Settlements and Verdicts
- $4.5 million dollar settlement in adverse drug interaction involving pharmacy negligence.
- $3.7 million dollar settlement in failure to treat stroke victim in ER
- Eye lasik surgery – settlement of defective eyelaser surgery claim $1.3 million dollars. The claim involved permanent injury to the patient as a result of the defects in the procedure and negligent follow-up care.
- $2.75 million dollar settlement for failure to properly treat and diagnose a stroke victim.
- Jury verdict against the New York Times finding defamation of Philadelphia area pharmaceutical company.
- $2.4 million dollar settlement relating to a patient overdose.
- Brain damage sustained by child during childbirth due to loss of oxygen. Settlement valued at over $6 million dollars.
- Doctor’s failure to diagnose cancer for over one year resulted in a settlement just before trial of $750,000.
- Settlement (amount confidential) versus Universal Pictures on behalf of middleweight champion Joey Giardello for false light portrayal in the movie The Hurricane.
- Settlement of $675,000 for patient injured by an anesthesiologist during her open heart procedure.
- Doctor’s failure to diagnose Lyme Disease resulted in a settlement during trial of $250,000.
- $1.2 million dollar verdict for the parents of a stillborn child in Montgomery County. This verdict was obtained in a county where verdicts in excess of $1 million dollars are virtually unheard of. It involved a child whose mother was given too much Pitocin during labor causing excessive contractions, a uterine rupture and ultimately the death of the unborn child.
- Eye Laser Surgery verdict of $880,000. The case involved negligence of the doctor during an eye laser procedure which caused permanent visual damage and a loss of earnings.
