Verdicts & Settlements

A man who suffered a traumatic brain injury and spastic paraplegia from a work accident will be compensated $8.5 million as a result of a settlement in Allegheny County last week.

A case involving a roofer who was paralyzed after falling about 40 feet has culminated in an $8.5 million settlement.

After three and a half weeks of trial in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Howland W. Abramson's courtroom, a jury returned an $8.3 million verdict in a products liability case earlier this week.

A Brazilian man who was paralyzed from the waist down after falling 18 feet from the house frame he was constructing will be paid $8 million in a settlement reached last week in the midst of a trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

The 31-year-old plaintiff filed this negligence action against the driver of an 80,000-pound concrete truck as well as the driver's employer after the truck backed down a closed construction ramp and ran over the plaintiff, necessitating amputation of his right leg, hip and buttock.

Richard L. Jones filed suit against West Penn Power Company, Cargotek, Larry's Homes of Pa., Inc. Walker Excavating and C&W Builders after sustaining when the boom of a truck he was operating struck a live overhead electrical wire.

When the pool of potential jurors filed into Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Marlene F. Lachman's courtroom on Friday morning, they were informed almost immediately that they were no longer needed.

The estate of a 23-year-old man beaten to death after a night out in the Old City section of Philadelphia has settled for $7 million with...

A former Conrail employee catastrophically injured when a 40-pound steel plate fell on his face received a $7 million verdict from a Philadelphia Common Please jury yesterday.

A painter who suffered severe brain damage after a more than 100 foot fall off of a transmission pole received a $6.7 million settlement from PECO Energy and three codefendants.

A Philadelphia jury has awarded just over $6.63 million to an airport van driver injured when a bus allegedly struck her as she attempted to help her passengers unload their baggage outside a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport.

A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded more than $6.6 million in damages to a woman who sued two doctors for failing to diagnose breast cancer in time to halt its spread to her liver and other vital organs.

A construction worker who was paralyzed after falling off scaffolding has settled with the building owners, the scaffold manufacturer and others for...

Sure, everyone knows the old adage about what a picture is worth, but what about a video? Turns out that in the world of high-stakes personal injury litigation, a video can help to make a case worth more than $6.3 million.

Settlements worth nearly $5.9 million were reached last week in suits stemming from a natural gas explosion in that leveled two homes and injured four construction workers.