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DLP Launches New Truck Accident Web Site
In order to serve and provide information to people injured in serious truck accidents, Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP, DLP has launched a new web site—NEPAtruckaccidentlawyers.com.—The twelve lawyers at DLP have handled numerous serious truck accident cases resulting in significant recoveries for our clients. Recently attorneys Brian Walsh, Jim Wetter and Pat Dougherty obtained a $1.75 million dollar settlement in a trucking case in Lackawanna County.
Personal Injury Attorney, Brian Price, named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
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Jury Awards Driver $693,000.00 Against GMC
A Lackawanna County Jury decided that General Motors Corp. owes a Scranton man $693,000.00 as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
The plaintiff, John Lance, suffered injuries after crashing into a tree while pulling into a driveway. Legal papers filed by personal injury Attorney Joseph Price of the DLP Law Firm alleged that the accident resulted from an improperly installed crank shaft on the plaintiff’s Chevrolet vehicle. The crash resulted in injuries throughout Mr. Lance’s spine that prevented him from working for several years.
The jury award granted $620,000.00 to Mr. Lance for pain and suffering. The remainder of the award was for medical expenses and lost wages.
The Complaint stated that the steering failed because a bolt in the crank shaft’s pulley broke causing the pulley and the harmonic balancer to fall from the front of the engine. A report prepared by General Motors subsequent to the accident appeared to confirm this contention. Attorney Price indicated “The jury was able to decide from the facts presented that there was an obvious flaw with the vehicle. This flaw caused severe injury to my client. I’m pleased that the jury saw this for what it was and issued a verdict in favor of Mr. Lance”.
Attorney Profile: Brian Walsh
Brian Walsh

Job: Personal Injury Attorney, at DLP Law
Profile:
Concentration: Personal Injury, Bad Faith, Medical Malpractice, and Product Liability
* Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
* Board Member – Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers
* Board Member- Lackawanna County Young Lawyers Division (2001)
* Member- American Trial Lawyers Association
* Member – Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
* Member – PA Bar Association
* Member – Lackawanna Bar Association
* Member – Luzerne Bar Association
* Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
* Board Member – Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers
* Board Member- Lackawanna County Young Lawyers Division (2001)
* Member- American Trial Lawyers Association
* Member – Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
* Member – PA Bar Association
* Member – Lackawanna Bar Association
* Member – Luzerne Bar Association // –>
Attorney Profile: Brian G. Price
Brian G. Price

Job: Personal Injury Attorney, at DLP Law
Profile:
Concentration: Civil Litigation With Emphasis On Car Accidents, Truck Accidents, Dog Bites, Product Defects, Medical Malpractice And Bad Faith Claims.
* University Of Pennsylvania – 1989
* United States Peace Corps (Guatemala) 1989-1991 – Fluent In Spanish
* Temple Law School 1995
* Board Certified In Civil Trial Advocacy By The National Board Of Trial Advocacy,
* 2008 Board Of Governors – Pennsylvania Association Of Justice,
* 2008 Speaker – Auto Law Update – Pennsylvania Association Of Justice (Scranton),
* 2005 President – Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association,
* 2005 Speaker – Auto Law Update – Lackawanna County Bench/Bar Conference,
* 2000 President – Lackawanna County Young Lawyers Division,
* 2000 Speaker – Lackawanna County’s Peoples’ Law School,
* Member – American Trial Lawyers’ Association
* Member – Federal Bar Association
* Member – Pennsylvania Association Of Justice
* Member – Lackawanna County Bar Association
* Member – Luzerne County Bar Association.
* University Of Pennsylvania – 1989
* United States Peace Corps (Guatemala) 1989-1991 – Fluent In Spanish
* Temple Law School 1995
* Board Certified In Civil Trial Advocacy By The National Board Of Trial Advocacy,
* 2008 Board Of Governors – Pennsylvania Association Of Justice,
* 2008 Speaker – Auto Law Update – Pennsylvania Association Of Justice (Scranton),
* 2005 President – Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association,
* 2005 Speaker – Auto Law Update – Lackawanna County Bench/Bar Conference,
* 2000 President – Lackawanna County Young Lawyers Division,
* 2000 Speaker – Lackawanna County’s Peoples’ Law School,
* Member – American Trial Lawyers’ Association
* Member – Federal Bar Association
* Member – Pennsylvania Association Of Justice
* Member – Lackawanna County Bar Association
* Member – Luzerne County Bar Association. // –>
Attorney Profile: Thomas P. Cummings
Thomas P. Cummings

Job: Personal Injury Attorney, at DLP Law
Profile:
Concentration: Litigation in the fields of Workers’ Compensation, Employment Law, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Commercial Litigation.
