Transit agency inspects, fixes escalators and revamps legal department
After Tom Kline secured a $51 million verdict in the case of a little boy whose foot was torn off in a subway station escalator, the Philadelphia mass transit agency approved a $30 million program to...
View ArticlePhiladelphia police change driving rules, improve training
After a man and his infant son were run down by an out-of-control police car, Shanin Specter held lengthy talks with the Philadelphia police commissioner and won a series of reforms designed the...
View ArticleHospital improves protocols, communication
 A Philadelphia-area Hospital, after paying a client a large confidential settlement, agreed to hold grand rounds to educate staff on how important it is to carefully review files and inform patients...
View ArticleUniversity hires medical director, boosts CPR training
Shanin Specter obtained an agreement from the University of Pittsburgh to improve its emergency medical response after securing a settlement during trial involving student Erica Lynne Pratt, who...
View ArticleCPSC acts against BB gun manufacturer, alerts consumers about deadly defect
As a result of action by Shanin Specter following a large settlement, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission brought legal action to force a recall of 7.4 million defective Daisy BB rifles from...
View ArticleAutomaker agrees to equip all vehicles with rear seatbelts
Shanin Specterâs lawsuit against an automaker for not equipping all of its vehicles with rear passenger seat belts resulted in the company agreeing to never again sell a vehicle of any kind without...
View ArticleIll-equipped hospital halts procedures on pregnant women
Shanin Specter won important reforms at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia in a case involving the death of a baby following a cervical cone biopsy performed on his mother despite the risk of...
View ArticleBroadcaster suspended and company fined after defamation against attorney
Tom Kline and Shanin Specter forced a public apology and 30-day suspension from a sports radio personality who defamed noted Philadelphia criminal defense attorney Richard Sprague. The suit followed...
View ArticlePsychotherapist who assaulted patient is banned from practicing, legislature...
Tom Kline put an unlicensed psychotherapist who had sexual contact with a teenage patient out of business for good. Under the terms of a settlement which also included as much as $3.8 million in...
View ArticleSandra Bland Act signed into law to address mental health of prisoners
6:36 p.m Thursday, June 15, 2017  Texas News & Politics by Julie Chang American-Statesman Staff Sandra Bland Act signed into law to address mental health of prisoners Gov. Greg Abbott has...
View ArticleInquirer Editorial: Shouldn't be up to a plaintiff's lawyer whose client was...
Published: January 16, 2017 â 3:01 AM EST The Philadelphia Inquirer â Opinion  The city of Philadelphia paid a record $4.4 million to an unarmed man that police officers mistakenly shot in the...
View ArticleUnited Airlines settles with victim of dragging incident
April 27, 2017 By John Pletz - https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170427/NEWS10/170429872/united-airlines-settles-with-victim-of-dragging-incident United took another big step toward putting...
View ArticleHospital changes policies and procedures that will save lives of children...
Inner Circle member  Mark Mandell of Providence, Rhode Island, recently represented the family of a seven day-old boy who died due to the gross medical negligence of the Newport Hospital which...
View ArticleAppeal Offers Hope for Newtown Families in Suit Against Gun Companies
The New York Times - By RICK ROJAS and KRISTIN HUSSEY NOV. 12, 2017 NEWTOWN, Conn. â In the years since his 6-year-old son, Benjamin, was fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School, David...
View ArticleHospital Psychiatric Ward Forced to Change Supervision and Patient Care Policies
Parkland to pay $700K to family of patient who died after being pinned down in psych ER 12/6/17 â Miles Moffeit, Investigative Reporter, Dallas News Parkland Memorial Hospital will pay $695,000 to...
View ArticleNursing Home Makes Improvements to Resident Care in Response to Lawsuit
As a result of a recent lawsuit brought by Inner Circle member Robert Michael, the following improvements were made by the nursing home facility:Â Â All Hoyer buckets seats were replaced with new...
View ArticlePsychotherapist who assaulted patient is banned from practicing, legislature...
Tom Kline put an unlicensed psychotherapist who had sexual contact with a teenage patient out of business for good. Under the terms of a settlement which also included as much as $3.8 million in...
View ArticleSandra Bland Act signed into law to address mental health of prisoners
6:36 p.m Thursday, June 15, 2017  Texas News & Politics by Julie Chang American-Statesman Staff Sandra Bland Act signed into law to address mental health of prisoners Gov. Greg Abbott has...
View ArticleInquirer Editorial: Shouldn't be up to a plaintiff's lawyer whose client was...
Published: January 16, 2017 â 3:01 AM EST The Philadelphia Inquirer â Opinion  The city of Philadelphia paid a record $4.4 million to an unarmed man that police officers mistakenly shot in the...
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