Verdicts & Settlements
CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE.$969,000: Jury award for man electrocuted while changing a light bulb
The family of a man electrocuted five years ago while changing a light bulb in the former Trane Co. building' In Dunmore was awarded $969,000 Friday by a Lackawanna County jury. The money will go to Mary Dalykas, Deacon Hill Road, RD 4, Lake Ariel and her three children because of the death of Donald Dalykas, 84, on April 13, 1993.
$950,000: Settlement on behalf of the family of a teenager killed in an automobile crash.
Scranton, Pennsylvania - May 1, 2007 - Attorney Daniel W. Munley, a partner in the law firm of Munley, Munley & Cartwright, recently negotiated a $950,000.00 settlement on behalf of the family of a teenager killed in an automobile crash in 2001.
$850,000: Massachusetts-based trucking company and its driver agreeing to pay an $850,000 settlement
Scranton, PA (September 2001) - A 2001 accident on I-81 in Luzerne County has resulted in a Massachusetts-based trucking company and its driver agreeing to pay an $850,000 settlement. The recipient of the award, Robert Reed of Irving, Texas, was driving his motorcycle at the time of the crash.
$750,000.00: Settlement for truck driver with multiple rotator cuff surgeries. Click here for more information.
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$700,000: Settlement for truck driver who was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer and sustained herniated discs requiring surgery.
$700,000: Jury verdict against a hospital for the fall of an 89 year old woman in their care
Munley, Munley & Cartwright, P.C. is pleased to announce that Attorney Daniel W. Munley received a $700,000 verdict in Lehigh Valley on May 4, 1999 before the Honorable Lawrence Brenner. During the course of the trial, the jury heard the facts of the case as follows.
$600,000: Settlement for medical malpractice.
CMC to pay $600G in death of 92-year-old woman Community Medical Center will pay $600,000 to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the children of a 92-year-old Dunmore woman who died after she was allegedly strangulated in the restraining vest nurses put on her.
$600,000: Settlement for death of 92-year-old woman strangulated in a restraining vest
Community Medical Center will pay $600,000 to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the children of a 92-year-old Dunmore woman who died after she was allegedly strangulated in the restraining vest nurses put on her.
$700,000 : $700,000 Elder Care Nursing Home Case
Munley, Munley & Cartwright, P.C. is pleased to announce that Attorney Daniel W. Munley received a $700,000 verdict in Lehigh Valley on May 4, 1999 before the Honorable Lawrence Brenner. During the course of the trial, the jury heard the facts of the case as follows.
$540,000: Bench award for 2 boys killed on railroad tracks when their ATV got stuck
U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo on Friday awarded $540,000 to the parents of two Scranton brothers killed by a Steamtown excursion train nearly four years ago. The ruling superseded an advisory jury's finding in January that the parents were not entitled to any damages because the youths were trespassers on the property where they were killed.
$400,000: Jury verdict for a plumber burned in a gasoline explosion while working on a sewer line.
A jury awarded $400,000 Friday to a Scranton plumber who was burned badly four years ago when gasoline exploded In a sewer line. The verdict was a record high for a personal injury, case in Lackawanna County Court. The judgment was made against Peerless Petroleum Co., owned by Sheldon Friedman of Clark's Summit, and me Scranton sewer Authority.
$400,000: Jury award to a man seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision
A Lackawanna County jury returned a verdict of $400,000.00 regarding a motor vehicle collision on Wednesday after a three day trial before the Honorable Trish Corbett. The case arose when a triaxle dump truck struck the plaintiff Robert Parry from behind while Mr. Parry was stopped on Keyser Avenue, Scranton. On August 9, 1999 Defendant driver Russell Whitman admitted the crash occurred after he took his eyes off the road and drove into the back of Mr. Parry's vehicle at between 10 and 15 mph.
$400,000: Jury award for Shavertown man's neck injuries
The (Wilkes-Barre) Times-Leader, November 17, 2006
WILKES-BARRE - A Luzerne County jury took about two hours Thursday to award a Shavertown man $400,000 for injuries he suffered in a car crash in Kingston Township more than four years ago.
$379,000: 9-11 Victims Fund Award (Volunteer Services by Atty. Julia K. Munley)
$350,000: Jury verdict for patient who fell from gurney in medical complex.
Attorney Matthew A. Cartwright represented Louis Tabone in a 4 day civil jury trial in Luzerne County, which resulted in an award of $350,000.00 and with the applicable interest, the total could exceed $473,000.00.
$350,000: Woman awarded $350K for injuries.
A Shavertown woman was awarded $350,000 for injuries she suffered when the vehicle she and her husband were driving was pushed into a curb by another vehicle near Marshalls Creek in 2001. Nicole D'Angelo veered into the Lawsons' lane of travel and pushed their vehicle into a curb.
$325,000: Settlement for our clients hit by drunk driver who went into clients' lane of travel and hit head on - neck & back injuries
$300,000: Jury verdict against an area nightclub in attack by bouncers on patron.
Wilkes-Barre - Jurors early Thursday evening awarded John Shovlin $300,000 for an attack by several bouncers from the Woodlands Inn & Resort.
$300,000: Lycoming County Jury Award to policeman struck and injured by drunk driver.
$275,000: Jury verdict for a woman broadsided on a country road
A $275,000 damage award and two rulings for the defense were among the verdicts reached by Lackawanna County juries following trials during the current term of civil court.
$158,500: Jury verdict for MTBE underground storage tank spill contamination.
A Luzerne County jury on Thursday awarded a couple $158,000 for damages their property sustained from a gasoline spill in Lehman Township. Martin and Louise Montigney were awarded the damages from George Maculloch, the owner of the station that caused the gasoline spill.
$150,000: Attorney Marion Munley wins verdict over AIDS scare
Scranton, Pennsylvania - December 21, 2004 - In a verdict handed out on Friday, December 16, a subcontracted nurse who had been treating a patient affiliated with Hospice St. John, has received compensation for emotional distress after being pricked with a needle that had been used on her patient. The nurse was unaware that her patient, who passed away shortly after the incident, had AIDS.
$125,000: Settlement for a woman who was rear-ended in Luzerne County.
In June of 2005, Ms. Munley was representing a woman who had been rear-ended in Luzerne County. The Defendant Harry Panetta who rear-ended our client was also insured by Allstate. Our client had suffered soft tissue injuries.
$65,000: Jury verdict for a woman who was rear-ended in Wayne County.
Attorney Julia K. Munley has been successful in achieving exceptional results for our clients against Allstate Insurance Company. In 2004, she represented a woman who was rear-ended in Wayne County, by the Defendant Patricia Loisele who was insured by Allstate.
$40,000: Settlement for a woman who was rear-ended in Luzerne County.
In October, 2004, Ms. Munley represented a woman who was rear-ended. The Defendant Ingo Anghel was also insured by Allstate Insurance Company. Our client had selected the limited tort option on her own auto insurance policy which requires an individual to have a serious impairment of a bodily function in order to be compensated for pain and suffering, otherwise she is limited to economic damages.
