Verdicts & Settlements

Millions of dollars awarded for clients of MANSMANN & MOORE, LLP

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• $550,000 settlement for work related accident wherein a wire cable failed resulting in serious bodily injury to our client. A third party case against another subcontractor was filed and eventually settled. Venue: Westmoreland County, PA.
• $1.2 million dollar settlement for a wrongful death action involving a serious accident that occurred on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• $1.0 million dollar settlement for the negligent misrepresentation of a food product. The food product contained seafood which was improperly labeled which then resulted in an acute allergic reaction in decedent-plaintiff. The case settled for the insurer's policy limits prior to trial. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• $275,000 settlement for an Underinsured Motorist Claim. M&M became involved after the minor's parents had obtained a settlement of policy limits of the underlying bodily injury coverage.
• Confidential Settlement: Civil Rights (Section 1983) case involving excessive force wherein a police officer fired upon and killed plaintiff-decedent. Case settled before trial. Venue: Case filed in United Stated District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.
• Confidential Settlement: Civil Rights (Section 1983) case involving excessive force by a police official on a prisoner in hand cuffs. The case stemmed from officers speaking out about the case and then being subjected to discipline in violation of the First Amendment. Venue: Case filed in United Stated District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.
• Confidential Settlement: Plaintiff struck by Norfolk Southern train in an area where pedestrians regularly cross the railroad tracks. Plaintiff lost his left leg. Case settled prior to the filing of a lawsuit. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• $750,000.00 settlement for a product liability case wherein an airbag failed to deploy thereby causing serious bodily injury to plaintiff. The case settled pre-litigation. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• $225,000.00 settlement for a minor plaintiff who was seriously burned with gasoline while being supervised by a third party. The action was a negligent supervision claim which was settled by the defendant's home owner's insurer.
• $1,715,167.00 million dollar verdict for pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle while nearing his postal box. Our client lost his right leg in the accident. The verdict was rendered in after trial. Venue: Fayette County, PA.
• $1,942,700.00 million dollar verdict for a pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle while changing a tire on the berm of the road. Venue: Washington County, PA.
• $275,000.00 settlement of a floor collapse case in Zanesville, OH. Client suffered lower leg and back injuries.
• Confidential Settlement: Airbag failed to deploy – causing severe and permanent injury to client and family members. Cleveland, OH.
• Confidential Settlement: FELA claim. Railroad employee severely injured via an electrical malfunction. Columbus, OH.
• Confidential Settlement: Jones Act – Deck Hand accident. Client sustained severe leg injury due to a slippery deck on a transport barge. Jefferson County, Ohio.
• Confidential Settlement: Jones Act – Deck Hand accident. Client fell from ladder on a tugboat in the Pittsburgh area. Accident caused by overly worn treads on ladder.
• $700,000 Settlement for a pedestrian struck by a van. Venue: Washington County, PA.
• $250,000 Settlement for an injured client who as a passenger in a car. Settlement totaled both liability and underinsured motorist benefits. Case settled just prior to trial. Venue: Carroll County, Ohio.
• $140,000 Settlement for a retired woman who was injured when her chair collapsed at a college commencement ceremony. Case settled prior to trial: Venue: Armstrong County, PA.
• $100,000 policy limits settlement after long contentious pre-trial discovery period wherein a driver struck our client while under the influence of "Ecstasy".
• $250,000 underinsured settlement of policy limits prior to trial for an auto accident. Venue: Washington County, PA.
• $1,842,000 million dollar verdict for a wrongful death accident that occurred in Texas. All parties were sued in federal court in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The verdict was rendered after trial. Venue: Western District of Pennsylvania, Federal Court.
• $660,000 verdict in an Underinsured Motorist Arbitration case. Client was involved in an accident which resulted in a significant wage loss which was the subject of the litigation. Venue: Westmoreland County.
• Confidential Settlement wherein an elderly couple living in HUD housing were forced to use their gas powered oven to provide heat due to chronic heating failures at their building. The couple sustained serious injuries because of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The case settled prior to trial. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• $142,500 settlement for chair collapse at a restaurant. Chair collapsed on client and he sustained various fractures and back injuries. Case settled prior to trial. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• $800,000 settlement regarding a disputed liability case involving the issue of whether brakes were operating correctly in defendant truck. Client was rear-ended and sustained critical injuries. Venue: Allegheny County, PA.
• ERISA/LONG-TERM DISABILTY SETTLEMENTS: Mansmann and Moore regularly files suit for clients in Federal Court to enforce ERISA – LTD policies. The cases typically are either litigated before the court on legal issues or are settled via a lump sum. All lump sum settlements have been confidential and thus cannot be listed herein. Post-Litigation Settlements & Verdicts range from $20,000 to well in excess of $750,000.00 and most settle before trial in the Federal District Courts.
• SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY APPEALS: Mansmann and Moore attorneys have tried and prosecuted thousands of Social Security Disability cases for clients from Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia before the Office of Hearings and Appeals. Our attorneys have successfully tried hundreds of cases before administrative law judges wherein our clients have been awarded their benefits with our assistance.