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About Reena Pushpangadan
As both a registered nurse and licensed attorney, Reena D. Pushpangadan brings empathy and a deep knowledge of medical and legal issues to her role as an associate in the Intake Department at Kline & Specter. As part of the Intake team, Pushpangadan communicates with prospective clients and assesses their potential claims. She researches legal and medical matters and directs viable claims to the partners for review. She knows what questions to ask potential clients, advises and is compassionate regarding their issues and concerns. A graduate of Widener University School of Law, Pushpangadan spent a decade in nursing in some of Philadelphia's busiest hospitals prior to pursuing a law degree.
After graduating from Temple University School of Nursing, she started her first position as a registered nurse at Temple University Hospital, a level-1 trauma center working in the Emergency Department. She continued her career in Interventional Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson Health's Wills Eye ED and as a Nursing Supervisor for Crozer Keystone Health System. Prior to joining Kline & Specter, Pushpangadan worked at several prominent personal injury firms, as well as a defense firm, giving her experience on both sides of the courtroom. She worked as a plaintiffs' workers' compensation associate where she represented injured workers in various venues in northern and central New Jersey.
Pushpangadan is licensed to practice in New Jersey and holds active registered nurse licenses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is a member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) and The New Jersey Association for Justice. In 2021, she was recognized by the independent survey group Super Lawyers as a Rising Star. A life-long Philadelphian, she loves the city and its people.
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.
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