Pennsylvania, 1984
Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D., 1984 and Cambridge University, LL.M., 1984
Milton D. Rosenberg award given by PaTLA, currently Pa. Association for Justice.
Michael A. Musmanno Award conferred by the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' Association
Case Name: Ryan Briggs, a minor, et al v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, CCP, Allegheny County, No. 01-21748. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $7,800,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: David W. Caruso, Jr., et al v. Neumann Medical Center, CCP, Philadelphia County, February 1998, No. 1060 (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $49,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Margot and Dan Polett, CCP., Philadelphia County, August 2008, No. 26371 (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $28,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 2
Case Name: Jeanette M. Blumer, Ind. And as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph Blumer, Dec’d. v. Ford Motor Co., CCP., Allegheny County, No. 06-007766. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $8,750,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Dolores Donch, Executrix of the Estate of Charles J. Donch, Jr. & Dolores Donch in her own right . University of Pennsylvania Health System, et al., CCP, Philadelphia County, March 1998, No. 1690. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $1,571,300.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 2
Case Name: Cheryl A. Ellison, as Guardian of Christopher Ellison and in her own right vs. United States of America, United States District Court, No. 09-cv-0331. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $17,500,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Jane Baker v. Judith Fulmer, CCP., Lehigh County, No. 200-C2918. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $2,900,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Hugh B. Gallagher, III & Joanne Gallagher, Guardians of the Estate of Hugh B. Gallagher, IV v. Temple University Hospital, CCP, Philadelphia, April 2001, No. 2643. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $20,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Romney Reese & David Lee, Individually and as Parents of Emmett Lee, a minor v. Koller, et al., CCP, Montgomery County, No. 03-17562. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $20,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 2
Case Name: Teresa A. McManamon, an incapacitated person, by her co-guardians James V. Greenhough and Denise Kurzmann, Individually v. Greater Hazelton Health Alliance, et al., CCP, Luzerne County, No. 7479-C2001. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $19,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Grady Jordan, a minor, et al v. Western Pennsylvania Hospital, et al., CCP, Allegheny County, No. 05-025160 (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $57,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Courtney Sparber, a minor, by her mother & Natural Guardian, Carmen Sparber v. Alfred E. DuPont Hospital for Children, USDC for the District of Delaware, No. 95-501-MMS. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $19,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Dianne Volutza, Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory S. Volutza, Dec’d. and Dianne Volutza, in her own right v. McBryan, et al., CCP, Berks County, No. 03-15721. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $4,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Ginny V. White and Jimmie D. White v. Ford Motor Co., USDC for District of Nevada, No. CV-N-95-00279-DWH(PHA). (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $153,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 2
Case Name: Natina El, parent and natural guardian of Nicolas Woolfolk, a minor v. Ingerman Affordable Housing, Inc., et al., CCP, Philadelphia County, February 2002, No. 1049. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $7,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Ginny V. White and Jimmie D. White v. Ford Motor Co., USDC for District of Nevada, No. CV-N-95-00279-DWH(PHA) (retrial of punitive damage claim) (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $52,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 2
Case Name: Robert and Mary Weightman, as parents and natural guardians of Destine Weightman, a minor, and in their own right v. Park Lane East Apartments, et al., CCP, Philadelphia County, December 1993, No. 2761. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $24,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
Case Name: Keith D. Wandel, by his attorney in fact Mary E. Wandel and Mary E. Wandel v. Bell Sports, Inc., CCP, Luzerne County, No. 5349-CV-1994. (verdict)
Amount Recovered: $6,800,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 1
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