$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...
$1.37M Settlement for Family of Couple Killed in Crash with Truck
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on December 21st, 2014
The estate of a young couple who were killed when a tractor-trailer rear-ended their car on July 1, 2013 in Pontiac, Mich., will receive a $1.37 million settlement from the furniture company that owned the truck that caused the deadly crash. Killed in the crash were 34-year-old Lonny Moore, Jr. and 25-year-old Kari Michelle Hinspeter, who were on their way to a babysitter's house to pick up their five-month-old son, Jayce Moore, after spending a...
$4.75 Million Settlement in 2011 Philly Apartment Complex Fire
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on December 12th, 2014
A group of more than 100 renters whose possessions were destroyed in a January 2011 apartment building fire in West Philadelphia have reached a $4.75 million settlement with the owners and property managers of the complex. The settlement, which was announced in a Dec. 11 story in The Legal Intelligencer, came three days into a trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The massive five-alarm blaze, which occurred on Jan. 10, 2011 at the...