* Pennsylvania Bar Association (Workers’ Compensation Section and Civil Litigation Section) – Member
* Pennsylvania Association For Justice- Member
* Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice- Member
* National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives – Member
* Lackawanna Bar Association (Scranton, Pennsylvania) (Board Member, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1991-1993 Secretary, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1994-1995; Vice-President, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1995-1996; President Young Lawyers’ Division, 1997; Member of Executive Board, 1994-1998; Bar Association Finance Committee, 1996 Civil Rules Committee, 1996-1999; Judiciary Committee, 1996-1998)
* Lackawanna County Pro-Bono, Inc. – Executive Board Member, 1998-2003
* Lecturer – Lackawanna County Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference
* Lecturer- Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice Annual Workers’ Compensation “Boot Camp”
Biography: Thomas P. Cummings has been a Partner with Dougherty, Leventhal & Price, LLP since
1996 has been with the firm since 1991. He focuses his practice on workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability cases.
Tom works primarily from DLP’s Moosic, Pa. office and is a certified member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives. He has held various Board positions with the Lackawanna County Bar Association (Board Member, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1991-1993 Secretary, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1994-1995; Vice-President, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1995-1996; President Young Lawyers’ Division, 1997; Member of Executive Board, 1994-1998; Bar Association Finance Committee, 1996 Civil Rules Committee, 1996-1999; Judiciary Committee, 1996-1998) and has lectured at various Bar functions, including the People’s Law Scholl and the Annual Bench/Bar Conference.
In addition, he offered seminar presentations for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Business Institute and Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice. He is a member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice, American Association of Justice, Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Association For Justice.
Tom received his Undergraduate Degree from the University of Scranton (cum laude) and graduated from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University.
* Pennsylvania Bar Association (Workers’ Compensation Section and Civil Litigation Section) – Member
* Pennsylvania Association For Justice- Member
* Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice- Member
* National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives – Member
* Lackawanna Bar Association (Scranton, Pennsylvania) (Board Member, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1991-1993 Secretary, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1994-1995; Vice-President, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1995-1996; President Young Lawyers’ Division, 1997; Member of Executive Board, 1994-1998; Bar Association Finance Committee, 1996 Civil Rules Committee, 1996-1999; Judiciary Committee, 1996-1998)
* Lackawanna County Pro-Bono, Inc. – Executive Board Member, 1998-2003
* Lecturer – Lackawanna County Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference
* Lecturer- Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice Annual Workers’ Compensation “Boot Camp”
Biography: Thomas P. Cummings has been a Partner with Dougherty, Leventhal & Price, LLP since 1996 has been with the firm since 1991. He focuses his practice on workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability cases.
Tom works primarily from DLP’s Moosic, Pa. office and is a certified member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives. He has held various Board positions with the Lackawanna County Bar Association (Board Member, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1991-1993 Secretary, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1994-1995; Vice-President, Young Lawyers’ Division, 1995-1996; President Young Lawyers’ Division, 1997; Member of Executive Board, 1994-1998; Bar Association Finance Committee, 1996 Civil Rules Committee, 1996-1999; Judiciary Committee, 1996-1998) and has lectured at various Bar functions, including the People’s Law Scholl and the Annual Bench/Bar Conference.
In addition, he offered seminar presentations for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Business Institute and Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice. He is a member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Association For Justice, American Association of Justice, Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Association For Justice.
Tom received his Undergraduate Degree from the University of Scranton (cum laude) and graduated from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. // –>
Attorney Profile: Judith Gardner Price
Judith Gardner Price

Job: Personal Injury Attorney, at DLP Law
Profile:
Concentration: Personal Injury and Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Domestic Law, Workers’ Compensation and Criminal Defense, Wills and Estates.
Biography: Judy Price came to Northeastern Pennsylvania from Philadelphia in 1980 following receipt of her Juris Doctorate Degree from Temple University School of Law. For the past 20 years Judy has been affiliated with the law firm of Dougherty, Leventhal & Price, L.L.P. concentrating her practice in domestic and criminal law, wills and estates, and personal injury and civil litigation.
In 1989 Judy co-founded the St. Joseph’s Girls Biddy Basketball League for the City of Scranton where she served as the Executive Director of the League, team coach, all-star coach, and league referee for 15 years. Judy also served as coach with the Minooka Babe Ruth Baseball League and the Connell Park Girls Softball League.
