Joseph O'Neill

After suffering severe chemical burns and painful rashes from using Old Spice deodorant, Plaintiffs last week filed a class-action lawsuit seeking over $5 million in damages from Proctor & Gamble, the makers of Old Spice products.

Posted on April 1, 2016 in News

In April, a Philadelphia jury awarded Andrea Tate, 57, $44.1 million dollars in her case against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania—the largest verdict reported in the state of Pennsylvania this year.

Posted on May 17, 2016 in News

1. Lesson: Vet and Screen Your (And Your Opponent’s) Experts “From depositions I got from other cases [the opposing expert] handled, I got him to admit he lied to the jury when he said he was a safety expert, as I had a deposition from a month before where he specifically stated he was not

Posted on June 7, 2016 in Working with Experts

This article presents how the application of security and onboard vehicle camera videos may be applied to traffic collision reconstruction. Several real-world examples are used to illustrate how images, even with poor quality, may be used to supplement conventional traffic collision reconstruction methodology. Finding a security camera in the area does not necessarily imply the

Posted on January 26, 2017 in Uncategorized

On July 1st, a jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas returned a $70 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson. This was for failing to warn of the risks of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal; which has been linked to the development of female breasts in male patients. Jason Itkin of Arnold & Itkin LLP.

Posted on July 19, 2016 in News

On August 31st, a jury in Dallas awarded a $19.7 million verdict against Dr. Jennifer Marye Burris and Acute Surgical Care Specialists PLLC of Plano, Texas over the death of Katina Clark (29). She was left without oxygen for 35 minutes after her breathing tube was dislodged by hospital staff. The verdict was awarded to

Posted on September 13, 2016 in News

Coming on the heels of a 2014 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that linked the active ingredient of viagra, sildenafil, and an 84% increase in the risk of developing melanoma, a number of lawsuits have been filed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Now, the MDL is expected to swell with an estimated 500-1,000 individual suits.

Posted on October 4, 2016 in News

On October 14th, a Bridgeport Connecticut jury awarded plaintiff Virginia Schneider $24.9 million dollars for a 2009 incident in which doctors failed to provide timely treatment of a blood clot in her leg, forcing her to undergo an amputation below the knee at age 18. The award consisted of nearly $20.7 million dollars for pain

Posted on October 25, 2016 in News

A New York personal injury firm secured a $7.75 million settlement in favor of plaintiffs Thomas and Linda Taylor. They were involved in a life-changing snowmobile accident in Saranac Lake, NY. The plaintiffs were represented by Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf. Thomas Taylor was killed

Posted on November 1, 2016 in News

Last Thursday, a federal jury in Dallas handed down a $1 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division for defects in its line of Pinnacle artificial hips, marking the second major verdict against the company’s metal-on-metal hip replacement system. The jury concluded that Johnson & Johnson knew that the devices were defective, and

Posted on December 6, 2016 in News