Case Results

  • Verdict
    Largest Verdict in Lawrence County's History Against A State Agency
    Oct. 14, 2005, a Lawrence County jury returned a verdict of $1.5 million on behalf of a Lawrence County man who was injured as a result of a hazardous condition on a PennDOT highway. According to the Lawrence County Prothonotary, the jury award was ...
  • Settlement
    Emergency Room Negligence
    The plaintiff, a 46-year-old man, reported to the emergency room with chest pain that was radiating into his neck and arm. The decedent also had a history of hypertension and a family history of heart disease. The decedent was released from the ...
  • Verdict
    Arterial Injury To Minor Child
    The plaintiff, a minor child, was in the neonatal intensive care unit of the defendant/hospital. A radial arterial line was placed to measure blood pressure and to have access to arterial blood for lab analysis. When the hand showed signs of ...
  • Settlement
    Birth Injury To Child
    The plaintiff, a minor child, was diagnosed with periventricular leukomalacia and spasticity following his birth. Prior to his birth, there was evidence of intrauterine growth restrictions, which necessitated the need of biophysical profiles, twice ...
  • Settlement
    Commercial Airline Crash
    The law firm of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly & George, P.C., represented the wife and two children of a passenger involved in a commercial airline crash. Discovery in the case proceeded for more than four years. Several depositions were taken of the ...
  • Settlement
    Defective Design And Signing Of Intersection
    The plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his wife. Unfortunately, as she came around a bend on a rural road for the first time, the wife did not see a posted stop sign. As a result, she did not stop at the stop sign and struck a vehicle ...
  • Settlement
    Defective Placement Of A Telephone Pole
    The plaintiff was riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by a teenage friend. As the vehicle was proceeding down the highway, the driver of the vehicle reached over to change the radio station. As a result, the right-hand passenger side wheels of ...
  • Verdict
    Defective Trailer Hitch
    The plaintiff, the driver of an automobile, was struck when a trailer being pulled by a PennDOT driver crossed the centerline. As a result, the plaintiff, a woman in her 30s, sustained an injury to her spinal cord. The law firm of Luxenberg Garbett ...
  • Verdict
    Negligent Treatment of Mother During Labor
    The mother of the minor plaintiff has been diagnosed with preterm labor. Notwithstanding the diagnosis, the defendants failed to administer medication that would enhance the maturity of the infant’s lungs prior to delivery. Furthermore, the ...
  • Settlement
    Rape of A Nursing Home Resident
    The plaintiff, a 78-year-old woman, was a resident of a nursing home. The defendant/nursing home was charged with the responsibility of supervising the nursing home and providing a safe environment for residents who live thereon. The ...