.5 million settlement in connection with the crash. The settlement will come from the federal government because the drunken driver was at the time an aide to a California congresswoman, according to a Dec. 29 report by KSBY 6, the NBC television affiliate in Santa Barbara and San Luis...
Happy New Year 2015 – It’s Time for an Insurance Coverage Review
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 2nd, 2015
As 2015 begins, it's a perfect time to think about the year just past and how your insurance coverage is protecting you – for your home, rental property, cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, RVs and anything else that you insure against loss. January is a handy time for such a review as we consider the changes that have occurred in our lives in the last year and look ahead to changes that could be happening in...
OSU Student Gets $500K Settlement After Being Struck by Campus Truck
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on December 26th, 2014
A former Ohio State University student who lost his leg after being struck by a construction company dump truck while riding his bicycle to class on campus in 2012 will receive a $500,000 settlement from OSU to compensate him for his injuries. The student, James Daniel Hughes, who at the time was an 18-year-old freshman chemical engineering major when he was struck by the truck on Sept. 5, 2012, lost his right leg and suffered...