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Super. Ct. rebuffs bid to minimize wrongful death recovery
Decedent’s mother, who is mentally disabled, was unable to testify eloquently at trial about the effect of losing her daughter. Her disability also limited the amount of contact she had been able to have with her daughter. Defendants argued that her testimony was insufficient to support the amount the jury awarded under the Wrongful Death Act and the trial court agreed, granting a new trial.
Man Sues Over Drunken Driving Texting Crash
Kevin Lepka, of Railroad Avenue, claims he suffered serious neck and back injuries after his 1992 Jeep was struck by a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Michelle Marko, of Garfield Street, Nanticoke, on Dec. 31, 2011.
Police: Michelle Marko was drunk and texting when she hit Kevin Lepka’s vehicle
A Lackawanna County man is seeking $100,000 plus interest and damages from a Nanticoke woman who was drunk and texting when she rear-ended his vehicle on the Cross Valley Expressway two years ago today, according to papers filed Monday in Luzerne County Court. Kevin Lepka, of 316 Railroad Ave., Scranton, is suing Michelle Marko of 331 Garfield St., Nanticoke, as well as her insurers, in connection with the Dec. 31, 2011, crash which left Lepka severely injured, according to his lawsuit.
$3.1 Million Verdict for Wrongful Death
Just recently Attorney Pisanchyn and The Pisanchyn Law Firm made headlines with our Wrongful Death case against a local Group Home. The group home, Hope Enterprises Inc., failed to take a mentally challenged resident, Barbara Maines, to the hospital for treatment after she was involved in a collision. Barbie suffered a liver laceration as a [...]
‘Outrageous’ conduct nets $3M verdict
A Luzerne County jury Thursday awarded more than $3 million in damages to the family of a developmentally disabled woman who died after workers at a group home failed to get her treatment for injuries she sustained in a car crash.
Deadly cover-up costs nonprofit $3M
A Williamsport-based nonprofit that provides the mentally disabled with a variety of services, including facilities in Snyder and Union counties, has been ordered by a Luzerne County jury to pay $3 million to the family of a 32-year-old mentally-disabled woman who died at Geisinger Medical Center two days after a vehicle crash in Bloomsburg.
Family will receive $4M after woman under group home’s care dies
James Halpin, Staff Writer Mar 16, 2015 The family of a developmentally disabled woman who died after workers at a Berwick group home failed to get her treatment for injuries she sustained in a car crash will soon receive about $4 million plus a new trial that could equate to millions more in damages, according [...]
Pisanchyn Law Firm in the News
The Pisanchyn Law Firm made the front page again when its attorneys were honored by the Pennsylvania Bar Association for giving back to the community. The attorneys were featured on the front page of the Pennsylvania Bar Newspaper earlier this month. Pictured from Left are Pisanchyn Law Firm attorneys Lee Albright, Douglas Yazinski, and Andrew [...]
Hope Enterprises sued for $600M+
February 5, 2013- A lawsuit filed Jan. 22 in Luzerne County court claims that a Hope Enterprises Inc. caretaker is to blame for the choking death of a 30-year-old Williamsport man in January 2011 and asks the jury to award the man’s mother more than $600 million in damages from the caretaking agency.
Pittston man sues after being struck by truck
June 11, 2013, WILKES-BARRE – A Pittston man has filed a lawsuit against an Archbald paving company after he was reportedly struck by a dump truck in 2011.
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