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About Brooke I. Kwatny
Brooke I. Kwatny focuses her practice on litigating mass torts, environmental, and toxic torts, representing clients who have been diagnosed with cancer and other health conditions after being exposed to environmental hazards such as asbestos and PFAS. She has a proven track record of fighting for individuals harmed by corporate negligence, defective products, and environmental hazards. Brooke has built a reputation for handling complex cases and has successfully secured tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for her clients. Whether fighting for victims of asbestos exposure, defective medical devices, or harmful pharmaceuticals, Brooke handles cases that require not only legal prowess but also a deep understanding of the technical and scientific issues involved.
When clients hire Brooke, they are typically facing a devastating diagnosis and worry about their physical and financial future. Brooke's clients can rely on her experience, knowing that she will relentlessly advocate for them and hold the powerful corporations who wronged them accountable. Prior to joining Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Brooke represented plaintiffs who developed mesothelioma and lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos, aggressively pursuing the corporations responsible for harming her clients.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky
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The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.
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 Pennsylvania-record $227 million settlement resolved claims brought by 19 victims of the June 2013 Center City building collapse, in which an improperly braced wall fell during demolition and crushed the adjoining Salvation Army thrift store, killing seven people.
A Montgomery County jury awarded the estate of Ellen Gregory Robb $124.26 million in November 2014 against her husband, a former Penn economics professor who killed her in 2006 and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Of the total, $100 million was punitive damages. The proceeds were for the couple's daughter, the estate's beneficiary. The award stood after Robb's post-trial challenge, though collection was limited to his retirement and investment assets.
Four construction workers were killed and more than 30 injured when five floors of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City collapsed in October 2003, leading to what attorneys described as the largest construction-accident settlement in U.S. history at that time.
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