Inadequate Medical Treatment Leads to $625K Malpractice Verdict
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 30th, 2016
A Northumberland County, Pa., man has been awarded a $625,000 jury verdict after he received inadequate emergency room medical treatment at a hospital in 2012 following complaints of chest pain and breathing problems. The man, Charles Smith, who was 53 when the incident occurred, had gone to Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital in Coal Township, Northumberland County, on June 4, 2012, "complaining of persistent pain concentrated in the left side of his chest and radiating into...
$1.2M Verdict to Trucker Hurt in Crash Caused by Defective Tire
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 23rd, 2016
A truck driver who was injured when a tire tread separated on a gravel truck he was driving in 2010 has been awarded $1.2 million in damages by a state jury in Arkansas following a trial in connection with his product liability lawsuit. The trucker, Elmer Philpot, now 76, was operating the gravel truck in Arkansas in 2010 "when the tread of his right front tire separated" and caused his truck to crash, according to...
Court Radio: Estate Planning #1
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on September 18th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Saul Langsam of MyPhillyLawyer talk about estate, will and deed issues. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.09.18.Estate-Planning-Saul1-1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$2.9M Settlement to Family of Man Killed by Speeding Police Car
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 16th, 2016
The family of a 50-year-old Connecticut man who was killed in July 2012 when the car he was driving was struck by a police car that was rushing to assist other officers has reached a $2.9 million settlement in the case. Anthony Mansfield, 50, was killed when a police car driven by a Hartford city police officer smashed into his Chevrolet Cavalier at 12:45 a.m. July 13, 2012, as the police car was beginning to...
Court Radio: Traffic Safety
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on September 11th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Kittura Dior talk about the increase in car accidents on Lincoln Drive. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.09.11-Traffic-Safety1-1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$2M Settlement to Family of Illinois Woman Killed in 2014 Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 9th, 2016
A $2 million settlement has been awarded to the husband and daughter of a 49-year-old Illinois woman who was killed in 2014 when the car she was driving was struck by a pickup truck that crossed the centerline of a highway and slammed into her car. The woman, Robin Wells, of Mascoutah, Ill., was driving a 2013 Kia Optima northbound on Illinois Route 4 in Mascoutah on Nov. 5, 2014 when her car was hit...
$4.25M Medical Malpractice Settlement to Mother of Stillborn Twins
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 3rd, 2016
A Pennsylvania woman was awarded a $4.25 million medical malpractice settlement from a Lackawanna County hospital after her twin babies were stillborn at delivery due to alleged improper treatment in 2009. The plaintiff, Jo Ann Page, alleged in her lawsuit against Moses Taylor Hospital that the babies were stillborn because doctors failed to properly treat her for an eclamptic seizure she suffered at 33.4 weeks of her pregnancy, according to a Sept. 1 story by...
Court Radio: Chiropractor
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on August 28th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman speaks with Dr. Benjamin Benjamini on everything chiropractor-related. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.08.28-Chiropractor1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$18.5M Settlement to Motorcyclist Injured in Crash with Dump Truck
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on August 27th, 2016
A 46-year-old Rochester, Wash., motorcyclist who was critically injured in April 2015 when his motorcycle collided with a construction dump truck in the early morning darkness in a highway construction zone has received an $18.5 million settlement to cover his future medical care. The motorcyclist, Scott Bliss, was riding his motorcycle at 5:20 a.m. on April 17, 2015, on an on-ramp to Interstate 5 in Centralia, Wash., when his vehicle struck a dump truck that...