Verdicts & Settlements

In the late '70s the State Catastrophe Loss Fund of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, an agency involved in virtually all cases involving medical negligence and catastrophic loss, required confidentiality and no publicity concerning any case settled in which they were involved. It is for that reason that you will only find newspaper accounts of a few personal injury and medical malpractice cases settled by our office since the late '70s. The secrecy requirements of the State Catastrophe Loss Fund have prevented any publicity about the overwhelming majority of clients we have since represented, whose catastrophic cases were successfully concluded by members of our firm through settlement rather than trial.

Indeed, it is the case that most of the clients served by our office enjoy the benefits of settlement without need of trial. It is important to realize that the verdicts discussed in the news accounts at this site were dependent upon the unique circumstances of each particular case and should not be considered representative of settlement or verdict values for particular kinds of cases.

You will also find listed here numerous copies of newspaper accounts involving our clients and members of our firm. Numerous articles discuss personal injury and medical malpractice verdicts obtained at trial.

Our law firm has settled thousands of multi-million dollar cases. However, some of those settlements cannot be discussed because they are under confidentiality orders. The Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act in Pennsylvania prohibits the publication of these settlements.

If you would like one of our personal injury attorneys to review your case, contact our Pittsburgh office and make arrangements for a free consultation.

• Wrongful death results in $3 million settlement, Fink v. Fox
• Drunk driver pays $750,000, Lauer v. Brown.
• Plaintiff Wins Verdict in Products Liability Suit Behling vs. Jetway Systems $925,723 Jury Verdict
• Pfaff vs. Dianon Systems and Barbara A. Russo
• Audrey Stresky vs. David P. Fowler, East Suburban Orthopedic Associates, Forbes Regional Hospital and David S. Girdany
• Failure to Monitor | Failure to Treat | Post-Operative Care
• Colon cancer judgment a real test case
• Victim's family settles suit with USAir
• Doctors must pay $2.8 million
• $12.8 Million Jury Award for Breast Cancer Patient
• 2 crash victims' kin settle USAir lawsuits
• Bungled Pap test brings big verdict
• Coal company settles Explosion injury for $1.5 million
• $1 Million Settlement Over Death of Elderly Woman in Fire

You will find listed here numerous copies of newspaper accounts involving our clients and members of our firm. Numerous articles discuss personal injury and medical malpractice verdicts obtained at trial. Only one article refers to a matter that was settled.

• Suit filed in connection with head injury at plant
• Sick children’s parents sue fast-food restaurants
• Children's Hospital settles suit in paralysis
• Couple wins $1 million in genetic defect lawsuit
• USAir, Boeing to pay man in wife’s Flight 427 death
• $650,000 settlement in Boys’ Club pool drowning
• Citizens General resolves lawsuit. Woman claimed stroke symptoms misdiagnosed