Case Summary: Workplace injuries are often preventable—especially when employers and manufacturers follow basic safety standards. Unfortunately, when dangerous equipment is designed or sold without proper safeguards, the consequences can be life-altering. In a recent case, our client suffered a devastating traumatic amputation while performing a routine task on an industrial machine. Our client was injured ...

$587,500 Recovery for Injury Caused by Defective Printing Press Case Summary: A Philadelphia worker was injured when a component of a printing press unexpectedly dislodged from the machine. Our client suffered herniated discs in his back, which required surgery. The defendant denied liability and contended the worker’s back pain was age-appropriate and the result of ...

$1,500,000 Settlement for Injury Caused by Defective Product Case Summary: Our Central Pennsylvania client settled his lawsuit for $1,500,000 after suffering a workplace injury that resulted in his forearm being amputated. Our firm filed a lawsuit on his behalf against the manufacturers of the machine that injured him. Outcome: The settlement included one defendant agreeing ...

$5 Million Recovery for Scalp Degloving Injury Case Summary: A 29-year-old factory worker and married mother of three children suffered catastrophic injuries when she crawled under an inadequately guarded machine to remove a jam. While she was under the machine working to free the jam, a rotating shaft caught her hair and pulled off most ...

$4 Million Settlement for Drill Press Injury   Cases Summary: A 47-year-old factory worker was severely injured by a drill press when her hair became wrapped around the drill press’s rapidly rotating spindle after she adjusted the controls, dangerously located above the spindle. In the blink of an eye, the worker’s scalp was ripped from ...

Case Summary: Senior Partner, Rick Jurewicz, represented our client who suffered serious burn injuries to her hands, neck, face, and forehead as the result of a residential stove fire. The fire was caused by a leak in the propane shut-off valve, which the  propane company failed to properly install.  The improperly installed shut-off valve allowed ...

Case Summary: Our client tragically lost her life in a residential fire that originated from faulty, unpermitted electrical work performed by an unlicensed electrician. She resided in a second-floor apartment that had no fire escape, only one exit, and no working smoke detectors—all in violation of basic safety standards. These compounding hazards contributed to her ...

$36 Million Recovery for Fatal Workplace Explosion Case Summary: Galfand Berger products liability attorney Richard M. Jurewicz was counsel in a 36 million dollar recovery for victims of a fatal workplace explosion.  The accident occurred when a large steel producing machine exploded, killing one worker, and causing severe burn injuries to two others. Outcome: We recovered ...

Philadelphia products liability attorneys and injury lawyers of Galfand Berger work with clients involved in Philadelphia personal injury and products liability claims.

Products liability lawyers in and injury attorneys in Philadelphia at Galfand Berger provide legal advice to clients involved in Philadelphia personal injury and products liability litigation.

$5.1 Million Settlement for Defective Casting Machine Injury Garnett Et. Al. v. Harman Corporation Case Summary: Four plaintiffs, one of whom was later fatally burned, were pouring over two thousand pounds of molten metal into a die that had been attached to a rotating table of a vertical centrifugal casting machine. The molten metal was ...

Philadelphia Wrongful Death Lawyers Obtain $3 Million Settlement for Widow of Worker Killed On-the-Job Case Summary: Galfand Berger wrongful death lawyers, Richard M. Jurewicz and Henry Yampolsky, obtained a three million dollar settlement in February of 2010 for the widow of Brian Pluck who was killed in a fatal work accident in December 2006.  Despite vigorous denial of ...

$2.4 Million Settlement for U.S. Airways Employee Injured When Deicing Planes Case Summary: A U.S. Airways employee fell 30 feet to the ground and fractured his lumbar vertebrae when the support boom for the deicing equipment he was using broke due to inferior welding. Philadelphia products liability attorney, Richard M. Jurewicz, Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, filed ...

$2.25 Million Settlement for Maintenance Worker in Crane Accident Kronk v. Philadelphia Tramrail Case Summary: Our client was a maintenance worker employed by Victaulic, Co. who fell twenty-five feet from a crane to the ground and suffered multiple fractures. On the day that the accident occurred our client had been tasked with trouble shooting a ...

$2.2 Million Recovery for Injured Factory Worker Case Summary: A fifty-one year old factory worker was severely injured on a coil stacker machine. His torso was trapped and part of his digestive system was cut when the loading bar of the machine pinned him to the machine’s frame. His injuries required several surgeries and a ...

Philadelphia injury attorneys and products liability lawyers of Galfand Berger practice products liability and personal injury law in Philadelphia.

Products liability lawyers and injury attorneys in Philadelphia of Galfand Berger represent clients in Philadelphia personal injury and products liability claims.

$1.6 Million Products Liability Recovery Case Summary: A 46-year-old worker was killed when an industrial work platform detached from a fork truck. The worker was elevated approximately 25 feet above the concrete floor of the warehouse and suffered fatal injuries from the fall. Outcome: Our products liability attorneys in Philadelphia recovered $1.6 million dollar for the ...

$1,400,000 Settlement for Fall by Maintenance Worker Case Summary: The Plaintiff, a father of four young children, was a maintenance technician for a company that made glass container products for the beverage industry.  His job required him to perform preventative maintenance on all equipment and machinery in the plant.  One of the pieces of equipment ...

$1 Million Jury Award for Machine Operator in Spiral Weld Machine Accident Lehman v. Pacific Roller & Die Company Case Summary: Our client was a 48-year-old machine operator employed by a pipe manufacturing company who fell from a spiral weld machine and sustained injury to his back and legs.  On the day of the accident ...

