Recent Verdicts

Tobacco Litigation:

Attorneys Greg Prysock, Keith Mitnik, Joesph Taraska, and Katy Massa recovered a $40 million tobacco litigation verdict on behalf of the husband and daughter of a woman who died after smoking two packs of cigarettes a day for 36 years.

Medical Malpractice:

Attorneys Joseph Taraska and Scott Noecker obtained a $28,000,000.00 verdict on behalf of a woman who was rendered incontinent by medical malpractice. The case was subsequently settled.

Defective Product:

Attorneys Joseph Taraska and Scott Noecker obtained a $13,338,606.00 verdict against Janssen and Alza Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for a defective pharmaceutical product resulting in the death of a young mother.

Medical Malpractice:

Attorney Joseph Taraska obtained a $6,224,085.00 verdict and settlement for mismanaged blood pressure causing a stroke.

Product Liability:

Attorneys Joseph Taraska, Paul Byron and John Overchuck, obtained a $3,253,400.00 verdict for failure of an electricial company to protect an electrical outlet, causing death.

Medical Malpractice:

Attorneys Joseph Taraska and Karen Wasson obtained a $1,275,000.00 verdict and settlement for a cardiac cath procedure which caused a heart attack and subsequent loss of heart function.