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Covers medical malpractice injury and accident law news, cases, and issues with a focus on Pennsylvania State Law.
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Last Entry: January 23, 2011 at 23:07:40

Electricuted Worker Gets Jury Verdict of $1.25 Million

Posted on November 24, 2007
A 27 year old man from Delaware county, who was injured from an electric shock he sufferred after a cherrry picker struck power lines, was awarded $1.25 Million by a Jury. Although plaintiffs are generally prohibited from suing their employer, the injured man was argued not to be a regular employee, but instead was argued to be a temporary worker, who could recover for his injuries...

Philadelphia Verdict in Death from Infant Tylenol Upheld

Posted on November 18, 2007
A July 2006 verdict awarding the parents of a one-year who allegedly died from liver failure caused by an overdose of Infant Tylenol was upheld by a Philadelphia appeals Court this month. At trial, the parents alleged that their son died after an overdose of acetaminophen resulted in liver failure...

Pennsylvania Legal Malpractice Claim Must Be Brought Within 2 Years

Posted on November 15, 2007
A Pennyslvania appeals court recently confirmed that the time limit for filing a legal malpractice claim (a claim alleging that a laywer mishandled a case) is strictly 2 years from the date the plaintiff should have reasonably learned about the malpractice...

MRSA infection results in $1.2 Million in Verdicts

Posted on November 11, 2007
Two Bucks County prison inmates were awarded a total of $1.2 million by a federal jury in Philadelphia for contracting flesh-eating bacteria (MRSA or methicillin-resistant staphlococcus aureus, also known as "staph"). After a six day trial, the jury found that both prisoners' civil rights were violated by being jailed in unsanitary conditions causing them to become becoming infected with dangerous bacteria of MRSA...

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Brain Injury from Falling Door Closing Mechanism Results in $10M Verdict

Posted on November 01, 2007
A Philadelphia couple was awarded $10 Million by a jury for a brain injury (closed head injury) caused when the husband was struck in the head by a piece of a falling door. During 10 days of trial, the jury learned that the 36 year old man was leaving a halloween costume store with his wife and daughter when the metal piece hit him in the head...

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