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$122,500 settlement in a personal injury case against a trucking company for injuries sustained by an over-the-road truck driver who suffered a concussion and facial contusions when a semi-tractor trailer failed to yield the right of way on a state highway. The plaintiff was off work for several months due to his injuries.

$250,000 policy limits settlement for a motorist’s failure to maintain a proper lookout. The plaintiff suffered a knee injury that required surgery.

$305,000 settlement in a personal injury case involving a motorist who was slowing due to traffic on the interstate was rear-ended by a car and subsequently underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and a later arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus.

$300,000 settlement for a motorist’s failure to maintain control of her vehicle. The defendant’s vehicle penetrated the exterior wall of a restaurant resulting in blunt force trauma to the plaintiff.

$2.750 million settlement for negligent operation of a commercial vehicle in connection with a trucker’s failure to take timely and appropriate evasive action. The plaintiff sustained multiple serious injuries including a traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures.

$250,000 settlement for a work truck’s failure to drive at a safe speed on icy road conditions. The plaintiff suffered injuries to her neck, back and shoulder and had to undergo shoulder surgery.

$460,000 settlement for negligent supervision of a minor child. The plaintiff was struck by a bicycle while crossing a road resulting in a traumatic brain injury.

$194,500 settlement in a pharmacy negligence case against a pharmacy compounding laboratory that compounded a medication used in cataract surgery. The plaintiff developed fungal endophthalmitis in her eye that caused a significant eye injury.

Confidential settlement of Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”) claim in connection with the negligence of a railroad. The plaintiff suffered amputations that ended his career as a railroad employee.

$515,000 settlement for medical malpractice for a hospital’s failure to timely diagnose and treat pressure ulcers resulting in infection and subsequent death. The adult children of the decedent retained the Sweeney Law Firm to pursue a claim for wrongful death.

$1.087 million settlement for medical malpractice for a hospital’s negligence in connection with the failure to monitor the placement of a PEG tube. The patient developed peritonitis and sepsis and subsequently died as a result of the malpractice. The plaintiff’s spouse retained Sweeney Law Firm to pursue a claim for wrongful death.

$837,000 settlement for medical malpractice for a physician’s negligent failure to rule out the migration of an IVC filter that caused abdominal perforation and bleeding resulting in death. The plaintiff’s spouse retained the Sweeney Law Firm to pursue a claim for wrongful death.