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Our clients always know that once we take on their case that we have their backs, protect their interests, and strive to have them fully compensated with every resource at our disposal. Our hard work, dedication, and commitment to our clients show in the results we have achieved on their behalves. Note, due to the defendants’ requiring confidentiality in all nursing home cases, we are unable to report the dollar amounts of the settlements.
Settlement Amount is Confidential The patient fell during on two different occasions during his stays at the Nursing home causing his prior hip operation to become displaced necessitating additional operations
Details$700,000.00 Plaintiff entered the store’s vestibule during a rainstorm which caused the tile to become slippery. No mat was placed on the floor to protect customers. Plaintiff fell striking her head. The plaintiff had had a previously successful hemicraniectomy. The fall caused an open wound at the operative site resulting in infection and the need…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential A woman was living at a nursing home and due to inability to safely chew and swallow her doctor ordered he receives only food that was ground, moist and soft enough to eat without much chewing. Due to brain injuries, she was unable to appreciate these problems and needed to be…
Details$176,000.00 While our client was in an elevator carrying boxes weighing approximately 40 pounds, the elevator suddenly descended. It jerked and dropped abruptly causing our client to be thrown forcefully to the floor. As a result she sustained a tear of the ligaments of her right knee, cervical sprain and strain and bilateral carpal tunnel…
DetailsSettled For 7 Figures The plaintiff was on dialysis for years while waiting for a kidney. Finally, he received the call. Soon after the operation, he began to develop a fever and his stomach became swollen. His creatinine level shot up indicating that the kidney was failing. The doctors went back in and discovered that…
Details$1,500,000.00 Death of a gunshot victim due to hospital nursing negligence. Staff improperly placed feeding tube causing his abdomen to become filled with formula causing infection, sepsis, and death
Details$185,000.00 A severe mental condition necessitated our client’s admission to a local psychiatric hospital. While under the care and custody of the hospital, our client ingested an overdose of medication, which caused her death. Suit was filed which alleged improper supervision of our client and the lack of security in regard to visitors. It was…
Details$200,000.00 A 68-year-old retired City of Philadelphia recreation director was admitted to a local city hospital for treatment of difficulty breathing as a result of emphysema. In the middle of the night, the oxygen levels in her blood dropped and she became disoriented. Without first examining her, a resident ordered the nurse to give her…
Details$400,000.00 An elderly man was sent for rehab to a central Pennsylvania facility after breaking his leg at his son’s home on Thanksgiving. The facility was owned by a local hospital. He lived at the nursing home for six weeks, without the therapy he needed to start walking again and, thus, never getting out of…
Details$725,000.00 After falling at home and injuring her back, the parents took their ten-year-old daughter to the emergency room of a local hospital. The child could not walk and had to be carried by her parents into the hospital. X-rays taken of her back showed no spinal damage. During her stay at the emergency room…
Details$125,000.00 As part of her job, our client was visiting a work site that was under construction. As she walked up makeshift steps made out of concrete blocks leading to the trailer office, she fell, causing serious injuries to her back and leg. Suit was filed in Federal Court against the construction company. We retained…
Details$372,000.00 As our client was leaning back on a chair provided to her by her employer it broke, causing her serious injuries. An intense and quick investigation revealed that the original welds on the chair joining the back to the seat were inadequate. The manufacturer defended the action by alleging that the employer had misused…
Details$825,000.00 Our client, a painter, was on a scaffold located in a loading area for trucks. The scaffold, which was high above the ground, extended out into a driveway. As our client was painting the outside wall, the top of the defendant’s truck struck the scaffold, throwing our client to the ground. Our client sustained…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential A decorated Korean War veteran was hospitalized for long-term care in the Philadelphia Veteran’s Hospital due to combat-related mental illness. Although cigarettes were permitted in the facility, the staff was instructed to supervise his smoking after he began to burn his hands when attempting to light matches. One day, he was…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential Due to a history of hospitalizations from pneumonia caused by inhaling food, our 83-year-old client was determined at risk for anything but a softened diet. These orders were ignored and she was allowed access to regular food. Several hours after her last meal she began to show signs of breathing problems.…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential An 83-year-old man living in an assisted living facility was discovered in his bed with a fractured hip. Although he could not get out of bed without maximum assistance of the staff no fall or any other incidents had been reported by the staff. An expert review of the X-rays established…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential A 75-year-old man suffering from early Alzheimer’s dementia was admitted to a chain owned nursing home in suburban Philadelphia. Despite the fact that he was a known fall risk, the defendant failed to implement any fall prevention plans which resulted in numerous falls. Shortly after his last fall, he was discharged…
Details$140,000.00 Our client, an elderly man was crossing the street at the corner with a green light. A driver, insured by a major insurance company, did not yield the right of way and struck him causing multiple fractured bones and injuries that plagued him until he died a few years later from cancer. The insurance…
Details$225,000.00 Our 67-year-old client had just entered a bank to make a deposit. She was the first person waiting in line to enter the bank that morning. As she walked into the bank she tripped over a turned up mat directly in front of the entrance. Our client sustained permanent injuries to her knee. The…
Details$250,000.00 A 13-year-old boy fell from the top of a wobbly jungle gym at a City-owned playground. The equipment which was installed by a local civic group had been improperly anchored. The city failed to check the jungle gym after its installation. Our playground expert was ready to testify that not only was the jungle…
Details$475,000.00 In the evening hours, our client purchased a piece of furniture which had to be picked up at a loading dock. As he presented his receipt, he fell on a broken portion of the pavement. We alleged that there were improper lighting and signage. Through investigation, we were able to locate a witness who…