In 1989 Judy received certification as a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Instructor and for six years instructed students in grades one through eight at Nativity of Our Lord School in South Scranton. At Natvity of Our Lord School Judy also served as Director of the Annual Children’s Christmas “Give-A-Gift” Program for several years and was active in the school’s Parent-Teacher Association.
Judy is presently a member of the Board of Directors of Lackawanna County Catholic Social Services, a member of the Diocese of Scranton Pastoral Council, former member of the College of Misericordia Board of Trustees and former National President of the College Misericordia Alumni Association.
Professionally, Judy has served for 13 years as a Certified Mediator with the United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and has been a Solicitor for various county and municipal authorities including the Scranton Municipal Parking Authority, City Controller’s Office, Lackawanna County Board of Assessment Appeals, and Lackawanna County Bureau of Children and Youth Services and Area Agency on Aging. Judy also served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office.
Judy is a member of the Lackawanna Bar Association where she served as both Secretary and Senior Director, the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and the Federal Bar Association of the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Judy is married to Attorney Joseph Price and they are the parents of four children, Judith Ann, Colleen, Joseph, and James.
Biography: Judy Price came to Northeastern Pennsylvania from Philadelphia in 1980 following receipt of her Juris Doctorate Degree from Temple University School of Law. For the past 20 years Judy has been affiliated with the law firm of Dougherty, Leventhal & Price, L.L.P. concentrating her practice in domestic and criminal law, wills and estates, and personal injury and civil litigation.
In 1989 Judy co-founded the St. Joseph’s Girls Biddy Basketball League for the City of Scranton where she served as the Executive Director of the League, team coach, all-star coach, and league referee for 15 years. Judy also served as coach with the Minooka Babe Ruth Baseball League and the Connell Park Girls Softball League.
In 1989 Judy received certification as a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Instructor and for six years instructed students in grades one through eight at Nativity of Our Lord School in South Scranton. At Natvity of Our Lord School Judy also served as Director of the Annual Children’s Christmas “Give-A-Gift” Program for several years and was active in the school’s Parent-Teacher Association.
Judy is presently a member of the Board of Directors of Lackawanna County Catholic Social Services, a member of the Diocese of Scranton Pastoral Council, former member of the College of Misericordia Board of Trustees and former National President of the College Misericordia Alumni Association.
Professionally, Judy has served for 13 years as a Certified Mediator with the United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and has been a Solicitor for various county and municipal authorities including the Scranton Municipal Parking Authority, City Controller’s Office, Lackawanna County Board of Assessment Appeals, and Lackawanna County Bureau of Children and Youth Services and Area Agency on Aging. Judy also served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office.
Judy is a member of the Lackawanna Bar Association where she served as both Secretary and Senior Director, the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and the Federal Bar Association of the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Judy is married to Attorney Joseph Price and they are the parents of four children, Judith Ann, Colleen, Joseph, and James. // –>
Attorney Profile: Joseph G. Price
Joseph G. Price

Job: Attorney, at DLP Law
Profile:
Concentration: Civil Litigation, including major and complex Personal Injury cases.
* Current President of the Lackawanna Bar Association
* Board Certified Member of the National Board of Civil Trial Advocacy
* Member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy
* Ex-Officia Member of the Board of Governors
* Pennsylvania Association of Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association)
* Certified Mediator Middle District of Pennsylvania Federal Court
* Member of the Federal Bar Association
* Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
* Finance Chairman Board of Directors St. Joseph’s Center
* Member of the Lackawanna County Performing Arts Authority
* Member Board of Directors Pro Bono Lackawanna County
Joseph Price is a trial lawyer serving Northeast Pennsylvania for the past thirty years. He is Board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Attorney Joe Price is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Board of Governors Pennsylvania Association of Justice and American Trial Lawyers. Attorney Price has successfully tried many diverse cases including cases against General Motors, Dollar General, Pennsylvania Department of State and numerous insurance carriers. He is a frequent lecturer for trial lawyers and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Currently Attorney Price serves as the President of the Lackawanna Bar Association. He is also a former assistant District Attorney, solicitor for various governmental entities and past President of the LBA Young Lawyer Division.
Active in the community, Attorney Price is the Finance Chairman of Saint Joseph’s Center, is a member of the Performing Arts Authority and Board Member of Lackawanna Pro Bono Association. He is a former member of the Scranton School Board, founding member of the Minooka Athletic Association and Lackawanna Water Quality Task Force, former cross country coach at Marion Catholic School and former basketball coach and official.
