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About Nicholas DiCello
Nicholas A. DiCello joined Spangenberg Shibley & Liber in 2004 after clerking for Senior Judge John M. Manos in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice, law enforcement misconduct, car and truck crash cases, and insurance coverage disputes. A former Division I collegiate and professional soccer player who won the 1998-1999 NPSL championship with the Cleveland Crunch, Nick brings the same competitive drive to litigation.
He has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts for his clients, including a $17.675 million wrongful death verdict against a nursing home and a $18.5 million wrongful death settlement against a hospital. He is a frequent speaker on trial practice throughout Ohio and nationally, and currently serves as President of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. He graduated magna cum laude from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 2002 and is admitted in Ohio state and federal courts and the Sixth Circuit.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
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A federal jury found CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart liable for creating an opioid public nuisance in northeast Ohio, leading to a $650 million abatement judgment, the first of its kind against pharmacy chains in U.S. history.
Hours before opening arguments in the first federal opioid bellwether trial, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in Ohio secured a $260 million settlement from distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, plus manufacturer Teva.
A Hamilton County jury returned a verdict of nearly $28 million against Utilimap Corp. after the firm's inspectors skipped a rotted utility pole that collapsed and killed Duke Energy lineman Keith Jester in 2014.
A window washer for Euclid Cleaning Contractors fell thirty feet to his death while cleaning windows at a Cleveland-area high school when a cotton safety strap made in 1962 broke. His widow sued the employer for an intentional tort, and a Cuyahoga County jury returned a $550,000 verdict in 1994. The Eighth District affirmed in 1995.
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