Posted on November 22nd, 2011
A waitress from Texas was recently awarded $423,386.10 in a premises liability lawsuit she filed against the employer of two electricians who were working on repairing an electric oven at her restaurant.
The plaintiff, 48, was injured in a slip and fall accident at the restaurant she worked at in March 2007. The accident occurred when the woman tripped over an electric chord. She suffered a broken fibula and torn ligament. Doctors recommended an arthroscopic reconstructive surgery, but unfortunately the surgery was not successful and she experiences permanent instability.
The day of the accident, two electricians were working on repairing an electric oven and left an electric chord exposed and running across the path of the waitress. The workers did not use anything to warn restaurant employees of the chord.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that the workers were not licensed to work in Texas, but their employer sent them there to complete the project anyway.
If you or a loved one has suffered injuries in a slip and fall accident, contact the Pennsylvania slip and fall lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511 today.
Posted on November 15th, 2011
The family of a woman who was seriously and permanently injured in a motorcycle accident and the victim were recently awarded $7 million in a lawsuit against the driver who caused the accident.
The motorcycle accident occurred in Florida in 2009 when a drunk driver crashed into the victim’s boyfriend’s motorcycle. The woman was ejected from the bicycle and sent flying 40 feet in the air into a concrete pole. Her boyfriend died in the tragic accident.
The victim of the accident suffered a serious brain injury and several other injuries. For 4 months, the woman stayed in the hospital undergoing surgeries and rehabilitation. Now, the victim needs 24-hour care and is living at a nursing home. She can no longer care for her teenage son.
The victim’s mother filed the lawsuit seeking compensation for the woman’s injuries, past and future medical expenses, and more.
Posted on November 8th, 2011
Last month, a 62-year old Pennsylvania man was awarded $2 million by a jury in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Wills Eye Hospital and two Philadelphia doctors.
The patient filed the lawsuit after he suffered injuries in a colonoscopy and subsequent surgery. In the colonoscopy, one of the doctors over-inflated the man’s colon. As a result, the patient’s colon tore and caused him to experience extreme pain after the procedure.
Scans taken in the emergency room the next day revealed the tear and the patient was sent in for a follow-up surgery. In the second surgery, the other doctor named as a defendant in the suit allegedly punctured the man’s colon.
The jury found the doctor who performed the colonoscopy 60 percent responsible and the doctor who performed the follow-up surgery 40 percent responsible for the man’s injuries. The jury did not find the hospital responsible.
If you or someone you love has been the victim of medical malpractice and a surgical injury, contact the Pennsylvania surgical injuries attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 610-667-7511 to learn more about how we can help you.
Posted on November 3rd, 2011
This week, two students were taken to The Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania after being hit by a car while waiting at a bus stop in Radnor Township. The accident occurred at 6:53 a.m. on Monday morning.
Police are currently investigating the cause of the accident. Initial reports indicate that the driver of a Nissan Altima lost control of her vehicle while traveling westbound on Conestoga Road. The bus stop the 15-year olds were waiting at was located on the east side of the street.
The Nissan veered into the eastbound lanes and into the bus stop where the students were waiting to catch the bus to go to school. Both students were taken to the hospital in a helicopter after being taken to Radnor High School in an ambulance. The two were listed as being in stable and critical conditions.
Officials are unsure of what caused the woman to lose control of her vehicle. They believe a vehicle defect, road defect, or black ice on the road may have caused the accident.
Contact the Pennsylvania automobile accident attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER, if you or a loved one has been injured in an automobile accident.
Posted on October 25th, 2011
A Pennsylvania woman recently filed suit against the QuadRangle Sunrise Senior Living center in Haverton after she confirmed suspicions that her mother was being abused and neglected by installing a hidden video camera in a clock radio in her mother’s room at the nursing home.
According to the lawsuit, the woman’s 79-year old mother, a dementia patient, complained to staff about abuse but her reports went ignored. The woman also reported verbal and physical abuse to officials at the nursing home, but her complaints went ignored as well.
The video footage captured by the hidden camera led to the arrest of 3 workers at the nursing home. They face charges of harassment, assault, and more.
In the lawsuit, the family accuses QuadRangle Sunrise Senior Living of negligence for failing to properly train caretakers and operating an understaffed facility.
If you or a loved one has experienced negligence at a nursing home, contact the Pennsylvania nursing home abuse lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 610-667-7511 to learn more about your rights.
