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A Columbia County jury awarded $1.5 million to the family of a patient whose pulmonary hemorrhage was allegedly misdiagnosed by a Bloomsburg doctor. The law firm of Dougherty, Leventhal & Price filed a medical malpractice suit on behalf of the family of Bruce Whitmire, 43, against the doctor, Donald A. Remaly, alleging he had mistakenly treated Whitmire for pneumonia.

“What killed him was that he was allowed to bleed into his lungs for three weeks,” said personal injury attorney Patrick Dougherty, who along with Attorney Brian Walsh represented the Whitmires. Whitmire, a truck driver, died on April 10, 2000.

A Columbia County jury found Remaly negligent in his care of Whitmire. It awarded $444,000 in damages to the victim’s family, $5,067 to cover the cost of Whitmire’s funeral and $1,050,933 to compensate for his suffering and mental and physical pain. This represents the largest jury verdict in the history of Columbia County.

A Nanticoke couple has been awarded $1.96 million in a verdict returned by a Luzerne County jury against the Tennessee corporation that operates Dollar General stores. The couple, Joan and Jay Urbanski, was represented by personal injury Attorneys Patrick Dougherty, Joseph Price and Brian Walsh of the DLP law firm. Attorney Price believes the verdict to be a record in Luzerne County for that type of case. It also could go higher as a motion has been filed seeking delay damages against Dollar General.

Mrs. Urbanski, 40, was injured in the fall at a Dollar General Store in Hanover Township on Sept. 4, 2000. She fell after stepping on transparent plastic packaging material that had been left in the store aisle. The jury determined Mrs. Urbanski, a nurse, should receive $862,000 for economic damages, including lost income and the costs of ongoing medical treatment, and $1 million in punitive damages. Her husband was awarded $100,000 for loss of companionship. Dollar General admitted negligence relative to Mrs.Urbanski’s fall, but disputed the extent of her injuries and the diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a nerve disorder resulting from the fall, which disables Mrs. Urbanski. Mr. Price said the case and verdict have a component of deterrence. Attorney Price noted :”We wanted to tell this Tennessee corporation that, if they’re going to have outlets and make profits from people in Northeastern Pennsylvania, then they need to operate safe stores”.

A 57 year old paraplegic who sustained right shoulder injuries while staying at the Holiday Inn Express secured a settlement of $750,000.00 based on the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff, who was represented by Personal injury Attorneys Patrick Dougherty and Brian J Walsh of the DLP Law Firm, suffered a torn bicep tendon, as well as a torn rotator cuff when the safety bar detached from the wall while the plaintiff was alighting from the commode.

As a result of the incident, the plaintiff underwent arthroscopic surgery for his torn rotator cuff. At the time of the incident, the plaintiff was employed by the paralyzed veteran’s association as a wheelchair repair person. Due to the incident, the claimant was deemed totally disabled and was unable to continue his employment.

DLP pursued a theory of liability that the safety rail was inappropriately secured to the bathroom wall. In addition, the complaint filed by DLP alleged that the defendant was negligent for failing to have appropriate inspection measures in place to ensure that the safety rails were properly attached to the wall.

The case settled prior to trial with the plaintiff securing a settlement in the amount of $750,000.00 to compensate for future loss of earning capacity and plaintiff’s pain and suffering.

Personal Injury Attorney, Brian J. Walsh, Esquire of Dougherty, Leventhal & Price, LLP recently obtained board certification through the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Brian is the son of Donald and MaryAnn Walsh and currently resides in Scranton with his wife, Lori, and 2 year old son. Brian obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1995 as well as his Juris Doctorate Degree from the Dickinson School of Law in 1998. Brian has been associated with Dougherty, Leventhal & Price, one of the areas largest personal injury law firms, for the past 5 years where his practice focuses exclusively on representing injured persons in automobile accidents, tractor trailer cases, product liability matters and slip and fall accidents. Brian sees clients at his Moosic and Kingston offices.

Pennsylvania personal injury Attorney Brian Walsh was involved with last year’s Pat Prucell Memorial 5K Run/Walk. The proceeds went towards the Pat Purcell Scholarship Fund which benefits local high school students.

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