$950,000 Settlement for Calif. Man Injured When Truck Hits His SUV
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 17th, 2014
A 30-year-old California man has received a $950,000 settlement from the City of San Diego, Calif., after a city water department driver drove his truck into the victim's SUV in June 2012. The settlement award to James Heath was approved by San Diego City Council members on Oct. 7, five months after the victim was awarded a $1.3 million jury verdict in the case, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The city...
$5.92M Verdict Awarded to Crash Victim in Defective Airbag Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 10th, 2014
An 83-year-old man was awarded a $5.92 million verdict by a Lackawanna County jury after he suffered paralysis of his lower extremities and a massively herniated disc when the driver's airbag in his Mercury Sable failed to deploy when his car was struck by another vehicle in August of 2010. The victim, John Cancelleri, was driving his Mercury south on Route 307 in Spring Brook Township, Pa., on Aug. 20, 2010, when his car was...
More Construction Workers Taking the Fall for Lax Workplace Rules
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 3rd, 2014
Sometimes it's expensive for companies to keep their workers safe, but frankly, that's just the cost of doing business. Problems arise, and workers are injured or killed, when companies don't follow laws that are aimed at protecting workers and when companies don't spend the money to provide improved protections for workers. This tragic situation was just covered extensively in a Sept. 28 story in The Wall Street Journal, which described ongoing battles in the roofing...
Here’s What You Need to Do to Protect Yourself After a Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 30th, 2014
Every day, innocent drivers and their passengers are injured when they are involved in crashes with other cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles that are being driven by other drivers who are drunk or distracted or doing stupid things on our roadways. These kinds of crashes happen when innocent drivers least expect them. That's where it is critical to know what you should do if you are involved in a vehicle crash when another driver's...
$15.8 Million Jury Verdict to Bride-to-be’s Mother Hurt in Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 26th, 2014
A Pittsburgh-area woman was awarded $15.8 million in damages by a jury to compensate her after she suffered severe brain injuries in a 2010 car crash that happened as she was heading to the rehearsal dinner for her daughter's wedding. The victim, Brenda Gump-Schragl, who was 52 at the time of the collision, was in a coma for five weeks after the June 11, 2010, crash, which occurred in a road construction zone, according to...
$1.6 Million Settlement in Car Crash Caused By a Domino’s Pizza Driver
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 19th, 2014
A former Connecticut woman was riding as a rear seat passenger in a friend's car when it was smashed from behind by a car being driven by a Domino's Pizza delivery driver on Dec. 22, 2011 in Mansfield, Conn. The car she was riding in was then propelled into another car in front of it, which was being operated by a Connecticut State Patrol officer. The impact was so powerful that the victim, Reiko Sugai-Fernandez,...
Car Insurance, Risk and You: Why Better Coverage is A Good Idea
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 5th, 2014
Having car insurance for your cars, SUV's, motorcycles and trucks is the law in Pennsylvania. But just having insurance isn't enough. You also need to make sure that you actually have enough insurance coverage to protect you, your family and others if you are ever involved in a motor vehicle crash. Vehicle accidents happen every day, often injuring people who have done nothing to contribute to causing the accident which has ensnared their lives. Victims...
$850,000 Settlement To Brain Injury Victim in Armored Truck Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on August 29th, 2014
An $850,000 settlement has been reached in the case of a driver whose suffers from a traumatic brain injury caused when his car was struck hard by an armored truck that ran a red light in April 2012 in Bensalem, Pa. The victim, Frank Jazlovietcki, was 29 at the time of the crash, which happened when an armored truck owned by Garda CL Atlantic Inc., smashed into his car, according to an Aug. 19 story...
$3 Million Settlement to Woman Severely Hurt in Verizon Truck Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on August 22nd, 2014
As Patricia Pinkerton drove her car and waited at a red light on Feb. 27, 2012 on Garrett Road in Upper Darby, Pa., a Verizon bucket truck slammed into the rear of her vehicle as the truck driver was using his cellphone for work. The rear-end crash caused Pinkerton to suffer a traumatic brain injury and spinal injuries. To compensate her for her serious injuries, Pinkerton recently was awarded a $3 million settlement from Verizon...