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The
Abelson Law Firm has most recently established new law which
places hospitals and doctors on high alert that, under some
circumstances, they owe a duty of care not only to their
own patients, but to members of the general public as well!
This multi-million dollar recovery was obtained in Federal Court against a hospital for its comission of a serious medication error; the hospital's negligence caused its patient to lose conscious control of her vehicle which then crashed into the vehicle in which our client was riding as a passenger.
Our client suffered, among other injuries, traumatic brain damage with the need for life-time attendant and medical care. As a result of our efforts (we worked on this case for over five years), our client's family now has the monetary funds to allow her to live the remainder of her life with dignity, and with the attendant and medical care she needs to survive.
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settlement on behalf of a young physician who was permanently
disabled when his car was struck by a 50,000 lb. dump truck
with defective air brakes. The evidence revealed that a
licensed State Vehicle Inspection Station negligently failed
to inspect the brakes, at the same time it issued a certificate
of inspection for the truck.
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Jury
finds hospital negligent in misdiagnosis of doctor's cancer.
"A Superior Court jury found yesterday that [a local
hospital] was negligent in diagnosing and treating breast
cancer in one of its residents in emergency medicine and
awarded the dying woman [ ]* in damages…" –
Associated Press
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settlement (product liability) case against rental car company
which admittedly maintained a dangerously defective Firestone
tire on its vehicle, resulting in wrongful death.
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settlement (medical malpractice) against hospital for allowing
a bacterial infection in a newborn baby to progress and
worsen, causing permanent mental and physical disabilities.
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Window
Washer Awarded [ ]* in D.C. Fall.
"A 43-year-old Baltimore man who fell 12 stories in
March 1984 from a window-washing scaffold attached to a
[highrise] building...was awarded [ ]* yesterday by a federal
court jury…" – Associated Press
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settlement (medical malpractice) against a U.S. government
military hospital for negligently instructing the mother
of a child with mild seizure activity to withhold medication
for an unreasonable length of time, resulting in permanent
brain damage to the child.
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NRA
Hit with [ ]* Verdict
"A Superior Court Jury yesterday ordered the National
Rifle Association to pay [ ]* to a 34-year-old window washer
who fell six stories from the NRA building…"
– Associated Press
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settlement (medical malpractice) against a physician and
hospital for their failure to perform a timely cesarean
section, resulting in permanent neurological and physical
deficits to the newborn child.
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settlement (medical malpractice) for a 35-year-old engineer,
who underwent spinal surgery performed by an unsupervised
resident without his consent. The unsupervised resident
negligently cut into his spinal canal and severed eighteen
(18) spinal nerve roots during the performance of an L-5,
S-1 laminectomy procedure, causing him to suffer permanent
loss of all bowel, bladder and sexual functions.
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jury verdict (medical malpractice) against physicians and
hospital for the wrongful death of a 42-year-old electrical
engineer who died of a pericardial infection, caused by
his premature hospital discharge and their failure to timely
diagnose and treat the infection.
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Police
Officer Awarded [ ]*
"...A federal court jury here awarded [ ]* yesterday
to a metropolitan police vice officer whose hip was crushed
when the car, in which he was a passenger, was hit head-on
by a Transit bus..." – Associated Press
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settlement (medical malpractice) for a 47-year-old high
school guidance counsellor who suffered a stroke after her
HMO failed to properly medicate her and admit her to the
hospital, following multiple visits over a number of years
with complaints of headache, uncontrolled hypertension and
hyperlipidemia.
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settlement (medical malpractice) for a newborn child who
was negligently delivered by an unsupervised first year
resident obstetrician performing a mid-forceps delivery.
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(assault and battery) settlement for a 47-year-old construction
superintendent who was badly beaten by the employee of a
subcontractor following a job related dispute.
