Focusing on Boat Safety in Wake of Recent Boat Crashes, Fatalities
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on August 1st, 2014
The deaths of two young men in a July 31 boat collision near San Diego, Calif., are the latest tragedies on the waters across our nation. Their deaths follow a July 4 incident in Miami that killed four people when three pleasure boats collided near a Miami marina. Both incidents are stark reminders to us all of the importance of boating safety on the water so that more people don't become victims of such tragedies....
Nationwide Insurance to Pay Couple $18 Million in Bad Faith Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 25th, 2014
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered Nationwide Insurance to pay an $18 million "bad faith" damage award to a family after the company allegedly had the family's severely damaged vehicle repaired even after an outside appraisal firm deemed that the vehicle should be replaced for safety. The plaintiffs, Berks County residents Daniel and Sheryl Berg, "took their damaged 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee to a facility participating in Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.'s 'Blue Ribbon Repair Program,' where...
$3.34 Million Med Mal Verdict Awarded to Former Athlete
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 18th, 2014
A 27-year-old man who was scheduled to play professional soccer in Colombia after college has received a $3.34 million medical malpractice verdict from a Philadelphia jury to compensate him after a problematic groin surgery left him unable to pursue his soccer career. The former athlete, Juan Duque, was injured during surgery in 2009 which left him with perforated bowels, according to a July 11 story in The Legal Intelligencer. The surgery had been undertaken to...
Paralyzed Victim Awarded $55.3M Jury Verdict in Acura Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 11th, 2014
As he drove his 1999 Acura Integra along a Maryland road in May 2010, a tire on Carlos Martinez's car blew out after striking a nail, causing the car to veer off the road, go into a ditch and roll over multiple times. The crash, which occurred at about 33 mph, caused catastrophic injuries to Martinez when his head struck the roof on the inside of the car as it rolled, leaving him a paraplegic,...
Woman’s 2008 Cancer Death Leads to $16.7 Million Malpractice Verdict
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 4th, 2014
When Jeanne Ellis went to a hospital emergency room in October 2006 in Boston complaining of a persistent cough, a doctor ordered a chest X-ray and then sent her home with antibiotics to treat what he said was an upper respiratory infection. Thirteen months later, as her symptoms worsened, Ellis again went to the hospital, where this time she was discovered to suffer from advanced lung cancer. Less than a year later, Ellis died in...
MyPhillyLawyer is Coming to Serve You Where You Live
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 27th, 2014
MyPhillyLawyer has just opened its first-ever office in Northeast Philadelphia, far from the bustle of Center City, where we can now begin serving our clients in the neighborhoods where they live and work. This is the first time since the birth of our founding law firm in 1976 that MyPhillyLawyer has opened an office away from Center City. The idea of the new office, which is located at 10819 Bustleton Avenue at Lawler Street in...
$2.4 Million Verdict to Philadelphia Bicyclist Severely Hurt in Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 20th, 2014
A Philadelphia woman has been awarded $2.4 million in compensation by a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury after she was severely injured in a bicycle accident on Broad Street as she headed home from classes at Temple University on Feb. 23, 2011. The woman, Ashley McKean, who was 24 years old at the time of the crash, was hurt when the door of a parked vehicle was flung open in front of her and she...
$14.5 Million Verdict in Ohio Birth Malpractice Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 13th, 2014
An 11-year-old boy and his mother have been awarded $14.5 million in damages by an Ohio jury in a medical malpractice lawsuit that dates back to the boy's birth back in 2003. The boy, Alijah Jones, now 11, suffered a brain hemorrhage when his delivery was allegedly delayed by medical staff at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland on April 10, 2003, according to a story by The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer newspaper. His mother, Stephanie Stewart...
$2 Million Settlement to Family of Woman Killed By Prison Van
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 6th, 2014
Joyce R. Meeks had moved her family away from the mean streets of Chicago in 2000 to Lincoln, Neb., so they could live in a safer place. For more than a decade, she and her family enjoyed the quieter lifestyle in Lincoln. Thirteen years later, tragedy struck on June 25, 2013 as she was driving home after work and her her 2004 Nissan Quest minivan was struck by a state-owned Nebraska prison van that was...