Case Verdicts and Settlements

Philadelphia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

CASE STUDIES/VERDICTS

The legal system provides a process by which individuals can seek full and fair compensation for the injuries sustained by them or their loved ones. The accident lawyers at Atlee, Hall & Brookhart  are dedicated to using all means to obtain a just and full result on behalf of our clients. In dealing with these complex cases we are often confronted with multiple means to obtain these just ends. Often a case is resolved by jury trial, which is a matter of public record, or by settlement in which the parties often agree to keep the resolution of the matter confidential.
 

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

$13,000,000.00: ($8.2 million verdict plus delayed damages during appeal) Automobile products liability award against General Motors as the result of a post collision fuel fed fire that caused the death of a husband, wife and infant son

$7,500,000.00: Auto product liability case in which seatback failed resulting in severe injuries

$7,200,000.00: (Post-trial settlement after a $6.5 million verdict) Medical malpractice action for negligent monitoring and disconnect from respirator of a then 21-year-old resulting in permanent and devastating neurologic and cognitive function.

$5,000,000.00: Automobile products liability case in which automobile manufacturer settled the case involving a rollover of SUV in which a seat belted passenger was ejected from the vehicle suffering severe closed head injury and is in a persistent vegetative state

$3,981,087.00: Wrongful death at construction site and insurance bad faith claims

$3,500,000.00: Hospital and surgeon settle for injuries to infant when surgeon performing surgery for esophageal fistula mistakenly severed child's left mail stem bronchus resulting in severe permanent injuries

$3,400,000.00: Failure to timely treat infection, resulting in quadriplegia and eventual death

$3,400,000.00: Failure to diagnose increased intracranial pressure in child resulting in severe and permanent neurologic damage

$3,400,000.00: Newborn suffered peri-natal and intrauterine asphyxia and acute hypoxia resulting in cerebral palsy with dystonia

$3,300,000.00: Patient was improperly diagnosed with brain cancer and forced to undergo unnecessary radiation therapy that caused permanent brain damage

$3,250,000.00: Auto products liability case in which seatbelt failed causing severe injuries.

$3,000,000.00: Automobile products liability case. Automobile manufacturer settled case involving rollover of SUV causing driver to be ejected from the vehicle onto roadway suffering fatal injuries

$2,800,000.00: Auto products liability case in which driver died due to positional asphyxia following roll over and roof crush

$2,750,000.00: Hospital and physician agree to settle suit brought by patient whose abdominal surgery was mismanaged resulting in massive abdominal infection with resultant permanent loss of abdomen tissue and muscle

$2,700,000.00: Hospital and physician agree to settle case involving severe brain damage suffered by 2 year old admitted to emergency room in status epilepticus which was mismanaged resulting in permanent brain damage

$2,660,000.00: Failure to timely diagnose and treat intracranial pressure leading to bilateral blindness in a child

$2,525,000.00: Aggregate settlement. Patient suffered bilateral blindness following back surgery

$2,525,000.00: Auto products liability case in which seatback failed resulting in severe personal injuries

$2,500,000.00: Auto products liability case. Severe injuries suffered as a result of defects.

$2,300,000.00: Newborn suffered a birth related asphyxia resulting in being born blind and deaf

$2,250,000.00: Failure to order appropriate tests and treat accordingly

$2,215,000.00: Severe injuries suffered as a result of auto accident

$2,000,200.00: Newborn suffered acute peri-natal asphyxia during birth

$1,975,000.00: Injuries suffered in auto accident resulting in permanent and significant disabilities.

$1,750,000.00: Auto products liability case involving a defective seatback resulting in quadriplegia

$1,500,000.00: Negligent management of labor and delivery resulting in newborn suffering permanent neurologic injuries

$1,500,000.00: Failure to properly perform cardiac by-pass resulting in a stroke.

$1,310,212.00: Failure to diagnose Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

$1,280,000.00: Severe brain damage suffered during an auto accident


$1,018,357.00: Wrongful death due to defective tree stand

$1,000,000.00: Failure to timely diagnose and treat pernicious anemia

$982,258.00: Wrongful death due to unsafe work site

$950,000.00: Failure to diagnose breast cancer

$900,000.00: Automobile products liability case in which client suffered severe bodily injury after being ejected from vehicle during rollover with seatbelt on.

$870,389.00: Severe injuries as a result of defective boots

$850,000.00: Failure to treat an infection resulting in sepsis and death

$850,000.00: Failure to properly administer anesthesia resulting in severe and extensive personal injuries

$800,000.00: Failure to properly monitor stages of labor and delivery resulting in infant death

$800,000.00: A combination medical malpractice and medical products liability case in which synthetic sling was placed under the urethra and bladder wherein the sling material was faulty and inserted too tightly.

$775,000.00: Auto products liability. Death due to roll over.

$775,000.00: Injuries suffered due to auto accident

$750,000.00: Failure to timely diagnose melanoma

$750,000.00: Failure to diagnose sever diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in both eyes

If you are in the Philadelphia or Lancaster, Pennsylvania area and have been injured due to the negligence of another party, please contact the experienced accident lawyers at Altee, Hall & Brookhart, LLP for an initial personal injury case consultation.