Court Radio: Child Custody Support
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on March 13th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Irena Shiloh of MyPhillyLawyer answer calls on domestic relation issues. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.03.13-Child-Custody-Support-Irena-Shiloh1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$1.08M Jury Verdict in Man’s Asbestos-Related Death
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 11th, 2016
The estate of a western Pennsylvania man who died in 2012 from workplace exposure to asbestos products has been awarded a $1.085 million verdict by an eastern district U.S. District Court jury. The man, Valent Rabovsky, who was 86 when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2009, had worked from 1951 to 1986 as a millwright at various sites in western part of the Commonwealth, where he used industrial equipment including valves and turbines that...
Court Radio: Wills & Estates #2
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on March 6th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Saul Langsam of MyPhillyLawyer take calls from listeners on estates and wills. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.03.06-Wills-Estates-Saul-Langsam1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$3.1M Verdict to Family of Motorcyclist Killed in 2013 Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 4th, 2016
The family of a 27-year-old Philadelphia man who was killed when he was struck by a car as he rode his motorcycle on Belmont Avenue in April 2013 has been awarded a $3.1 million verdict by a Philadelphia jury. Calvin M. Wilson Jr., the father of two young children ages 6 and 3, was riding his motorcycle through a green light on April 4, 2013, when he was struck by a vehicle that was being...
Court Radio: Medical Malpractice
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on February 28th, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Dr. Randy Weiss talk about medical malpractice and which cases are prosecuted successfully. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.02.28-Medical-Malpractice-Lawsuits1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$72M Jury Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Cancer Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 26th, 2016
A Missouri jury has ordered consumer products company Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a 62-year-old woman who died in 2015 from ovarian cancer after using the company's baby powder and body powder products for some 35 years. The verdict was awarded to the family of Jacqueline Fox., who believed that the company's talcum powders led to her death after her long-term use of the products, according to...
$2.39M Verdict to Woman Injured in Fall After Knee Surgery
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 24th, 2016
A Macungie, Pa., woman has been awarded $2.39 million in damages by a Lehigh County jury after knee replacement surgery in 2012 left her disabled and confined to a wheelchair. The patient, Betty L. Shiflett, had originally undergone a left knee replacement operation in the early 1990s which by March 2012 needed to be redone, according to a Feb. 12 story in The Legal Intelligencer. In April 2012, Shiflett again underwent the replacement of the...
Court Radio: Workers’ Compensation #1
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on February 21st, 2016
This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Jeff Gross take questions from callers concerning workers' compensation. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016.02.21-Workers-Compensation-Jeff-Gross1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]
$1.2M Verdict to Family of Construction Worker Killed at Ski Resort
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 21st, 2016
The family of an excavation vehicle driver who was killed when his articulated hauler ran over him as it backed down a steep hill at a ski resort has been awarded a $1.2 million verdict by a Carbon County, Pa., jury. The driver, Victor Bortz, died in September 2011 when the articulated hauler he was backing up struck a ski lift tower, knocking him out of the vehicle and under its wheels at the Blue...