Category: Landmark Cases

Cooper, Schall & Levy Help 9-Month-Pregnant Woman, Whose Child Was Injured During Birth, Recover $300,000

Settlement: $300,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: On February 27, 2006, a 9-month-pregnant woman presented to a major metropolitan Philadelphia hospital in the initial stage of labor and during delivery of her child by a nurse midwife using a birthing chair, the child was delivered with a brachial plexus injury and Erb’s palsy to his right arm. The mother of the child claimed that the child’s shoulder had become stuck during delivery which was refuted by the nurse midwife, who argued that the child’s injury was caused the intrauterine forces of labor.

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Cooper, Shall & Levy Help 33-Year-Old Mother Injured In Car Accident Recover $300,000

Settlement: $300,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: On May 13, 2005, a 33-year-old mother of 3 children was picking up Chinese food for dinner in Chester County, Pennsylvania, when she was struck by the Defendant, who disregarded a stop sign, causing the Plaintiff to sustain disc herniations in her neck and back and nerve injuries requiring multiple injections and pain management to reduce her pain. Continue reading →

Cooper, Schall & Levy Help 61-Year-Old Female Injured When She Fell Due To Elevated Sidewalk Recover $375,000

Settlement: $375,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: On September 29, 2006, a 61-year-old woman was returning from a shopping trip in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when she tripped and fell on a portion of the sidewalk that was elevated ¾ inch, causing her to fracture her hip requiring surgery to repair the fracture and implant screws followed by another surgery to remove the hardware and insert a prosthetic hip. The Defendant-property owner argued that only a ¾ inch elevated portion of the sidewalk was too minor to warrant liability on their part since Pennsylvania Courts have found that defects under 1½ inches were too small for people to sue for.

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Cooper, Schall & Levy Help Engaged Couple Injured In A Car Accident While Traveling Recover $500,000

Settlement: $500,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper
Facts: On January 2, 2006, a young engaged couple was traveling on Henry Avenue in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia during a rain storm when the Defendant-driver, who was traveling in the opposing direction, hydroplaned due to a large puddle of water that had accumulated as a result of clogged drains located along Henry Avenue. As a result of this accident, both Plaintiffs suffered disc herniations; one Plaintiff having to undergo a cervical fusion and the other Plaintiff being forced to leave her lucrative job as a physician’s assistant.

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Cooper, Schall & Levy Help 51-Year-Old Male Injured While Driving To A Roofing Job Recover $550,000

Settlement: $550,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: On November 18, 2005, a 51-year-old single man with no children was driving himself and his best friend to their roofing job and while traveling on I-676 in Bellmawr, New Jersey, a wheel detached from an SUV going in the opposite direction striking the windshield of the Plaintiff’s vehicle causing a subdural hematoma and traumatic brain injury to the Plaintiff which required multiple surgeries to relieve the bleeding and swelling in his brain. Despite these life-saving measures, the Plaintiff succumbed to his injuries 3 days later.

Cooper & Schall, P.C. aggressively sued the driver of the vehicle whose wheel detached and also that man’s employer, a successful construction company, because Cooper & Schall, P.C. believed the Defendant-driver was working at the time of the accident, a claim that both the driver and his employer denied. Cooper & Schall, P.C forced the Defendant-driver’s insurance company to pay its entire insurance policy of $100,000.00 and attacked the Defendant-employer for $450,000.00, despite the fact that the Defendant-employer argued that the Plaintiff could only claim a 30 minute period of pain and suffering before he was placed in a chemically-induced coma.

Because Cooper & Schall, P.C. successfully argued that 30 minutes of excruciating pain and suffocating on the Plaintiff’s own blood warranted a settlement by the Defendant-employer the Defendant-employer settled the case at mediation after a lawsuit was filed by Cooper & Schall, P.C.

Cooper, Schall & Levy Help Recover $600,000 After 27-Year-Old Female Passed Away From Respiratory Distress

Settlement: $600,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: On July 10, 2004, a 27-year-old morbidly obese woman underwent her second gastric bypass surgery at a major metropolitan hospital in Philadelphia and died as a result of respiratory distress, which the hospital staff failed to properly treat by failing to have appropriate medical providers monitor the Plaintiff after she was removed from the ventilator following surgery. The Defendant-hospital settled after a lawsuit was filed by Cooper & Schall, P.C.

Cooper, Schall & Levy Help The Children Of Deceased 63-Year-Old Female  Misdiagnosed With IBS Recover $650,000

Settlement: $650,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: On January 18, 1999, a 63-year-old woman died from metastatic colon cancer which was misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome by her gastroenterologist and her family doctor, who failed to follow American Medical Association guidelines for colon cancer screening for adult females. Continue reading →

Cooper, Schall & Levy Help 42-Year-Old Female Recover $350,000 From Physicians Failure To Diagnose Kidney Infection

Settlement: $350,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper/Robert Schall
Facts: A 42-year-old woman with a known history of kidney infections was being treated by her neighborhood clinic. It was important for the doctors at the clinic to check her creatine levels on an ongoing basis.

On the medical visit in question, our client’s creatine level showed a significant increase when compared to the previous visit. Unfortunately, our client’s physician failed to recognize this important warning sign because he did not refer to the patient’s chart detailing the previous office visit. Our client was hospitalized shortly thereafter and was diagnosed with a rare condition known as rapidly progressing glomerular nephritis. Continue reading →

Cooper, Schall, & Levy Help 72-Year-Old Woman Who Went Blind After A Cataract Surgery Recover $500,000

Settlement: $500,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper
Facts: This case involved a 72-year-old woman who underwent cataract surgery. A few days after the surgery, our client went to a local emergency room complaining of severe head and eye pain. Physical examination by the ER physician revealed a white discharge from the eye. The doctor ran blood tests and directed our client to sit in a dark room for 6 hours. Our client’s cataract surgeon was finally contacted.

He told the ER doctor to send the client for immediate evaluation. Minutes later, our client was diagnosed with a rapidly progressing infection by her eye doctor. Our client was immediately sent to a renowned eye hospital for emergency surgery. The surgery was unsuccessful and our client was thereafter rendered permanently blind in her infected eye. The hospital defended this case on the theory that there was no chance to save our client’s eye even if there was an immediate referral for cataract surgery.

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Cooper, Schall & Levy Help A Client Injured While Snow Tubing Recover $500,000 Due To Improperly Designed Course

Settlement: $500,000
Attorneys: Charles Cooper
Facts: Our client was snow tubing at a ski resort at which time she engaged a turn at a high rate of speed and was ejected off of the course. As a result of her accident, the client sustained a fractured neck and was required to undergo cervical spinal fusion surgery. Our firm retained a licensed engineer to inspect the snow tubing course.

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