$37.9M Verdict to Family of Driver Killed in Crash on Icy Highway
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 22nd, 2016
The family of a 42-year-old Texas man has been awarded a $37.9 million verdict after he was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer that was stuck on an icy road in February 2015. The crash occurred about 6 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2015, when a Chevy Astro minivan being driven by Manuel Galindo of Fredricksburg, Texas, slid into a tractor-trailer that was blocking State Highway 29 after it had gone out of control on...
Two Fatal Fire Truck Crashes, Two Settlements in Ohio
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 16th, 2016
Two separate fatal crashes between fire trucks and other vehicles have been settled in Ohio, providing compensation for two families that lost loved ones The first crash, which happened in July 2007, involved a fire truck owned by the City of Canton, Ohio, which struck a van that was being driven by Dale Burlingame, who was driving home with his wife after celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary, according to a July 13 story in The...
Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Victims Get Help from MyPhillyLawyer
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on July 8th, 2016
After 62-year-old Jacqueline Fox died in 2015 from ovarian cancer, her family sued Johnson & Johnson, the maker of the baby powder and other talcum powders she had used for more than 35 years. In February, a Missouri jury ordered the consumer products company to pay her family $72 million in damages after finding that her ovarian cancer was linked to the use of the products. More than 1,200 other women who have been diagnosed...
$7M Settlement in 2015 Car Crash that Killed Missouri Driver
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 24th, 2016
The family of a 34-year-old Missouri man who was killed in 2015 when his vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle at high-speed has reached a $7 million settlement in the case. The victim, Aaron C. Overman, was sitting in his car at a red light on March 27, 2015, at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Blue Mills Road in Independence, Mo., when his car was struck from behind by a pickup truck "that may...
$7.7M Jury Verdict for Missed Blood Clot in Medical Malpractice Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 17th, 2016
The family of a 50-year-old woman who died in 2012 from a pulmonary embolism after being treated for a broken leg following a skiing accident will receive a $7.7 million verdict after a Philadelphia jury ruled in their favor in a medical malpractice case in May. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the estate of Ingrid Clark, alleged that the doctors who treated Clark's broken knee bone in March 2012 failed to properly...
$32.4M Verdict to Family of Woman Killed When SUV Crashed into Store
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 10th, 2016
As she walked into a Massachusetts convenience store in November 2010, 43-year-old Kimmy Dubuque was struck and killed by an SUV that accidentally was driven forward by its 81-year-old driver from the parking lot into the storefront. Her survivors have been awarded a $32.4 million verdict by a Massachusetts jury in connection with Dubuque's death, according to a Feb. 24 by FairWarning.org. Dubuque was killed when the out-of-control SUV was able to crash into the...
$6M Settlement in Teen’s Drowning Death in Apartment Complex Pool
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on June 3rd, 2016
The family of a 14-year-old boy who drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool in Swatara Township near Harrisburg in June 2015 has reached a $6 million settlement with several defendants in connection with the boy’s death. The boy, Benjamin Dodoo, died June 17, 2015, while he swam in a pool at the Aspen Hill Apartment complex in the 5000 block of Stacey Drive East in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, according to an earlier report...
$1.19M Verdict in Pennsylvania Underinsured Motorist DUI Car Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 27th, 2016
A Beaver County woman who was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on by a drunk driver in New Brighton, Pa., in July 2012 has been awarded $1.19 million in damages by a jury in her underinsured motorist (UIM) claim against an insurance company. The victim, Britney Alviani, was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by her boyfriend when it was struck by another car on July 18, 2012, according to an...
$70M in Settlements in Truck Crash that Killed 5 Nursing Students
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on May 20th, 2016
More than $70 million in settlements are expected for the families of five nursing students who were killed in April 2015 when the two vehicles they were traveling in on a Georgia highway were struck from behind by a tractor-trailer that failed to stop when traffic came to a halt. The students were carpooling to take their clinical exams at a Savannah, Ga., hospital early in the morning of April 22, 2015, when the tractor-trailer...