Truck Crash

$8.5M Settlement in Truck Crash Deaths Caused by Drug Clinic Patient

An $8.5 million settlement has been reached in Minnesota for the families of two men who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in October 2012 when the truck they were riding in was struck by a vehicle being driven by a patient who was in drug treatment at a methadone clinic. Mitchell Lingren, 29, and Zachary Gamache, 25, were killed on Oct. 1, 2012 when their truck was struck by a car being driven by...

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DUI Crash Attorney

$15M Damage Award in Lancaster County Fatal DUI Car Crash Case

A Lancaster County jury has awarded $15 million in damages to the family of a 24-year-old York County woman who was killed in February 2014 when the car she was driving was struck by an SUV that was being operated by a man who was legally drunk. Kaitlyn E. Berry was killed in the Feb. 22, 2014 crash when her vehicle was struck on Lancaster's East King Street by an SUV being driven erratically by...

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Court Radio

Court Radio: Estates & Wills #1

This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Saul Langsam of MyPhillyLawyer talk about everything regarding wills and estates. [audio mp3="https://www.myphillylawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016.01.17-Wills-and-Estates-Saul-Langsam1.mp3"][/audio] [powerpress]

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Medical Malpractice Attorney

$1.57M Verdict in Injured Carpenter’s Medical Malpractice Case

A 56-year-old Port Angeles, Wash., carpenter has been awarded a $1.57 million medical malpractice verdict after he lost the use of his left hand and suffered permanent damage to his left arm after being misdiagnosed at a hospital following a workplace injury in 2011. Plaintiff John Pluard was working at a boat building company on Feb. 2, 2011, when he fell 16 feet from scaffolding onto a concrete floor, according to a Dec. 24 story...

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Car Crash

$32M Verdict in Pittsburgh Car Crash that Killed a Child

The family of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in a 2012 vehicle crash in Pittsburgh, Pa., has been awarded a $32 million verdict in the case by an Allegheny County jury. The boy, Elijah Straw, was killed when the car in which he was riding was struck from behind by a pickup truck after the car became disabled on a highway on May 1, 2012, according to a Dec. 29 story in The Legal...

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$700K Settlement to Boy Injured in Car Crash at a School

The family of a California boy who had a leg amputated after being struck by debris from a nearby car crash while he was playing on a school athletic field has reached a $700,000 settlement in the case. The boy, Adrian Grajeda, who was 10 years old at the time of the Oct. 23, 2013 incident, was playing in the athletic field of Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Palm Desert, Calif., when a car crashed...

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$3M Settlement to Plumber Hurt in Freight Elevator Accident

A 33-year-old plumber and pipe fitter whose hand was severely crushed and disabled between the doors of a freight elevator while working as a contractor in a meat plant has reached a $3 million settlement for his injuries James Levering was permanently disabled due to the injury to his left hand, which occurred June 9, 2012, at the meat processing plant of Hatfield Quality Meats Inc., according to a Dec. 8 story in The Legal...

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$4.2M Verdict After Failed Knee Surgery Leads to Amputation

A Philadelphia-area woman who had her left leg amputated after a serious infection occurred following a double knee replacement surgery in 2010 has been awarded $4.2 million in damages by a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury. The plaintiff, Annabelle Glasgow, had the surgery after her doctor, Dr. Easwaran Balasubramanian of Temple University Hospital, diagnosed her with degenerative arthritis in both knees in late 2010, according to a Dec. 9 story in The Legal Intelligencer....

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$3M Verdict for Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Victim

A Jefferson County, Pa., woman has been awarded $3 million in damages by a jury for a negligence claim against a doctor who failed to diagnose her cancer on a timely basis, which led to her disease progressing for more than four years. The victim, Katherine Palar, had gone to Punxsutawney Hospital in March 2009 for an MRI on her spine, where a doctor, Dr. John Wohlwend, viewed the images and allegedly did not report...

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