Wrongful Death Verdicts and Settlements

Located in Philadelphia, PA--Anapol Schwartz is known for ground-breaking verdicts and settlements. More than ten Anapol Schwartz Pennsylvania and New Jersey wrongful death lawyers have received jury verdicts in excess of $1 million and all its 30+ attorneys have been part of wrongful death lawyer teams obtaining multiple settlements over $1 million.

Here is a sampling of Pennsylvania and New Jersey wrongful death settlements:

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$5 million - Man Killed in Elevator Shaft Fall: Philadelphia wrongful death attorney Mark LeWinter proved that the elevator company was negligent for violating a state safety code by continuing to service a condemned elevator in a warehouse. Read all about this tragic wrongful death accident.

$3.75 million - Fatal Fire Lawsuit: Wrongful death attorney Mark LeWinter obtained a $3.75 million settlement for the surviving members of a family who lost a mother and three sisters in a 1998 fire in Levittown, PA. The baseboard heating company was held liable as it lacked certain safety features.

$2.1 million – Hospital Failure Kills Child: Pennsylvania wrongful death lawyer Jim Ronca earned a $2.1 million verdict involving a 4-year-old boy who was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital for respiratory distress from pneumonia. Staff doctors did not evaluate and transfer the boy in time to save him.

$1.5 million – Asbestos/Mesothelioma Settlement: In 1992, Pennsylvania wrongful death attorney Larry Cohan was awarded the largest settlement victory to date for the death of a mesothelioma cancer victim in Delaware County.

$1.15 million – Child Died from Car Accident– Philadelphia wrongful death lawyer Joel Feldman represented a 4-year-old boy who died from severe injuries when a tractor trailer truck driver lost control of his vehicle and smashed into the side of the car where the boy was seated.

$1.1 million – Misdiagnosis/Medical Malpractice– Philadelphia wrongful death lawyers Anita Pitock and Stephen Pokiniewski represented the estate of a man who died as the result of a drug interaction between Lopid and Lipitor. Doctors improperly prescribed these pharmaceutical drugs together and failed to discontinue when the victim displaced a serious condition of rhabdomyolysis.

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Some other wrongful death verdicts with confidential settlements vigorously pursued and won by Anapol Schwartz New Jersey and Pennsylvania wrongful death attorneys include:

• 38 year-old-man whose defective motorcycle side stand failed to retract – confidential settlement with Honda
• Man killed in a car accident when another driver ran a red light
• Pregnant woman became suicidal after being prescribed Paxil antidepressant. She attempted suicide, went into a coma, and suffered a seizure when her unborn child died tragically in utero. The woman lived and recovered.
• Hospital failed to notify a young woman about her low platelet blood count results and no treatment rendered. Patient releases from hospital, went into a coma then died.

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