$1 Million Verdict for Machine Operator Injured by Industrial Weld Machine Lehman v. Pacific Roller & Die Co. Case Summary: The plaintiff, a 48 year old machine operator, injured his back and leg in a fall from the  elevated platform of a spiral weld machine.  The machine, which was manufactured by defendants, produced metal pipes, ...

Philadelphia personal injury lawyers at Galfand Berger practice products liability law in Philadelphia, Allentown, Harrisburg, and Reading, Pa.

Philadelphia products liability lawyers and personal injury attorneys of Galfand Berger handle Philadelphia injury and defective design claims.

$937,500 in Delaware Palletizer Accident Wrongful Death Case Garrison v. Mollers North America Inc. and Mollers Machine Fabrik  Case Summary: Our 43-year-old client was working at General Chemical Corporation at the time of the accident that caused his death.  On the date of the accident, our client was in the process of determining why the ...

$850,000 Settlement for Warehouse Worker in Conveyor System Accident Case Summary: Our client was a truck load laborer in a warehouse who was in the process of loading a truck using a conveyor system on the date of the accident.  A back-up on the conveyor system occurred and our client was hit in the back ...

$850,000 Recovery for Foot Crush Injury Case Summary: Our client worked for a manufacturer of steel products. As part of his job, he regularly used a vacuum lift machine. The vacuum lift had two large, suction-like pads, powered by an industrial vacuum. These suction pads lifted and moved heavy steel plates.Our client was operating the ...

Injury attorneys and product liability lawyers in Philadelphia, at Galfand Berger practice products liability and personal injury law in Philadelphia.

$800,000 Settlement for Factory Worker in Paint Applicator Machine Accident Lopez v. FATA Hunter Case Summary: Our client was a 43-year old factory worker who was employed by an aluminum production company.  On the date of the accident, our client was working as a paint line prep coater operator on a prime coater machine.  The ...

Personal injury attorneys in Philadelphia at Galfand Berger provide legal counsel in products liability cases in Philadelphia, Allentown, Harrisburg and Reading Pa.

Philadelphia products liability lawyers and personal injury attorneys of Galfand Berger handle Philadelphia injury claims and products liability litigation.

$550,000 Settlement for Nurse’s Aide in Foot Injury Case Guzzardi v. Pennswood Village Nursing Home Case Summary: Our client was 57-year-old nurses aide who had been independently contracted to provide supplemental care for a resident of defendant Pennswood Village Nursing Home.  On the date of the accident, our client changed the bed linens for her ...

Products liability lawyers and personal injury attorneys in Philadelphia of Galfand Berger handle Philadelphia injury and defective products claims.

$490,000 Recovery for Leg Fracture Case Summary: Our client was a carpenter working at a construction site. He was working near a concrete pour, when a hose from a concrete pump truck whipped around and struck him in the leg. Our client suffered a debilitating injury to his right leg and had to undergo multiple ...

$450,000 Pre-Trial Settlement for Injured Mushroom Farmworker Machine Design Case Summary: Our client, a mushroom farmworker, suffered crush and fracture injuries when his arm was caught and pulled into rotating farm equipment while in the course of his job. We filed suit against the owner of the mushroom farm that provided him with the unsafe ...

$400,000 Recovery in Franklin County for Nerve Damage After Machine Malfunction Case Summary: While monitoring a bread stacking conveyor as part of her job, Galfand Berger’s client lifted a safety hood to make an adjustment to the machine’s stacking mechanism. When the safety hood was raised, the entire machine was supposed to stop, and for ...

Philadelphia personal injury lawyers and products liability attorneys of Galfand Berger advise clients involved in products liability and injury cases in Philadelphia.

$300,000 Settlement for Wire Processing Machine Injury Boltz v. Megomat USA Case Summary: The plaintiff, a 47 year old machine operator, suffered a fracture of her right distal finger while operating a wire processing machine.  The machine, which was manufactured by defendants, cut and stripped wires, then placed brass terminals at the end of the ...

$165,000 Pretrial Settlement for Injury Caused by Defective Machine Design Hand Crush Injury on a Chicken Sexing Machine Pinch Point Case Summary: Our client, a worker in a chicken processing plant, suffered a crush injury to her right wrist while using a chicken sexing machine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Our firm, on behalf of the injured ...

Products liability attorneys and personal injury lawyers in Philadelphia at Galfand Berger handle Philadelphia injury and defective products claims.

$160,000 Pre-trial Settlement for Fractured Wrist caused by Defective / Misassembled Bicycle Case Summary: Our client, a young man, had purchased a new bicycle from a major retailer. As he was riding the bicycle for the first time, the front wheel suddenly detached from the front fork, causing him to fall and suffer a fractured ...

Restaurant Worker Suffers Hand Injury Case Summary: Galfand Berger products liability attorney Richard M. Jurewicz handled a case in which our client, a restaurant worker, suffered significant hand injuries using a defective milkshake machine.  Our client’s hand came in contact with an unguarded agitator when the cup she was holding, while the ingredients in it were being ...

Food Service Worker Suffers Hand Injury on Defective Dough Roller Machine Case Summary: Galfand Berger products liability attorney Richard M. Jurewicz handled a case in which our client, a restaurant worker, suffered a crush injury to the fingers on her left hand when they were caught in the in-running pinch point of the feed rollers on ...

Richard M. Jurewicz, Esquire Obtains One of the Highest Ever Pretrial Wrongful Death Settlements in Pennsylvania According to the Mediator who assisted the parties in reaching a pretrial settlement, Richard M. Jurewicz, Esquire of Galfand Berger LLP secured a confidential settlement for a widow and her two daughters in what is one of the largest ...