$25M Fine Paid by Johnson & Johnson in Children’s Tylenol Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 13th, 2015
Consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has pleaded guilty and will pay a $25 million fine for failing to maintain safe manufacturing processes in the production of Infants' and Children's Tylenol and Children's Motrin liquids from 2009 to 2010 at a manufacturing plant in Fort Washington in Montgomery County, Pa. The fine and the guilty plea were announced on March 10 in federal court in Philadelphia, where the company was rebuked for failing to quickly...
$1.48M Verdict in Death of Woman in Monroe County Multi-Vehicle Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 6th, 2015
The family of a 37-year-old East Stroudsburg woman who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash as she drove her car south on Route 33 near Saylorsburg in March 2009 has been awarded a $1.48 million verdict by a Monroe County jury. Jennifer L. Holzmacher-Klein died in the crash when her 2000 Hyundai Elantra was struck head-on by a Subaru Forester being driven northbound on the highway by Jigai Wang, according to a March 3 story...
$1.3M Settlement to Family of Motorcyclist Killed By School Bus
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 27th, 2015
The family of a 24-year-old Connecticut motorcyclist has reached a $1.3 million settlement with a school bus company after one of the company’s buses collided head-on with the motorcyclist in September 2012 in New Milford, Conn., killing him. The motorcyclist, Travis Lipton, 25, of New Milford, Conn., was killed on Sept. 24, 2012, after his Suzuki motorcycle smashed into a school bus owned by All-Star Transportation, according to a Feb. 9 story by The (Danbury,...
$12.9M Settlement in Truck Crash That Killed a 46-Year-Old Woman
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 23rd, 2015
A $12.89 million wrongful death settlement has been reached in the case of a 46-year-old Indiana woman who was killed in September 2011 when the car she was riding in was struck by an overhanging load from a tractor-trailer in the dark of night. The woman, Pamela Beemer, of Elkhart, Indiana, was a passenger in a Lincoln Town Car being driven by Ernest D. Sailor, 87, when a tractor-trailer hauling an oversized load – a...
$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...