Details$1,000,000.00 Our client was shopping at Home Depot. As she was pushing her cart containing purchases and her two-year-old child, it struck a raised manhole cover which was obscured by water. The water came from a hose used to water outside plants located in the parking lot just adjacent to the manhole cover. The plaintiff…
Details$200,000.00 As a result of an automobile accident our client sustained injuries to her neck, back and her jaw. Her jaw required four separate operations. Our client’s extensive prior medical history revealed pre-existing complaints and treatment to her jaw resulting from a prior attack when she was struck with a blunt object. In spite of…
Details$200,000.00 A ten-year-old boy was struck by a car after running into the street after a football. The accident occurred in a neighborhood street in suburban Delaware County. The defendant was driving 45 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone and killed him instantly. The defendant was without assets except for a…
Details$500,000.00 Late at night, the plaintiff was a rear seat passenger in a car that had just dropped off a passenger at one of the new homes. Construction of other homes and streets were still in progress. The driver, who had never been there before, was getting ready to exit the development. The street he…
Details$1,250,000.00 Our client was walking across a major highway in Delaware County at night. There was a thunderstorm at the time of the accident and visibility was poor. As the plaintiff stepped off an island separating traffic he was struck by a truck. Although there were no independent witnesses we were able to establish through…
Details$2,250,000.00 Three young children were waiting for their school bus. Before it came, an automobile lost control and left the highway, killing one child and injuring two others. The driver of the automobile had a small insurance policy which could not compensate the children and their families. Through painstaking investigation, we were able to prove…
Details$725,000.00 After falling at home and injuring her back, the parents took their ten-year-old daughter to the emergency room of a local hospital. The child could not walk and had to be carried by her parents into the hospital. X-rays taken of her back showed no spinal damage. During her stay at the emergency room,…
Details$750,000.00 Our client was a professional who became depressed and suicidal. After ingesting an overdose of Tylenol she was admitted to a hospital for treatment and protection. The nurses were instructed not to leave her alone. At 6:30 am the night nurse left the room to report that the screen was missing from the window.…
Details$800,000.00 A young woman suffering from a permanent brain injury lived for several years in a non-profit nursing home. Following her injury, she lost the ability to safely swallow food. The staff was ordered to only give her mechanically ground and softened food. She also required supervision during eating due to her impulsivity and lack…
Details$2,400,000.00 A young woman was admitted to a teaching hospital to give birth to her first child. Her entire labor was monitored by residents in training since the senior doctor, according to his own testimony, only attended to his “private, paying” patients. The labor was allowed to continue too long and the child needed to…
Details$875,000.00 The building was going to be stripped and rehabilitated, so our client, a scrap collector was hired to remove the metal from the building. The defendant assured our client that the electrical power had been turned off. Because it was not, he sustained disabling injuries, which we alleged would worsen and prevent him from…
Details$988,000.00 A 64-year-old truck driver was waiting in a warehouse for his truck to be loaded. He stood next to shelving that was holding several tons of sheet metal. An employee of the defendant had admittedly, overloaded the shelving and it gave way, raining 1,500 pounds of sheet metal upon the plaintiff. He suffered multiple…
Details$1,025,000.00 A nurse at a local hospital was injured and fell at work on her way to pick up a patient in the emergency room of the hospital. The floor had been freshly waxed but without any warning signs. The case was referred to us to handle by another attorney as a Workers’ Compensation matter.…
Details$5,000,000.00 A printing company had purchased a self-contained printing press which was ventilated through the roof of the building. Fumes, which were heavier than air, accumulated at the base of the printing press. Our experts were able to establish that the machine malfunctioned, causing a spark to ignite the fumes, which caused an explosion and…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential Our 79-year-old visually impaired client was admitted to a short-term rehabilitation hospital in central Pennsylvania. After a brief stay, the family planned for him to return home to resume living with his wife of 52 years. While still in the hospital, he developed a fever and became disoriented. The doctors, therefore,…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential An 80 year old, wheelchair-bound retired minister was being driven to a relative’s wedding in her nursing home’s van where she lived along with her husband. The driver failed to secure the wheelchair inside the vehicle and when he made a sudden stop she was thrown forward out of the wheelchair…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential A mobile, alert 89-year-old woman living at a Philadelphia nursing home was knocked over by a nursing assistant who was not watching where she was walking. In the fall, our client fractured her hip and, as a result, and never walked again. Despite her advanced age prior to the fall, she…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential An 80-year-old man fractured his hip after falling in a chain-owned nursing home. National policies of the parent corporation were not followed and, after five pain-filled weeks in the hospital, he died.
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential A man was living in an assisted living facility and was accosted by a demented female resident with a history of violent outbursts living unsupervised next door to him.. She pushed him to the floor fracturing his hip. His hip was surgically repaired after which he was sent to a skilled…
Details$600,000.00 Our client was represented by his former attorney for injuries sustained from a fall while renting a condominium at the shore. The previous attorney alleged that the serious injuries sustained by our client were caused by the condominium association’s failure to maintain the steps leading to the rental unit. A trial was held in…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential A long-term resident of a central Pennsylvania, large chain nursing home was permitted to continue his lifelong habit of cigarette smoking while in the presence of a staff member for safety. One day while smoking alone on a bench in front of the building his clothing caught on fire and he…
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential Maggot infestation in a breathing tube of a brain-injured nursing home resident.
DetailsSettlement Amount is Confidential When our 83-year-old client was admitted to a nursing home for short-term rehabilitation, his skin was intact and he could walk and eat with minimal assistance. The nursing home, part of a national chain, failed to give him the care promised. As a result, he was unable to go home, and,…
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