$2 Million Verdict for Victim in Vaginal Mesh Implant Case in West Virginia
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on August 23rd, 2013
A West Virginia woman has been awarded $2 million in damages after she suffered severe pain, bleeding and bladder spasms following vaginal mesh implant surgery back in 2009. And even more powerful, the woman's devastating injuries and the tragic case are just the tip of the iceberg. There are some 8,000 similar lawsuits pending against the makers of the vaginal mesh devices involved in this case. Thousands of other lawsuits are also pending against the...
Drunk Driver and Two Philadelphia Bars Being Sued Over Death of Pedestrian
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on August 9th, 2013
The family of a 22-year-old woman who was killed in March 2012 when she was struck by a vehicle being driven by a drunk driver in South Philadelphia is suing the driver and two bars for damages under laws that exist to hold bars responsible for the conduct of their patrons who have been drinking in the establishments. Pennsylvania's Dram shop liability law is named for a "dram shop," which is a 1700’s term for...
Devastating Truck-Car Crashes in Indiana and Texas Lead to $18.5M, $8.7M and $3M Settlements
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on July 26th, 2013
Three crashes involving loaded tractor-trailers that have tangled with smaller cars on highways with devastating results in Indiana and Texas were recently settled for millions of dollars each, providing money that the victims' families can use to continue their healing. In Indiana, an $18.5 million settlement was reached in the deaths of two Michigan men who died in February 2011 when the car in which they were traveling was struck by a tractor-trailer operating at...
$1 Million Settlement in Death of Man After Hip Replacement Surgery
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on July 19th, 2013
The family of a suburban Harrisburg man has received a $1 million settlement after the 56-year-old Hampden Township man died a few weeks after undergoing hip replacement surgery in 2008. The settlement ends a multi-year malpractice claim filed by Charlotte Ann March, whose husband, Richard, died due to complications after the surgery, according to a July 16 story by The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News. The lawsuit had been filed against Harrisburg Hospital and Pinnacle Health System, as...
Widow Receives $3.1 Million Settlement from 2010 Megabus Crash That Killed Her Husband
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on July 12th, 2013
At least six victims and families of victims in the Sept. 11, 2010, fatal crash of a double-decker Megabus have received settlements of up to $3.1 million to compensate them after the tragedy that took four lives on Onondaga Lake Parkway near Syracuse, N.Y. The widow of one of the victims, Ashwani Mehta, received a $3.1 million settlement in 2012, while Candice Burks, another passenger in the bus, was awarded $677,000 in compensatory damages and...
Virginia Family Awarded $14 Million in Damages from Hyundai For Son’s Car Crash Injuries
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on July 3rd, 2013
The family of a 16-year-old driver in Virginia was awarded $14 million in damages by a Virginia jury after the side airbag in the car the boy was driving one night in February 2010 failed to deploy after he crashed the vehicle. In its verdict, the jury ruled that Hyundai Motor America, which sold the 2008 Hyundai Tiburon the teen was driving that night, "breached the implied warranty of merchantability, meaning the company made a...
Berks County Jury Awards $1.7 Million Verdict to Family of Infant Who Died After A Medical Misdiagnosis
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on June 28th, 2013
When the family of a three-month-old girl brought her into the emergency room of Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, Berks County, on Dec. 16, 2007, the baby was suffering from a 103-degree fever. The infant, Emma Takacs, was seen by a doctor who diagnosed her with a middle-ear infection, prescribed an antibiotic and discharged her, according to a June 25 story in The Legal Intelligencer. The next morning, the baby was found to...
Why Medical Malpractice “Reforms” Hurt Patients and Benefit Insurance Companies
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on June 21st, 2013
Supporters of medical malpractice reform have for years pointed to huge court verdicts to plaintiffs and rising insurance rates for doctors as two prime reasons for why such reforms are needed. The problem with those claims, though, is that they are just not true. Yet these lies and innuendo continue because those are the messages being communicated by insurance companies and their lackeys. A new report in the journal, CHEST, the official publication of the...
Philadelphia Building Collapse Tragedy: Lessons Learned
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on June 14th, 2013
As a decrepit building next door was being demolished as part of a renovation project, a Salvation Army thrift store on Market Street in Center City Philadelphia collapsed, trapping dozens of innocent victims under bricks, girders, wood and other heavy building materials. That disaster on June 5, 2013 has changed the lives of dozens of families. Six people inside the Salvation Army thrift store were killed by the falling materials, according to a story in...