Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review & Analysis

Publisher:: Jury Verdict Review Publications, Inc.
Publication date:: 2021-01-08

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$______ VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - FALL DOWN - PLAINTIFF DOCTOR SLIPS AND FALLS ON ICE IN EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT OF BUILDING WHERE HE WORKED; OWNED, CONTROLLED AND MAINTAINED BY DEFENDANTS - HIP PROSTHETIC FRACTURE - MENISCUS TEAR - SURGERIES - OSTEOMYELITIS - SEPTIC SHOCK - PERMANENT DISABILITY.
Allegheny County, PA The plaintiff in this premises liability action maintained he suffered catastrophic lower extremity injuries when he slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot owned controlled and maintained by the defendants. The plaintiff was arriving for work as a family doctor and attempting to enter the building when the incident occurred. The defendants denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
$______ RECOVERY - PREMISES LIABILITY - HAZARDOUS PREMISES - PLAINTIFF FALLS FROM 5TH FLOOR BALCONY WHEN BALCONY RAILING WHICH PLAINTIFF WAS HOLDING ONTO WHILE PAINTING GIVES WAY - MULTIPLE FRACTURES - SPINAL SHOCK PARALYSIS - PERMANENT SPINAL PARAPLEGIA.
Allegheny County, PA In this action for premises liability, the plaintiff was performing maintenance work for the defendants and was painting a 5th floor balcony when the railing of the balcony gave way causing the plaintiff to fall to the ground below suffering catastrophic injuries. The defendants denied all allegations of negligence and maintained that the actions of the plaintiff caused the incident and resulting injuries.
$______ RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE NEGLIGENCE - DEFENDANT DOCTORS FAIL TO APPRECIATE DECEDENT'S ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION RESULTS AND FAIL TO DIAGNOSE HEMOCHROMATOSIS RESULTING IN LIVER CANCER - WRONGFUL DEATH OF 73-YEAR-OLD MALE.
Allegheny County, PA In this action for medical malpractice, the estate of the decedent maintained that the decedent’s doctors failed to routinely appreciate the decedent’s abnormal liver function studies causing a long delay in diagnosing a genetic liver disorder which increased the chance of liver cancer, which the decedent developed, resulting in his death. The defendants denied that the decedent’s death was result of any medical negligence.
$______ RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - SKILLED NURSING FACILITY NEGLIGENCE - INCAPACITATED PLAINTIFF SUSTAINS THERMAL BURNS TO LOWER LEGS FROM HOT WATER WHILE PATIENT AT DEFENDANT SKILLED NURSING FACILITY - SEVERE BURNS - MULTIPLE SURGERIES - CADAVER SKIN GRAFTING.
Allegheny County, PA In this medical malpractice action, the plaintiff’s decedent was a resident of the defendant skilled nursing facility and dependent on the defendant for total care due to pre-existing anoxic encephalopathy. While a resident at the facility, the plaintiff’s decedent sustained severe burns to her lower extremities, likely caused by negligence during bathing. The defendant generally denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
DEFENDANT'S VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PLASTIC SURGEON NEGLIGENCE - DEFENDANT PLASTIC SURGEON FAILS TO PROPERLY TREAT PLAINTIFF'S ONGOING POST-OPERATIVE INFECTION RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES, MEDICATIONS AND SEVERE SCARRING - FAILURE TO REFER PLAINTIFF TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST - DISFIGUREMENT - EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.
Allegheny County, PA The plaintiff in this medical malpractice action maintained that she suffered from ongoing infection, malaise, scarring and emotional distress when she developed a post operative infection that the defendant plastic surgeon failed to properly treat. The defendant argued the infection was properly treated and that the plaintiff healed well with treatment despite adhesions from a procedure performed 20 years prior that compromised blood flow to the wound.
$______ VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - PRODUCT LIABILITY - FALL DOWN - PLAINTIFF SLIPS AND FALLS ON PAINTED LINES IN DEFENDANT CONVENIENCE STORE'S PARKING LOT - PLAINTIFF SUES CONVENIENCE STORE AND PAINT MANUFACTURER - LEG AND KNEE FRACTURES - SURGERY - AGGRAVATION OF LOW BACK PAIN.
Philadelphia County, PA The plaintiff in this premises liability case maintained that he suffered serious and permanent injuries when he slipped and fell on painted lines in the parking lot of the defendant convenience store. The plaintiff maintained that the lines were painted with a product manufactured by the defendant paint company that was unsafe for its intended purpose.
$______ RECOVERY - NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION - MINOR PLAINTIFF ROUGHHOUSING WITH FRIEND SUSTAINS SERIOUS BACK INJURY WHILE ATTENDING DEFENDANT'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM - DISC HERNIATION WITH AVULSION FRACTURE AT L4-5 - BILATERAL LAMINECTOMY AND FACETECTOMY WITH BILATERAL DISCECTOMY AND RESECTION OF FRACTURED BONE FRAGMENT.
Montgomery County, PA In this matter, the minor plaintiff was attending the defendant’s after school program when 2 friends pulled him off a couch and one of the girls jumped on the plaintiff’s back while they lay on the floor. As a result, the plaintiff sustained serious injuries. The plaintiff argued that the defendant failed to properly supervise the activities of the attendees. The defendant denied all allegations of negligence.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Home Healthcare. $______ RECOVERY
Medical malpractice - Home healthcare negligence - Home healthcare worker fails to show up for scheduled shift leaving plaintiff’s decedent unattended resulting in fall which causes decline in health and death. Allegheny County, PA In this action, the estate of the decedent sued the defendants for negligence maintaining that an employee of the defendants failed to show up for a scheduled shift and while the decedent was unattended she suffered a fall that resulted in injuries that caused her health to decline leading to death. The defendants generally denied all allegations against them.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Nursing Home. $______ RECOVERY
Medical malpractice - Nursing home - Plaintiff’s decedent suffered hip fracture when bed at defendant facility lowered by staff and she struck her left hip on bed rail - Hip fracture - Infection - Wrongful death. Montgomery County, PA In this medical malpractice action, the estate of the decedent maintained that the defendant longterm care facility caused the decedent to sustain a hip fracture when her bed was being improperly lowered. The defendant generally denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Nursing Home. $______ RECOVERY
Medical malpractice - Nursing home negligence - Defendant nursing home improperly transfers plaintiff’s decedent, dropping her - Leg fracture. Montgomery County, PA The daughter of the decedent brought this medical malpractice suit against the nursing home where her mother resided claiming that the defendants staff failed to do a proper 2-person assist transfer of the decedent dropping her or causing the decedent to fall. The fall resulted in a leg fracture. The decedent died from unrelated causes prior to the initiation of this suit and the daughter brought this claim for survival damages. The defendants denied all allegations of negligence and injury.