Charles Hehmeyer
About Charles Hehmeyer
For more than thirty-five years, Chuck Hehmeyer has maintained a national practice representing both children and adults in a broad array of medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. He is the only lawyer in the country who regularly represents families of children who have suffered avoidable injuries from metabolic diseases, inborn errors of metabolism, and other genetic conditions. He also represents clients in serious trucking and motor vehicle crash cases, including cases involving gun violence. Chuck graduated from Ohio State University and earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to joining Berman & Simmons, he was a partner at Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer in Philadelphia, where he managed a highly respected medical malpractice legal team. He has served as lead counsel in significant cases in 24 states nationwide and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. His recognitions include Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Chambers USA, and Benchmark Litigation Top 50.
Notable case results
A federal jury in Pennsylvania awarded $25 million to Travis Sweigart after a tractor-trailer driver turned left across his path at the exit of Interstate 176, crushing Sweigart's pelvis and leaving him with injuries the treating surgeon described as unquestionably the worst pelvic fracture he had ever seen.
Unanimous jury verdict for catastrophic injuries from a motorcycle accident caused by a tractor-trailer driver
In a truck crash case (largest personal injury recovery in Maine history)
Medical malpractice verdict co-secured for a man left permanently paralyzed (record non-death med-mal award in Maine)
For the death of a child from an incorrect GI diagnosis
For delay in diagnosis of a genetic disease that caused a brain injury
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
