Personal Injury Verdicts & Settlements

As one of the most respected Philadelphia personal injury law firms, we are dedicated to obtaining the best outcome possible for each of our clients.

Highlights of Our Success

• $8.5 Million – Wrongful Death (More info)

  $8.5 million settlement for the family of an 18-year-old student who was electrocuted in an industrial accident, which occurred at the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades.

  We successfully prosecuted negligence claims against the school for failure to: properly train and supervise, appreciate electrical hazards, provide appropriate safety equipment, have appropriate first aid training and failure to have defibrillators present.

  As part of the settlement, we insisted that improved safety standards were adopted by the school including that all current and new students receive CPR and first aid training. The settlement also required the school to install defibrillators. The school was also required to provide all students working in the power plant with ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) which trip a short circuit and prevent electrocution.

  In addition, our firm insisted that the school hire a top safety expert to audit all practices at the school, address all safety deficiencies, recommend adoption and implementation of appropriate safety policies and procedures throughout the school.

• $8 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) An $8 million recovery was reached in a medical malpractice case for a patient against a hospital and its staff for failing to diagnose a life-threatening condition. The patient was evaluated in the hospital for significant neurologic problems that required that the patient be admitted for a proper examination and treatment. The patient’s doctors failed to admit him to the hospital and treat his condition. These failures caused the patient to suffer a permanent brain injury resulting in lifelong problems with understanding, memory, speech, reading and writing. The settlement will provide the patient with the ability to obtain the care and services that he will require for the rest of his life.
• $5.5 Million – Inadequate Security / Dram Shop (More info) Major hotel chain agrees to a $5.5 million-dollar settlement after a guest was sucker punched while attending a family wedding at one of the hotel's properties. The punch caused serious brain trauma and the husband/father died two days later as a result of the assault.
• $5 Million - Police Misconduct (More info) Settlement for victims who were sexually assaulted by a police officer whose supervisors did not properly discipline him for prior misconduct or properly monitor him following discovery of his deviant sexual propensities.
• $4 Million – Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death (More info) A $4 million settlement was reached in a medical malpractice case for the family of a 38 year old man who died after being admitted to the hospital. The patient was admitted to the hospital for significant problems that developed after surgery. Once admitted to the hospital, the patient required continual care and observation by the hospital staff. Despite a significant deterioration of his condition, the patient was never examined by a doctor for several hours and died of a severe brain injury. While the family sustained a tremendous loss, the settlement will ensure that they are financially secure into the future.
• $3.8 Million - Construction Accident (More info) Settlement for the family of a union glazier that died during a scaffolding accident on a construction project at the Camden County Community College. Our Philadelphia personal injury attorneys successfully prosecuted negligence claims against the general contractor, Turner Construction, as well as negligence and products liability claims the scaffold manufacturer, Fraco.
• $3 Million – Longshoreman Accident (More info) Wrongful death of a longshoreman killed when crushed due to negligent stacking of 10 ton steel slabs and improper maintenance of Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• $2.5 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Verdict for family of 25-year-old man who committed suicide in psychiatric hospital after being involuntarily committed. Hospital staff failed to place patient under constant observation as required.
• $2.4 Million – Defective Product / Construction Negligence (More info) Federal court verdict for our 78 year old client who fell from a second-story deck at a beach home in New Jersey as a result of a defective railing, which was improperly installed by a builder. Elderly plaintiff had no wage loss and suffered injuries to his lumbar and thoracic spine. Our Philadelphia personal injury attorneys successfully won a jury verdict against Railing Dynamics, Inc., which is the #1 leading vinyl railing manufacturer in the United States, as well as J.W. Hand who was the builder that installed the defective railing.
• $2.4 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Negligent administration of Pitocin by medical resident resulting in uterine rupture and severe brain damage to newborn child.
• $2.2 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Settlement secured on behalf of a 35 year old man who suffered brain damage as a result of his physicians' failure to recognize that he was experiencing bleeding in his brain. The plaintiff was discharged from the hospital and ultimately suffered brain damage from the uncontrolled bleeding.
• $1.9 Million – Construction Accident (More info) Bulldozer accident at construction site resulting in the severing and reattachment of a soil technician's leg. The firm’s trial attorneys successfully pursued a claim for the soil technician against the general contractor and the excavation subcontractor in the United States District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• $1.8 Million – Workplace Accident (More info) Closed head injury and severe leg injury to a truck driver in the receiving area of a major corporate defendant as a result of the defendant providing the truck driver with a defective ladder to use while securing cargo.
• $1.7 Million - Workplace Accident (More info) The firm's personal injury attorneys secured a substantial settlement for a commercial truck driver that suffered debilitating leg fractures and injuries in a loading dock accident at a major furniture retailer's distribution center.
• $1.7 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Settlement secured for the family of a 47-year-old woman who died in the hospital after her respiratory distress went untreated by hospital staff. For four hours, doctors and nurses failed to treat her breathing problems, resulting in respiratory and cardiac arrest, brain damage, and her death one year later.
• $1.6 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Settlement reached by our personal injury attorneys for the family of a 38 year old woman who died after being admitted to a local hospital for treatment of an asthma attack. Though her condition required transfer to an intensive care unit, this was not done. She subsequently suffered a heart attack and died.
• $1.5 Million – Auto Accident / Roadway Defect (More info) Settlement recovery in defective roadway case brought on behalf of a college student that was seriously injured when he was ejected from his Jeep Wrangler during a rollover accident in New Jersey. The firm’s trial attorneys successfully pursued a claim against the Township for failing to maintain and repair the roadway and inadequate policies and procedures for inspecting roadways to eliminate dangerous conditions.
• $1.5 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Jury verdict in medical malpractice case brought against two Philadelphia doctors. The lawsuit arose after a 68-year-old woman suffered partial paralysis after her thoracic spine collapsed onto her spinal cord caused by osteomyelitis—a condition that required close monitoring—which was not done by either the hospital physician where the patient was originally treated or by the nursing home's physician where the victim was discharged to. Had the patient's medical condition been monitored, she would not have suffered partial paralysis.
• $1.4 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Settlement for the wife and family of a 59 year old man who was improperly discharged from a hospital after his physicians failed to recognize that he suffered a minor heart while hospitalized. Several days after leaving the hospital, the patient died following a massive heart attack.
• $1.2 Million – Medical Malpractice (More info) Jury verdict in medical malpractice case brought on behalf of a family of a 68-year-old woman whose family doctor failed to diagnose throat cancer. Had the cancer been diagnosed three months earlier, she would have survived.
• $1.1 Million – Auto Accident (More info) Sheridan & Murray obtain a $1,180,000 settlement for New Jersey couple, John and Carolann Harper. The couple suffered serious injuries after their vehicle was struck by a tow truck while traveling on I-295 North in Gloucester County.

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We are Relentless in Seeking Justice for Our Clients

If you suffered a serious injury or the death of a loved one, the exceptional Pennsylvania and New Jersey personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at the firm of Sheridan & Murray can help you receive the compensation you are entitled to under the law.

If you are someone close to you have been seriously hurt by the careless or negligent actions of another, please call us immediately at (215) 977-9500.