April 21, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
$15M Verdict for SEPTA Worker Crushed by Spool of WireOn April 6, 2017, plaintiff William Meszaros, 28, a railroad power trainee, was part of a crew working in the electric yard for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), in Philadelphia. The crew was tasked with loading a 5,644-pound spool of trolley wire into a storage container. During the loading, Meszaros became pinned and crushed to the wall of the storage container, suffering catastrophic crush injuries.
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April 14, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Defense: Passenger Had Pre-Existing Back ProblemsOn July 14, 2015, plaintiff Elaine Fitzgerald, 61, a business owner, was a passenger in a sport utility vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign on Church Road, at its intersection with Perry Highway, in Wexford. Fitzgerald's vehicle was rear-ended by a sport utility vehicle. She claimed a back injury.
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April 07, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Parties Dispute Cause of Parking Lot AccidentOn Dec. 3, 2015, plaintiff Catharine Natalini, 53, was walking through a parking lot of a restaurant in Norristown, when a sport utility vehicle backed into her, knocking her to the ground. She claimed injuries to her wrist and back.
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April 07, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Parties Dispute Plaintiff's Alleged Head Injuries From Rear-EnderOn June 12, 2016, plaintiff Robyn Ingram, in her 50s, was driving south in the 900 block of Hershey Road in Mount Joy Township. Her vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck. She claimed head injuries.
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March 31, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Plaintiff Claimed Neck, Back Injuries in Rear-End CrashOn Aug. 25, 2018, plaintiff Charmaine Tyler, 55, an airport customer service representative, was driving in stop-and-go traffic on Interstate 76 in Philadelphia. Her sport utility vehicle was rear-ended by a sedan. She claimed injuries to her neck and back.
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March 24, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Urologist Rejected Blame for Patient's Prostate CancerIn September 2016, plaintiff's decedent Bienvenido Cuenca, 80, learned that he was suffering metastatic cancer of his prostate. Cuenca's widow, Susan Cuenca, claimed that her husband's cancer should have been diagnosed in 2015.
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March 17, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Doctors' Inaction Led to Patient's Fatal Cancer, Estate AllegedOn Sept. 4, 2015, plaintiff Lucretia Burgess, 48, a program director, visited a hospital. She was suffering shortness of breath. Tests revealed soft-tissue masses throughout her lungs. Burgess was ultimately diagnosed with stage-4 metastatic uterine cancer.
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March 03, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Plaintiffs' Injuries Predated Car Accident, Defense ArguedOn May 18, 2019, plaintiff Kimlee Moore, a woman in her 50s, was driving on 17th Street, near its intersection at Reed Street, in South Philadelphia. Plaintiff Robert Montgomery, a man in his 50s, was a passenger. Their vehicle's front end was struck by the rear end of a vehicle that was being driven by Sheryl Melio, who was reversing into a curbside parking space.
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February 24, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Plaintiff Not Hurt in Auto Accident, Defense ContendedOn May 15, 2016, plaintiff Nicolette Procopio, 18, a student, was driving on Ridge Pike, near its intersection at Chemical Road, in the community of Plymouth Meeting. While her car was stopped, its rear end was struck by a trailing vehicle that was being driven by Clarice Clark.
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February 14, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer
Defense: Doctor, Hospital Managed Hemophiliac's Meds ProperlyOn June 6, 2013, plaintiff John Bukowski, 24, a nurse, underwent a hemorrhoidectomy. The procedure was performed at Moses Taylor Hospital, in Scranton. Bukowski, a hemophiliac, claimed that hematologist Dr. William Heim and the hospital did not manage his hemophilia medication properly, causing him to experience postsurgical rectal bleeding.
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