Attorney Price is married to Attorney Judy Price and is the proud father of four children. Attorney Price can be contacted at the Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP Moosic Office.
* Current President of the Lackawanna Bar Association
* Board Certified Member of the National Board of Civil Trial Advocacy
* Member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy
* Ex-Officia Member of the Board of Governors
* Pennsylvania Association of Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association)
* Certified Mediator Middle District of Pennsylvania Federal Court
* Member of the Federal Bar Association
* Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
* Finance Chairman Board of Directors St. Joseph’s Center
* Member of the Lackawanna County Performing Arts Authority
* Member Board of Directors Pro Bono Lackawanna County
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Joseph Price is a trial lawyer serving Northeast Pennsylvania for the past thirty years. He is Board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Attorney Joe Price is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Board of Governors Pennsylvania Association of Justice and American Trial Lawyers. Attorney Price has successfully tried many diverse cases including cases against General Motors, Dollar General, Pennsylvania Department of State and numerous insurance carriers. He is a frequent lecturer for trial lawyers and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Currently Attorney Price serves as the President of the Lackawanna Bar Association. He is also a former assistant District Attorney, solicitor for various governmental entities and past President of the LBA Young Lawyer Division.
Active in the community, Attorney Price is the Finance Chairman of Saint Joseph’s Center, is a member of the Performing Arts Authority and Board Member of Lackawanna Pro Bono Association. He is a former member of the Scranton School Board, founding member of the Minooka Athletic Association and Lackawanna Water Quality Task Force, former cross country coach at Marion Catholic School and former basketball coach and official.
Attorney Price is married to Attorney Judy Price and is the proud father of four children. Attorney Price can be contacted at the Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP Moosic Office. // –>
Victim Blames Facility Owner for Assault
The owner of a Wyoming County assisted-living facility did not alert her staff that a resident who sexually assaulted an 86-year-old Alzheimer’s patient four years ago was a convicted sexual offender, the victim’s attorney said during a federal negligence trial Monday.
The victim, now 90, is seeking more than $75,000 from Country Living Personal Care Home, Nicholson, and its owner, Shirley D. Sheridan,? of Montrose, resulting from the sexual assault on Feb. 27, 2002. It is the Times-Tribune’s policy not to name sexual-assault victims.
The woman was a resident of the home when she was sexually assaulted in her room by Daniel Statham, then 31 and a resident of Country Living, her complaint states.
Mr. Statham, who is mentally handicapped, was a convicted sexually violent predator who should not have been living at the home because of the danger he posed to others, the victim’s attorney, Sean McDonough, told U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Blewitt at the non jury trial.
The victim, now of Millington, Tenn., and her son, also of Millington, allege the facility and Mrs. Sheridan disregarded her safety and rights, which resulted in the assault. Mrs. Sheridan has stated she did not know Mr. Statham was a convicted sex offender and “Megan’s Law” violator.
Mr. Statham was convicted in 1995 in Wayne County Court of aggravated indecent assault involving a 14-year-old girl and was sentenced to six years in state prison, court records show. After his release in 2001, he was charged in Northumberland County for failing to register as a sexual predator under the state’s “Megan’s Law.” He was placed on supervised probation by a county judge and ordered to live in a halfway house in Scranton and get counseling.
Mr. Statham was to be put on a bus to Scranton. Somehow, Northumberland County sheriffs deputies took him to the Omni Health Personal Care Home in Montrose, Susquehanna County, also owned by Mrs. Sheridan.
Court papers indicate Lackawanna County officials were unable to find a place for Mr. Statham to reside, and he was moved to Country Living on Oct. 26, 2001.
Mrs. Sheridan knew Mr. Statham was a convicted sexual offender, Mr. McDonough charged, but did not notify the staff of the home. “She exposed (the victim) to a terrible risk,” he said.
Attorney Eugene Hickey, who represents Country Living and Mrs. Sheridan, denied the home was at fault. Mrs. Sheridan did not know the man’s criminal history or that he was a threat, he said, or she never would have admitted him to the home.
“This isn’t a case of reckless indifference,” Mr. Hickey said. He said Mr. Statham was “dumped” on the home.
State police arrested Mr. Statham on April 8, 2002. He pleaded guilty Feb. 12, 2003, to aggravated indecent assault and was sentenced to five to 10 years in a state prison.
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