$1.08M Jury Verdict in Man’s Asbestos-Related Death
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 11th, 2016
The estate of a western Pennsylvania man who died in 2012 from workplace exposure to asbestos products has been awarded a $1.085 million verdict by an eastern district U.S. District Court jury. The man, Valent Rabovsky, who was 86 when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2009, had worked from 1951 to 1986 as a millwright at various sites in western part of the Commonwealth, where he used industrial equipment including valves and turbines that...
$3.1M Verdict to Family of Motorcyclist Killed in 2013 Crash
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on March 4th, 2016
The family of a 27-year-old Philadelphia man who was killed when he was struck by a car as he rode his motorcycle on Belmont Avenue in April 2013 has been awarded a $3.1 million verdict by a Philadelphia jury. Calvin M. Wilson Jr., the father of two young children ages 6 and 3, was riding his motorcycle through a green light on April 4, 2013, when he was struck by a vehicle that was being...
$72M Jury Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Cancer Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 26th, 2016
A Missouri jury has ordered consumer products company Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a 62-year-old woman who died in 2015 from ovarian cancer after using the company's baby powder and body powder products for some 35 years. The verdict was awarded to the family of Jacqueline Fox., who believed that the company's talcum powders led to her death after her long-term use of the products, according to...
$2.39M Verdict to Woman Injured in Fall After Knee Surgery
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 24th, 2016
A Macungie, Pa., woman has been awarded $2.39 million in damages by a Lehigh County jury after knee replacement surgery in 2012 left her disabled and confined to a wheelchair. The patient, Betty L. Shiflett, had originally undergone a left knee replacement operation in the early 1990s which by March 2012 needed to be redone, according to a Feb. 12 story in The Legal Intelligencer. In April 2012, Shiflett again underwent the replacement of the...
$1.2M Verdict to Family of Construction Worker Killed at Ski Resort
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 21st, 2016
The family of an excavation vehicle driver who was killed when his articulated hauler ran over him as it backed down a steep hill at a ski resort has been awarded a $1.2 million verdict by a Carbon County, Pa., jury. The driver, Victor Bortz, died in September 2011 when the articulated hauler he was backing up struck a ski lift tower, knocking him out of the vehicle and under its wheels at the Blue...
$10.1M Verdict to Estate of N.J. Cop Killed By Drunken Driver
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on February 17th, 2016
The estate of a New Jersey police officer who was killed in 2010 when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a car being operated by a drunken driver has been awarded a $10.1 million verdict by a N.J. jury. In its decision after an eight-day trial, the jury awarded $10.1 million in damages to the two young children of Ocean Gate, N.J., Police Officer Jason Marles, who was killed in the crash on...
$8.5M Settlement in Truck Crash Deaths Caused by Drug Clinic Patient
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 29th, 2016
An $8.5 million settlement has been reached in Minnesota for the families of two men who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in October 2012 when the truck they were riding in was struck by a vehicle being driven by a patient who was in drug treatment at a methadone clinic. Mitchell Lingren, 29, and Zachary Gamache, 25, were killed on Oct. 1, 2012 when their truck was struck by a car being driven by...
$15M Damage Award in Lancaster County Fatal DUI Car Crash Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 22nd, 2016
A Lancaster County jury has awarded $15 million in damages to the family of a 24-year-old York County woman who was killed in February 2014 when the car she was driving was struck by an SUV that was being operated by a man who was legally drunk. Kaitlyn E. Berry was killed in the Feb. 22, 2014 crash when her vehicle was struck on Lancaster's East King Street by an SUV being driven erratically by...
$1.57M Verdict in Injured Carpenter’s Medical Malpractice Case
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 15th, 2016
A 56-year-old Port Angeles, Wash., carpenter has been awarded a $1.57 million medical malpractice verdict after he lost the use of his left hand and suffered permanent damage to his left arm after being misdiagnosed at a hospital following a workplace injury in 2011. Plaintiff John Pluard was working at a boat building company on Feb. 2, 2011, when he fell 16 feet from scaffolding onto a concrete floor, according to a Dec. 24 story...