
SAMPLING OF PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS & VERDICTS
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More than $32,000,000 will be paid to settle lawsuits filed by families of the 17 passengers killed when their plane crashed in Bear Creek Township, according to a lead lawyer for the families. READ MORE
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The families of two young Susquehanna County men, electrocuted while installing a new roof on a house, will receive nearly $30,000,000 as a result of an out of court settlement, the Sunday Independent has learned. READ MORE
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Kristie's Family Get Record-Setting $16 Million Verdict. The lawsuit against PG&W began three years ago, after eight year old Kristie Emershaw died of carbon-monoxide poisoning. READ MORE
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A thirty-nine-year-old Pittston woman confined to a wheel chair following her inoculation with swine influenza vaccine. READ MORE
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A compromise and settlement totaling over $3,500,000 in a wrongful death case of a former Dunmore High School football star. READ MOREAfter years of pain and mismanaged health care, a Luzerne County man said he will at least be able to pay his bills for the rest of his life. READ MOREA Wilkes-Barre lawyer has obtained a $3,200,000 jury award in Lackawanna County Court against a Drums company. It is the largest jury award in a non-fatal case ever handed down in Lackawanna County. READ MOREA Luzerne County jury last week awarded nearly $2,500,000 in damages to a Shavertown man who became disabled as the result of a fall at a Wilkes-Barre Township warehouse. READ MOREA group of three motorcycles approached victims traveling in the opposite direction. The victim was able to avoid the first two, but was struck head-on by the third. READ MOREWhile a vehicle was traveling on Main Street in Plymouth, PA, the defendant pulled out of a driveway and struck the motorcycle, throwing the victims from the motorcycle causing injuries. READ MOREA rigger erecting a parking garage fell off of the back of the flat bed injuring his right shoulder, unable to return to his pre-injury occupation as a rigger. READ MOREWorkers' Compensation claim settled after an inattentive driver failed to take note of the construction site, drove through the work site and struck a worker. READ MORE$690,000 SETTLEMENT REACHED IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION INVOLVING JOGGERSA Husband and Wife were jogging in Wilkes-Barre the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 2015 when a driver operating a large pick-up truck violently struck Husband while Wife watched helplessly as Husband was carried on the top of the hood of the pick-up truck for some time before being thrown to the ground.$350,000 AWARDED TO FAMILY OF MOTORCYCLE CRASH VICTIMThe family of a Kingston township woman killed in a Sweet Valley motorcycle crash was awarded $350,000 under insurance arbitration.$300,000 AWARDED FOR FORKLIFT OPERATION ACCIDENTForklift operator injured when unloading a tractor-trailer awarded a settlement of $300,000 after the tractor-trailer pulled away.$225,000 settlement in premises liability case$225,000 settlement in premises liability case where restaurant patron tripped over dangerous condition after exiting restaurant and suffered broken ankle and foot.$210,000 settlement subluxation of acromioclavicular joint$210,000 settlement for client who suffered a subluxation of his right acromioclavicular joint requiring surgery when an overhead television unit fell on his shoulder while a passenger on a chartered bus.$120,000 MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT$120,000.00 total settlement (third party and UIM) for a lower extremity fracture sustained in a motorcycle accident.$110,000 settlement for left hip hemiarthroplasty$110,000 settlement for client who required a left hip hemiarthroplasty after falling and fracturing her left hip while a business invitee attending an event.$100,000 settlement in premises liability at a Rest Stop$100,000 settlement in premises liability case where elderly Rest Stop patron slipped on wet floor, fell and broke her hip.