Courthouse during the Blumer trial. Next to him is the
statute of the late Pittsburgh Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri.
Some of Kline & Specter’s biggest cases have been litigated in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.
In 2009, the firm went up against a major corporation and won an $8.75 million jury verdict against the Ford Motor Co. and a local auto dealership in Allegheny County for the family of a 43-year-old Pittsburgh tow truck operator who was killed when the defective parking brake on his truck gave way and he was crushed by his own vehicle. (See news coverage of The Blumer Case)
Kline & Specter had won previous verdicts in Nevada against Ford of $153 million and $52 million in a similar case involving a defective parking brake in which a young boy was killed. (See stories) Both cases were chronicled in the book Bad Brake. (2012, Camino Books -- Learn more about the book)
In other Allegheny County cases, Kline & Specter won the largest medical malpractice verdict in Allegheny County history with a $7.8 million award for a 4-year-old boy who suffered cerebral palsy as a result of a birth injury. (News coverage)
And in 2007, the firm won a jury verdict for $1.2 million in damages in the premises liability case of a woman killed when a roof collapsed at a ride at the Kennywood amusement park. Later, in 2010, as the jury phase for liability and punitive damages was to proceed, the case settled for nearly $2 million. (Read about the case)
In its latest case in Allegheny County, Kline & Specter filed suit in a highly publicized tragedy in which an Irwin woman was killed after she was struck by falling electric lines outside her home. Carrie Goretzka burned as her horrified young children and mother-in-law watched. Kline & Specter not only filed suit over the 2009 incident but also demanded corrective action by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in ensuring that Allegheny Energy and other utilities properly train workers in the installation and maintenance of power lines. (Read about The Goretzka Case)
Kline & Specter has also had many cases in Allegheny County that ended in confidential settlements before the matters reached trial.
The law firm has some 30 attorneys, several of whom are also doctors, who are highly skilled and experienced in handling Pittsburgh area personal injury cases, including (but not limited to), medical malpractice, auto accidents, product liability, premises liability, workplace and construction injuries, slip and fall accidents, pharmaceutical side effects and medical device defects and civil rights. The firm also assists in whistleblower cases. (Visit our whistleblower website)
If you or someone you love suffered injury or death in a personal injury case in Allegheny County, you should contact an Allegheny County lawyer today.
Call for a free evaluation of your case if you live in or near Allegheny County communities including Pittsburgh, Baldwin, Bethel Park, Elizabeth, Franklin Park, Hampton, Harrison, Jefferson Hills, McCandless, Monroeville, Moon, Mount Lebanon, North Fayette, North Versailles, Penn Hills, Plum, Ross, Shaler, Upper St. Clair, West Mifflin or Wilkinsburg.
Kline & Specter also handles cases in counties surrounding Allegheny County, including Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
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