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Man
Impaled on Bar Settles Civil Suit for [ ]*
"A subcontractor working on the Navy Yard Metro station
settled a civil lawsuit Thursday for a construction accident
in which an inspector was impaled on an iron bar…"
– Associated Press
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Confidential
settlement (ski slope design) for the wrongful death of
a young woman who was killed at a Pennsylvania ski resort.
The ski area operator negligently designed a trail which
diverged in a "Y" pattern towards two separate
ski lifts. The fall line of the trail led directly towards
a steep, hidden and unfenced ditch between the lifts, which
contained the steel waterpipes that fed the resort's snowblowing
equipment.
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Hypnosis
Wins Case in a Civil Suit
"In a unique strategy, attorney Mike Abelson's client
underwent hypnosis recently to ascertain what happened in
a head-on collision a year ago last September. Following
expert and lay witness testimony, attorney Abelson easily
overcame the initial skepticism of the jury which found
in favor of his client yesterday in the U.S. District Court."
– Associated Press
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settlement (high rise window cleaning) during jury deliberations
for a 29-year-old window washer against a building owner
and its management, which failed to provide a safe place
for him to work. The window washer was using a descent control
device attached to roof anchors which were designed and
intended for use with a 2 point suspension scaffold system.
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jury verdict (automobile collision) for an automobile salesman
whose vehicle was struck by a tow truck.
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Allegheny County jury verdict (medical malpractice) for
a 42-year-old restaurant owner who was misdiagnosed by a
local hospital with "sinusitis," despite presenting
on three separate occasions to the same hospital with signs
and symptoms consistent with viral encephalitis.
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Confidential
settlement (negligent hiring, screening and supervision)
in favor of a young girl who was sexually molested in a
care facility, which failed to screen the background of
the assailant before hiring him, and failed to supervise
him on his critical first day on the job. The care facility
also failed to address the trauma it had caused to the child
and her family when it had a duty to do so.
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jury verdict (construction site) for the widow of a truck
driver who was electrocuted on a jobsite, when the general
contractor negligently failed to de-energize the overhead
high voltage power lines.
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settlement (highway construction) following jury verdict
in favor of a 19-year-old college student badly injured
in an automobile collision, when a highway construction
contractor negligently blocked the sight-line visibility
of motorists at the intersection where he was injured.
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settlement (product liability) during trial for a 20-year-old
tree cutter who was severely injured when a stumpgrinder
he was operating suddenly jumped back towards him, causing
muscle and nerve damage to his leg. Evidence at trial showed
that other men had been more seriously injured in similar
incidents, including several amputation injuries. Despite
this knowledge, the manufacturer callously refused to recall
the machine and/or modify its dangerously defective design,
blaming each and every injury on the "careless worker."
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Set for Teen Hit by Train
"A 17-year-old youth whose legs and left arm were severed
four years ago when he was struck by a train in the Conrail
yard was awarded [ ]* yesterday by a federal jury…"
– Associated Press
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Driver
Gets [ ]* for Insurance Firm’s Actions (insurance
bad faith)
"...Nationwide Insurance Company must pay its insured
[ ]* - exactly one hundred times the amount for which the
claim could have been resolved - had Nationwide chosen to
deal fairly and in good faith with its insured. Michael
A. Abelson, attorney for the insured, explained that Nationwide
could have originally settled the matter for [ ]*. Abelson
further explained that Nationwide chose not to protect its
insured, but chose rather to invite a lawsuit to be filed
against her. The lawsuit resulted in a verdict in excess
of her policy limits, causing her to suffer financially
and emotionally. According to the Insurance Information
Institute, a trade group, there has been only a handful
of similar cases nationwide. 'It is well known that insurance
companies blame lawyers who represent people for filing
too many lawsuits,' Abelson said. 'To the contrary, this
case points out that insurance companies, by failing to
protect their own insureds, are actually forcing lawsuits
to be filed. These are the same lawsuits that give rise
to verdicts, which the insurance companies then use as a
further excuse to raise premiums.' " – Associated
Press
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