George Twardy | Philadelphia Accident & Injury Lawyer

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS $22,500.00 – Settlement before arbitration with School District Municipality for failure to properly maintain dangerous sidewalk and sewer inlet which caused sixty seven (67) year old woman to trip and fall down to the ground onto her left knee and suffer a contusion/sprain and aggravation of degenerative arthritis while walking to the store with her grandchildren. $120,000.00 - Settlement before trial for fractured left ankle requiring surgery, including the insertion of plates and screws, for forty seven (47) year old female bartender who tripped and fell at night while walking home from work when she unknowingly stepped into a conspicuous one foot deep hole covered by grass directly adjacent to the pathway/sidewalk of an multi-unit apartment house. $275,000.00 – Trial verdict – Against driver of other vehicle and major insurance carrier for eighteen (18) year old female passenger of a motor vehicle who was struck head-on and fractured both wrists. $158,531.35 – Trial verdict – Against public transportation company when its driver lost control of its bus and broadside sixty eight (68) year old male driver of an SUV. The driver incurred direct impact to his left side and chest and sustained neck and low back strains and sprains along with cardiac angina symptoms, mimicking a heart attack, and left elbow cubital tunnel syndrome. $400,000.00 – Settlement before trial – Fifty (50) year old dry wall worker who while working on a large apartment rehab project tripped over a power cord used by other subcontractor to supply electrical service to the project, fell fracturing both elbows and was disabled from working in the future in his profession as a drywall contractor. $75,000.00 – Trial verdict – (Montgomery County) – Against Estate of deceased driver of motor vehicle that rear ended fifty (50) year old female delivery person, causing minimal (scratches) to the rear bumper who sustained shoulder rotator cuff tear requiring surgery. Plaintiff did not have surgery performed and had very little lost wages and excess medical bills. $600,000.00 – Trial verdict (Delaware County) – Lifetime HVAC worker was injured on a jobsite, located at a prestigious private high school, when he stepped onto a window well grate that was unknowingly dislodged from its hinge. The grate gave way causing the HVAC worker to fall down into the window well approximately 12 foot deep. The HVAC worker sustained a massive tear to his rotator cuff which even after repair disable the HVAC worker from his career. $1,000,000.00 – Settlement before trail – Against driver and drivers’ corporate employer for injuries to immigrant restaurant waiter’s non-dominant left shoulder resulting in two surgeries and a total shoulder replacement. Plaintiff was the rear passenger a van that was rear ended by another large industrial van. $1,412,000.00 – Settlement before verdict – Construction worker with the Glazier trade sustained a crush fracture injury to his right big toe ultimately resulting in Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome when he was stepping up and unto a large steel beam which fell off its mounting and onto glazier’s foot when attempting to go out through window onto his swing to perform his work on the site. The large steel beam was put into place without being secured by either clamps or tack welding by iron workers who left to go on break. The glazier suffered significant future medical costs and lost wages. $100,000.00 – Settlement – Police officer en-route to a priority call going through a red traffic signal with dome lights and siren activated was struck by another driver who did not yield the approach of the police vehicle. Police officer sustained bi-lateral carpal tunnel syndrome requiring surgery.