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About Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is a Philadelphia-based personal injury firm founded in the 1980s that represents victims of catastrophic injury in medical malpractice, birth injury, motor vehicle accidents, defective products, construction accidents, and sexual abuse cases throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the United States. The firm has secured some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Pennsylvania and New Jersey history.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig

$160 millionSettlement

A $160 million settlement -- the largest pre-verdict settlement in Pennsylvania court history -- resolved claims against U-Haul after an overfilled propane tank exploded at a North Philadelphia food truck, killing a mother and her teenage daughter and severely burning three others.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$78.5 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia jury found Pottstown Memorial Medical Center liable for a newborn's severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy after the hospital's outdated, unmaintained ultrasound equipment led a physician to incorrectly declare the baby dead, delaying an emergency cesarean section by 81 minutes.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2012Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$50 millionSettlement

Feldman Shepherd secured a combined $50 million settlement from IKEA on behalf of three families whose toddler sons were fatally crushed by MALM dressers, a result that preceded a nationwide recall of approximately 29 million chests and dressers.

Private mediation (JAMS) · 2016Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$46 millionSettlement

Alan Feldman of Feldman Shepherd secured a $46 million settlement against IKEA on behalf of the family of a 2-year-old boy crushed by a MALM dresser in California, reported at the time as the largest child wrongful-death settlement in U.S. history.

Private mediation · 2020Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$26.1 millionSettlement

Feldman Shepherd secured a $26.1 million settlement for the family of a man killed and a husband left with a traumatic brain injury when a tractor-trailer hit stopped traffic on Interstate 80 at more than 70 mph.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2012Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$17 millionVerdict

A Monmouth County jury awarded $17 million in October 2017 to a Wall Township family whose seven-year-old daughter suffered permanent brain damage in 2008 after a pediatric pulmonologist removed her from a ventilator before she was weaned off sedation and no one confirmed she was breathing on her own. The case was tried by Paul A. Lauricella of McLaughlin & Lauricella, P.C., the firm whose lawyers joined Feldman Shepherd in 2024.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County · 2017Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$15.57 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia jury held J.B. Hunt Transport 40% liable for catastrophic injuries to a roadside pedestrian after finding the freight broker failed to screen its independent-contractor driver, who was operating with a blood alcohol level more than four times the commercial legal limit.

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania · 2017Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$10 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia civil jury awarded Khanefah Boozer $10 million after finding that Officer Ryan Waltman maliciously prosecuted him for a shooting Boozer did not commit, leaving him imprisoned for more than three years.

Philadelphia (civil court) · 2018Read the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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