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Was granted summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania upholding the validity of a lease entered into prior to natural gas being located in the region. The litigation proceeded to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision of the lower court.

Successfully won the dismissal of a case prior to trial based upon the Plaintiff’s failure to provide discovery responses. The dismissal was granted as a sanction for violations of the Court’s discovery orders which was upheld by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals as just and proper.

A 50-year-old Exeter man who suffered irreversible brain damage following a kidney stone operation entered into a confidential settlement agreement on the first day trial was scheduled to begin against Wyoming Valley Health Care System and a Wilkes-Barre anesthesiologist.

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$15.3 million verdict obtained against Pennsylvania Gas and Water company (PG&W) following four weeks of testimony in a case involving the death of a child due to carbon monoxide poisoning. At the time the verdict was rendered, it was the largest recorded verdict in Luzerne County history. An additional $1.1 million in delay damages was awarded post trial, bringing the total plaintiff recovery to $16.4 million.

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Victim Was Hospitalized for 4 Months and Suffered Permanently Disabling Injuries

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In one of the largest verdicts in Luzerne County history, a jury awarded a Dickson City woman and her husband $10.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages for injuries the woman suffered after her vehicle was struck by a Valvano Construction Inc., dump truck with faulty brakes in a chain reaction crash. An additional $1.9 million was awarded in interest in delay damages.

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A Dunmore woman who was badly hurt when her car was hit by a runaway, overloaded garbage truck collected nearly $11 million in settlement reached with waste hauler J.P. Mascaro & Sons.

Case Involved Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Bowel Obstruction