News & Press

Articles
Blood Thinner Might Be Tied to More Deaths - February 28, 2008, The New York Times
J & J Is Recalling a Pain Patch - February 13, 2008, The Wall Street Journal
Wyeth Sued by Former Fen-Phen Users Over Lung Disease - December 6, 2006, Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia law firms open offices in Boston - November 1, 2006, The Boston Globe
Eisenberg, Rothweiler Opens Boston Office - October 31, 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila. law firm opens Boston office - October 30, 2006, The Philadelphia Business Journal
A Recipe For Conflicts - October 30, 2006, The Connecticut Law Tribune
Judge orders Biogen to turn over MRIs in Tysabri case - February 25, 2006, The Boston Globe
Annual Report on the State of the Profession - November, 2005, PA Law Magazine
A Dose of Denial: The PPA Litigation Story - March 28, 2004, Los Angeles Times
The 30 Most Memorable Cases... - September 16, 2002, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Vets Who Served In Korea File Suit... - December 16, 1999, The Legal Intelligencer
Lawyer Says UPenn Hospital Should Pay - September 29, 1999, The Legal Intelligencer
Weight-Loss Wars - February 15, 1999, U.S. News & World Report
Diet to Death - May 6, 1997, Boston Herald

Books

Dispensing with the Truth: the legal battle over fen-phen - (St. Martin Press, 2001), 400pp. by Alicia Mundy

Pennsylvania Automobile Litigation: Guidelines and Forms for the Trial Lawyer; 3rd Edition - (Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Assoc., 2005), 426pp. by Lutz, Milsop & Winkler


Television

Alex MacDonald, Channel 4 News


Verdicts and Settlements
$18.66 Million - $18.66 Million Med-Mal Judgment Upheld.
$15 Million - Philadelphia Jury Awards $15 Million For Medical Negligence to Child.
$5.5 Million - Roger Jones v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Settled.
$4.1 Million - $4.1 Million Settles Suit Over Pick-Up's Crash with UPS Semi.
$3.8 Million - Arbitrator Awards $3.8 Million in Car-Truck Accident.
$3 Million - $3 Mil. Awarded in All-Terrain Vehicle Accident Case.
$3 Million - $3 Million Verdict in Unsupervised Epilepsy patient who fell in Hospital Bathroom.
$2.5 Million - Young Woman dies in Motor Vehicle Accident Due to Defect in Automobile.
$2.45 Million - Failure to Monitor Blood Pressure Causes Death, Costs Holy Redeemer $2.45 Million.
$2 Million - $2 Mil. Wrongful Death Verdict.
$1.8 Million - Jury Awards Zeldin $1.8 Million in slip and fall case.
$1.25 Million - Jury Awards $1.25 Million in Case man injured on the job by a fork lift.
$1.25 Million - Jury Awards $1.25 Million in Case of Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer.
$1 Million - Trailor Unloading Case Settles for more than $1 Million.
Confidential - 7-figure Settlement, 55-year-old dies infected Stage IV pressure ulcer.
Confidential - Multi-million Settlement, Stowers, et al. v. Daimler Chrysler Corp. et al.
Confidential - Multi-million Settlement, Child Suffered Spinal Cord Injury Following Scoliosis Surgery.
Confidential - Settlement, Client's Vocal Cords Paralyzed.
$825,000 - $825,000 Verdict Awarded to Woman for Damaged Voice.
$750,000 - $750,000 Verdict In Suit Alleging Failure to Diagnose Brain Bleed.
$600,000 - Man's Constant Tooth Pain Enough To Uphold $600K Verdict, Judge Says.
$175,000 - Jury Awards $175,000 in Medical Malpractice Case.
Settled - Cancer Victim's Family Settles Out of Court.
Settled - Medical Malpractice Case Settled in Montgomery County for a Confidential Amount.
PPCIGA Ruling - Pleas Judge: Can't Withhold Settlement Until Similar Case is Decided.
Samaritan Ruling - Good Samaritan Laws Apply to Homeowners, Court Rules.
Verdict In Favor - ER Attorneys Win Medical Malpractice Trial for Stroke Victim.

Seminars

Wrongful Death Cases & Minors' Actions -- Providing Damages & Settlement Approval - June 2 2006, presented at Hilton Garden Inn, Center City, Philadelphia

Litigation Forum -- Electronic Discovery: Best Practices & Evolving Law - June 2001, presented at Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Class Actions and Mass Tort Claims - June 2001, presented at Boston Bar Association (BBA), Boston, MA

Trial Advocacy Workshop, Computerized Demonstrative Evidence in The 'Paperless' Trial - June 2001, presented at MCLE, Boston, MA

Mass Tort: Scientific Evidence & Causation - May 2001, presented at Mealey's, West Palm Beach, FL

Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Litigation: The Early Evidence of Liability - March 2001, presented at Mealy's PPA Conference, Philadelphia, PA

The Trial of a Diet Pill Wrongful Death Case: The Opening Statement and Spoiliation Argument in Estate of Linnen v. AHP - September 2000, presented at MDL-sponsored seminar, New Orleans, LA

Fen-Phen Litigation: The MDL's Best Liability Documents, and Videotaped Experts - September 2000, presented at MDL-sponsored seminar, Las Vegas, NV

Trial Advocacy Workshop, Computerized Demonstrative Evidence in a Pharmaceutical Trial - August 2000, presented at MCLE, Boston, MA

Phentermine Science Seminar - July 29-Aug 2, 2000, presented at ATLA

Fen-Phen Trial Strategies Conference - March 2000, presented at Mealey's, Philadelphia, PA

Examination of the Corporate Liability Witnesses in a Diet Pill Case - July 1999, presented at ATLA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Fen-Phen Litigation Conference - April 1999, presented at Mealey's Conference, West Palm Beach, FL

Litigating Fen-Phen Cases: The AHP Corporate Structure - October 1998, presented at Mealey's Fen-Phen Litigation Seminar, Las Vegas, NV

Fen-Phen and Redux Diet Pills - The Next Wave of Tort Litigation - June 1998, presented at ATLA, Washington, DC

MCLE Personal Injury Conference '98: False Arrest and § 1983 Civil Rights Litigation - May 1998, presented at MCLE, Boston, MA

Liability of AHP in PPH Litigation: Fen-Phen Convention - March 1998, presented at Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Atlanta, GA

Fen-Phen and Redux Litigation: The Lessons of Linnen v. AHP - January 1998, presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), Boston, MA

Diet Pills and Pulmonary Hypertension: Linnen v. AHP The Early Evidence of AHP's Liability - January 1998, presented at Mealey's, Los Angeles, CA



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