In three separate lawsuits that were tried jointly, the insurers blamed a housing developer and a contractor for causing excessive water run-off that made the flood more severe. The case is St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Nolen Group Inc.
A Philadelphia jury recently awarded most of a $1.55 million verdict to a veteran Center City defense attorney who claimed a January 2003 rear-ender left him with a torn rotator cuff. The remainder of the award went to the attorney's wife.
A 57-year-old former minister represented by a Philadelphia firm has reached a $6 million settlement over a February 2005 accident in New Jersey that caused his left arm to be amputated, and, allegedly, permanent brain damage.
After being reversed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a Superior Court panel has on remand allowed to stand the $4 million verdict a Philadelphia jury awarded in 2002 to a construction worker injured on the job.
A settlement for over $1 million has been reached in a Lehigh County filed personal injury action stemming from a May 2003 accident in which an off-duty Upper Darby Township police officer sustained a back injury.
A former power plant security guard who claims she was shocked by stray static electricity after operating a keypad to open a sliding gate while on the job has settled her action against PECO for $1.065 million, her lawyers say.
A child was left with permanent scarring and discoloration of skin due to the way forceps were applied at birth. The defense argued that the feature was simply a birthmark.
A New Castle County jury on Oct. 2 awarded $1.6 million to a 44-year-old mechanic and truck driver who claimed he suffered lost wages after his wrist was fractured in a forklift accident.
