Medical malpractice can leave patients and families facing consequences they never expected. When a healthcare provider’s error causes harm so severe that it affects a patient’s daily life, work, independence, and future plans, the patient may have a valid catastrophic medical malpractice claim against the medical professionals responsible for ...
Author: Joshua Schwartz
When Does Medical Malpractice Become Catastrophic?
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Secures Nearly $2,000,000 Settlement for Worker Crushed by Defective Equipment
After extensive litigation and just prior to trial, Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. attorneys Dan Jeck and Josh Schwartz secured a confidential settlement of $1,950,000 for a client who suffered catastrophic, life-altering injuries in a preventable workplace accident. Our client was a happy, hardworking, and highly ...
Third Circuit Largely Upholds Boy Scouts’ Bankruptcy Plan, Paving the Way for Survivor Compensation
In a significant development in the Boy Scouts of America’s plan of reorganization, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently largely upheld that plan, which includes a $2.46 billion settlement trust for survivors of child sexual abuse at the hands of the BSA’s representatives. The Third Circuit's ruling affirms the core of th...
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Preventable Drowning at Bensalem Apartment Complex Pool
Daniel Jeck, Joshua B. Schwartz, and Stephan A. Cornell recently filed a lawsuit against Grandview Gardens Apartments LLC (doing business as Riverview Crossings), Montium, American Pool Management of Pennsylvania, LLC, and Marissa Kuzemka regarding the tragic drowning death of Joel Martel. Joel died on July 6, 2024, at the Riverview Crossings apart...
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Secures $14 Million Settlement in Medical Malpractice Case
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C.shareholders Dan Jeck and Joshua B. Schwartz recently confidentially settled for $14,000,000 a medical malpractice action they pursued against a neurosurgeon and hospital for the negligent performance of an endovascular embolization surgical procedure to seal off a brain aneurysm. Due ...
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Attorneys Interviewed by National Media Regarding the Boy Scouts of America’s Bankruptcy Filing
Recently, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy, in part because of the lawsuits filed by attorneys from Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., and the Abused in Scouting team on behalf of their clients who allege they were sexually abused by Boy Scouts of America scoutmasters. Abused in Scouting is a group of ch...
New York Post Article Ties Increase in Boy Scouts Membership Fees to Sex Abuse Cases
On January 1, 2020, the Boy Scouts’ registration fee will almost double from $33 to $60 per scout. In a recent article, the New York Post attributed the increase to the sex abuse cases against the Boy Scouts, including former scouts represented by Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. and the Abused in Scouting team. Ab...
An Article Profiles EWJ Legal Client in Story About a State’s New Sex Abuse Law
In an October 20 article extending its statute of limitations for sex abuse cases, the article profiled one of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C.’s clients who is preparing to sue the Boy Scouts of America. Our client alleges that he was sexually abused by his former assistant scoutmaster when he was a teenager. The ...
The Washington Post Shines Spotlight on EWJ Legal’s Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against the Boy Scouts of America
In an article about the future of the Boy Scouts of America, The Washington Post discussed the recent sexual abuse lawsuit we filed against the Boy Scouts. You can read The Washington Post’s article. That lawsuit was filed this past August by our Stewart Eisenberg and Josh Schwartz in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of thei...
800 Boy Scouts of America Victims Allege Sexual Abuse Since Start of 2019
Since the start of the year, an estimated 800 men have come forward to allege they were sexually abused as children while participating in Boy Scouts of America. The news was recently announced at a conference, only one day after attorney Stewart Eisenberg, the founder of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., and a secon...