Case Examples

Unlawful Pay Practices: Hayes et al. v. XPO Last Mile, Inc.
Sommers Schwartz attorney Matthew Turner is litigating a class action on behalf of current and former employees of XPO Last Mile, Inc.such as drivers or ...
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Confidential $4.375 Million Birth Injury Settlement For Child Who Suffered Severe Brain Injury

Sommers Schwartz attorney Richard Groffsky secured a $4.375 million settlement on behalf of a child who suffered a severe birth-related hypoxic ischemic brain injury. The birth injury lawsuit claimed that fetal heart monitor tracings recorded during labor and delivery showed ...

$4.25 Million Settlement for Failure to Timely Treat Hydrocephalus Resulting in Permanent Brain Damage

Sommers Schwartz attorney Kenneth Watkins secured a confidential $4.25 million settlement for a 35-year-old plaintiff whose severe brain injury was not timely diagnosed. As a result, the man suffered permanent disability and filed a lawsuit against the hospital and professional negligent emergency ...

Confidential $4.25 Million Settlement in Birth Injury Lawsuit Over Untreated Placental Abruption

Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Matthew Curtis obtained a confidential multimillion-dollar settlement for a child who suffered acute hypoxia and ischemia during labor and delivery. According to the complaint, the mother had experienced a placental abruption when she arrived at the defendant hospital. The ...

$3.9 Million Birth Trauma Settlement for Physician’s Failure to Perform Intrauterine Resuscitation and Mitigate Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

Sommers Schwartz attorneys Richard Groffsky and Lisa Esser-Weidenfeller negotiated a $3.9 million settlement for a child who suffered a severe lack of oxygen and blood to his brain during labor and delivery. The birth injury settlement also includes compensation for ...

$3.75 Million Settlement for Infant Who Suffered Brain Injury Due to X-Ray and Treatment Delays

Sommers Schwartz attorney Richard Groffsky secured a $3.75 million settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a minor child. The infant was born with congenital deformities that prevented his trachea, esophagus, and stomach from properly connecting. After an ...

$3.6 million Equal Protection Verdict

Sommers Schwartz attorney Andrew Kochanowski obtained a $3.6 million jury verdict in favor of a Michigan family discriminated against by the exclusionary zoning actions of a city. In this commercial litigation matter, the jury found that the city violated the 14th Amendment's ...

Confidential $3.6 Million Pre-Suit Settlement Involving a Fatal Truck Accident

Sommers Schwartz attorneys Michael J. Cunningham and Matthew C. Curtis recently negotiated a $3.6 million pre-suit settlement for the family of a tractor-trailer operator killed in a fatal crash in the State of Indiana.  The decedent husband and father of two young children was driving his ...

$3.5 Million Settlement for Home-Based Call Center Representatives Over Unpaid “Off the Clock” Hours

Sommers Schwartz attorney Matthew Turner secured a $3.5 million settlement on behalf of nearly 2,800 at-home customer service agents employed by a leading call center services provider. According to the class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs to were required to use the ...

$3.175 Million Settlement for Infant Who Suffered Brain Damage Due to Delayed Delivery

The attorneys at Sommers Schwartz secured a $3.175 million medical malpractice settlement in a birth injury case arising out of the defendant's negligent management of labor and delivery.  Fetal monitor tracings revealed episodes of fetal heart rate decelerations, indicating that ...

$3.1 Million Breach of Contract Verdict for Infringement of Baseball Bat Patent

Sommers Schwartz attorney Andrew Kochanowski secured a $3.0 million verdict against the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in damages for breach of a license agreement along with $3.1 million for patent infringement on behalf of Charles S. Baum of Baum ...
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