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About Cheyanne Cope
Cheyanne Cope is a relentless advocate for her clients who knew from an early age she wanted to be a plaintiffs lawyer. Her desire to represent injured clients stemmed from a near-tragedy in her childhood when a defective display hook at a department store pierced her face and nearly damaged her eye and brain. A good samaritan's intervention prevented more serious injury, which inspired her commitment to helping others hurt by dangerous products and others' negligence. At Kline & Specter, Cope handles products liability and medical malpractice cases.
She is currently heavily involved in several lawsuits against Panera for injuries caused by their Charged Lemonade energy drink. Those lawsuits have received widespread media coverage and led to Panera removing the drink from its menu. Cope brings relentless drive and deep empathy to her cases. She joined Kline & Specter while attending Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where she received numerous academic awards, including best student performance in Torts, Patents, Criminal Law, and Litigation Drafting.
She was a member of the school's nationally recognized Trial Team, where she won Best Cross Examination in the Queens County DA Trial Team Competition. Before becoming an attorney, Cope served as a law clerk while in law school. She was also a Flint Water Crisis Volunteer, making several trips to Flint, Michigan to help deliver clean water to residents facing an unprecedented lead poisoning crisis.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Kline & Specter, PC
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A Philadelphia jury found that Monsanto failed to warn that Roundup could cause cancer and awarded John McKivison $2.25 billion. The trial judge later reduced the award to $400 million.
After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight and injuring more than 200, Kline & Specter's Thomas R. Kline led the plaintiffs' negotiations that produced a $265 million settlement fund for the victims.
A Philadelphia jury found the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania liable for the brain injury a newborn suffered when staff delayed a cesarean section, a $182.7 million verdict that grew to a molded judgment of about $207.6 million, the largest medical malpractice award in Pennsylvania history. Kline & Specter argued and won the appeal, where the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the full $207.6 million judgment in July 2025.
A Philadelphia jury awarded Ernest Caranci $175 million after finding that decades of Roundup use caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma and that Monsanto failed to warn of the risk. Kline & Specter tried the case, the first Roundup trial in Philadelphia, and the verdict was later upheld on appeal.
A federal jury in Nevada found Ford's pickup parking brake defective and held that the company should have warned owners, returning a verdict near $153 million after three-year-old Walter White was killed by a truck that rolled in the family driveway. Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter tried the case.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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