Carolyn Chopko
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About Carolyn Chopko
Carolyn (Carey) Chopko represents individuals and families catastrophically injured by birth and neonatal/pediatric negligence, as well as general medical negligence. She has secured several multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements throughout the region and across the country against obstetricians, pediatricians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Before law school, Carey earned a nursing degree from Villanova University and served eight years as an officer in the United States Navy Nurse Corps. She was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer from 2013 to 2016 and every year since 2023, and a Pennsylvania Rising Star from 2007 to 2012. Carey obtained her law degree from Villanova University School of Law.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
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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.
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Memorial Medical Center liable for a newborn's severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy after the hospital's outdated, unmaintained ultrasound equipment led a physician to incorrectly declare the baby dead, delaying an emergency cesarean section by 81 minutes.
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.
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.
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