Verdicts and Settlements: cases listed represent recent verdict/settlement or difficult liability with successful result
$1,125,000 Settlement: Long Term Disability Case
$850,000 Settlement: Prison Injury Civil Rights/Medical Malpractice Case
$800,000 Verdict: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$500,000 Settlement: Improper Security Case
$400,000 Verdict: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$400,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$380,000 Settlement: Defective Garage Door Case
$350,000: Prison Injury Civil Rights Case/Medical Malpractice Case
$300,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case Where Striking Vehicle Fled Scene
$240,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$175,000 Settlement: Police Brutality Civil Rights Case
$175,000 Settlement: Fall Down Case
$145,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$105,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$100,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$100,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$90, 000 Settlement: Trucking Accident Case
$80,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$75,000 Settlement: Premises Liability Case
$75,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$68,500 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$65,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$60,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$60,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$65,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$72,500 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$70,000 Settlement: Fall Down Case
$52,500 Settlement: Fall Down Case
$50,000 Settlement: Fall Down Case
$50,000 Settlement: Fall Down Case
$44,000 Settlement: Motor Vehicle Accident Case
$30,000: Settlement: Civil Rights Violation Case
$25,000: Settlement: Civil Rights Violation Case
$23,000: Settlement: Injury At Retail Store By Store Security
$18,000 Settlement: Collection-Unpaid Medical Bills
This list is of course not a complete list of all settlement and verdicts we have obtained on behalf of our clients. In addition, sometimes the settlements or verdicts we obtain are lower than we had anticipated they would be. Sometimes they are higher than we would have expected. This could be for a variety of factors. There are various unknown factors that will undoubtedly affect a personal injury case at trial and throughout the settlement negotiations.Those unknowns could work in our client’s favor, or could work to our client’s disadvantage.For instance, our witnesses may be more credible than the defendant’s witnesses, or vice versa. Remember that each case is different. The results in your case will depend on the individual facts of your particular case.
Cases of Interest/Reported Cases
Fitch vs. Independence Blue Cross
Resolution of unpaid medical bill claim for seriously injured client. Independence Blue Cross refused to pay for Occupational Therapy administered by a rehabilitation facility while our client was in serious condition in a non Pennsylvania hospital. Stuart A. Carpey resolved this matter pre-litigation in the administrative appeals process.
Jones vs. Quincy Amusements
Stuart A. Carpey obtained a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff Jones where he was trampled and beaten in a fightand it aftermath at a night club in Philadelphia. The perpetrators of the actual criminal activity, assault on the Plaintiff, were never located by the police. However, suit was successfully brought against the owners of the club for having inefficient security measures and personnel in place to anticipate the fight, prevent it, or stop it, and to otherwise protect the Plaintiff.
Robinson vs. City of Philadelphia
In this case, Stuart A. Carpey represented an individual who was forced off of a roof at his home by Philadelphia police officers and when he landed on the ground he broke his heel bone and required surgery to repair it. Mr Carpey was able to prove that the entry into Robinson’s home was unlawful. The police essentially forced Robinson onto the roof, and then he fell off the roof when one of the officers was trying to grab him.No arrest was made by the police. Although the facts were vehemently disputed by the City of Philadelphia, the City settled before trial for $175,000.
NEILSON v. NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY (published opinion)
This appellate case handled by Stuart A. Carpey changed the law in Pennsylvania to improve the rights of Pennsylvania car accident victims. The case stands for the proposition that in specific situations car accident victims can “stack” their medical coverage in order to get their medical bills paid.
Recovery in Motor Vehicle Accident
Stuart A. Carpey secured a $240,000 settlement for a 73 year old woman who was in a car accident in Montgomery County. She was sideswiped by another vehicle traveling in the same direction, forcing the Plaintiff vehicle into a guardrail. The plaintiff had a previous knee replacement, and as a result of the collision, a revision, or second knee replacement was required because the impact caused the original keen replacement to become loosened.
Recovery in Motor Vehicle Accident
Stuart A. Carpey secured a $400,000 settlement for a 38 year old woman who was a front seat passenger in a car accident in Schuylkill County. This involved a left turn collision where the defendant driver made an improper left turn into the car in which the plaintiff was traveling. The plaintiff sustained a fractured acetabelum (socket of the hip joint). The case settled at mediation.
