$51M – PREMISES LIABILITY
Verdict against the Philadelphia mass transit agency in a case in which a boy’s foot was severed in an escalator accident.
$49M – BRAIN INJURY
Verdict in a case that left a young man with severe brain damage. The award set a Pennsylvania record at the time of the trial.
$30M – SPINAL CORD INJURY – QUADRIPLEGIA – PRODUCT LIABILITY
Settlement in an auto accident case in which severe spinal cord injuries resulted from a defective rear-seat lap belt.
$24M – ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY – PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE – PREMISES LIABILITY
Jury verdict in a premises liability case involving a 3 year old child’s near-drowning at an apartment complex swimming pool.
$21.6 – BRAIN INJURY – HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (HIE)
Jury verdict for a child born with severe brain injuries. Verdict was a record for an Erie County, Pennsylvania case.
$20M- BRAIN INJURY – COMA
Settlement for a teenage boy who underwent routine surgery for a sports injury and suffered an anoxic brain injury.
$19.9M – PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE – ASSAULT
Jury verdict for a patient who was assaulted while in the hospital and suffered severe injuries. Record Delaware verdict.
$19.1M – TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – WORK PLACE INJURY
Pennsylvania jury verdict for a woman left incapacitated after being struck by a van as she worked at a roadside construction site.
$19M – SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – PRODUCT LIABILITY
Settlement for a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury because of a defective product.
$17.5M – ANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE – FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT
Verdict against the VA Hospital for a former Marine who suffered a stroke during a dental procedure. The verdict includes periodic payments.
$17M – PRODUCT LIABILITY
Settlement for a woman who suffered serious injuries when her arm was pulled into a machine that was defectively designed. This settlement includes periodic payments.
$15M – TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – ELECTROCUTION – BURN INJURY
Settlement for a man who struck an electrical powerline and suffered a traumatic brain injury, extensive burns and amputations. The settlement includes periodic payments.
$12.25M – TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – SUBDURAL HEMATOMA – CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT
Worker fell at a construction site due to the negligence of a subcontractor, not the employer, and suffered a traumatic brain injury and partial vision loss. The settlement includes periodic payments. Unlike a worker’s compensation case where you can only recover a percentage of your wage loss and your medical bills, in a third party lawsuit, for example against the negligent sub-contractor, you can recover lost wages not reimbursed by worker’s compensation, damages for scaring, past pain and suffering, future pain and suffering, loss of earning capacity, loss of companionship, emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, etc.
$10M – DIFFUSE AXONAL HEAD INJURIES – PREMESIS LIABILITY
Catastrophic injuries when minor child fell through a window screen in an apartment complex. The window screens did not have window locks.
$8.5M – TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION
Settlement for a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a truck.
$7.5M – CLOSED HEAD INJURY – SEIZURES – BICYCLE ACCIDENT
Bicyclist suffered a traumatic brain injury because of defective road conditions. The settlement includes periodic payments.
$7.5M – BRAIN STEM INJURY – BURNS – EXPLOSION
Settlement for a man who suffered extensive burns and a traumatic brain injury after a boiler exploded because it was defectively designed. The settlement includes periodic payments.
$6M – PARAPLEGIA – AUTO ACCIDENT
Settlement for a driver who suffered spinal cord injuries/paraplegia and other injuries as a result of a driver who was charged with speeding and reckless driving.
$5M – CLOSED HEAD INJURY – FRACTURED SKULL – ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
Settlement in an ATV rollover accident which caused a traumatic brain injury. The ATV was defectively designed.
$5M – QUADRIPLEGIA – AUTO ACCIDENT
Settlement for a passenger who was in an automobile accident. The driver lost control and rear-ended another vehicle.
$5M – TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – FRONTAL LOBE DAMAGE – DEFECTIVE HELMET
Settlement for a man who sustained a closed head injury/frontal lobe damage because of a defectively designed helmet.
$1M – INCOMPLETE PARAPLEGIA – GYMNASTIC INJURY
Settlement for a minor child who suffered a spinal cord injury because of negligent supervision at a gymnastic class.