Two Oklahoma Families Reach $1.5 Million Settlements with Toyota in Fatal Unintended Acceleration Crash in a Camry
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on November 1st, 2013
An Oklahoma jury has awarded a $3 million verdict to two families after a 70-year-old woman died when the Toyota Camry in which she was a passenger accelerated suddenly and crashed into an embankment in 2007. The case is the first which Toyota has lost on a plaintiff's claim of unintended acceleration in one of its Camry midsize automobiles, which have been accused several times in recent years for accelerating on their own without any...
$9.5 Million Settlement to Victims of Texas Vehicle Crash Caused by Impaired Truck Driver
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 18th, 2013
Two Texas families will share in a $9.5 million settlement reached in the case of a commercial truck driver who was driving while intoxicated when his tractor-trailer rear-ended several vehicles in an intersection in Victoria, Texas, in March 2012. Several people were seriously injured in the crash, which occurred when a tractor-trailer being driven by Johnny Raymond Rodriguez failed to stop as it approached the intersection of U.S. 59 and Upper Mission Valley Road on...
$1.6 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Case of Motorist Killed by a Drunk Driver
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on October 4th, 2013
As she drove her vehicle through an intersection in Springfield, Ill., on July 21, 2012, 22-year-old Quana S. Poole's van was struck by a work truck being operated by a drunken driver. The work truck driver ran a red light and smashed into Poole's vehicle. She died the next day from her injuries. More than a year after the fatal crash, her family has reached a $1.6 million settlement in connection with her death, according...
Lehigh Valley Family Awarded $4.1 Million Verdict After Daughter’s Severe Birth Injury
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on September 27th, 2013
As an Easton woman prepared to give birth to her daughter in August 2009, she discovered through a sonogram test that the fetus in her womb already weighed some 10 pounds. The woman shared her concerns about the large size of the infant with her doctor, but received reassurances from him that all would be well during childbirth. But four days later, when the woman, Erin McCarthy, went into labor on Aug. 23, 2009, problems...
MyPhillyLawyer’s Court Radio Expands to 2 More Radio Stations
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on September 6th, 2013
MyPhillyLawyer's four-year-old "Court Radio" show, which is broadcast at 7 a.m. ET every Sunday on 100.3 FM in Philadelphia, is now expanding to two additional radio stations starting this Sunday, Sept. 8. The call-in radio show, which features listeners asking questions about their legal concerns and problems involving a wide variety of scenarios, has been a Sunday morning staple in the Philadelphia area since January of 2009 on Old School 100.3 FM, which was formerly...
$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...
The Right Move: U.S. Aims to Finally Reform Overly Harsh Drug Sentences
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on August 16th, 2013
In the United States, there is a higher percentage of people incarcerated behind prison bars than in any other nation in the world. Yes, many of them are murderers, rapists, muggers and other dangerous, hard-core criminals. At the same time, though, many are also non-violent, low-level drug dealers who have been imprisoned for long stretches of time due to mandatory minimum sentences that were adopted around the nation to show citizens that their local officials...
Think Again If You Think You Have Enough Auto Insurance
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on August 2nd, 2013
Vehicle accidents happen every day, often injuring people who have done nothing to contribute to causing the accident which has ensnared their lives. Victims are injured when other cars crash into their vehicles, or when others accidentally run them down on sidewalks or in a myriad of other tragic ways. Yet learning after such an accident that one's automobile insurance isn't adequate to compensate them for a serious injury is one of the toughest things...
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...