Philadelphia, Pa. – Two daughters of a 78-year-old visually impaired woman suffering from dementia who died in July 2018 after leaving the Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley assisted living center unattended and unsupervised through an alarmed door and who ultimately fell off a retaining wall approximately 15 feet to the sidewalk below filed a la...
Author: Joshua Schwartz
Philadelphia Assisted Living Center Sued by Family of Visually Impaired Resident Who Died After Leaving Facility Through an Allegedly Alarmed Door and Falling Approximately Two Stories onto Sidewalk
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
The Philadelphia injury lawyers of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., are no strangers to brain injuries. We have worked tirelessly to secure the compensation personal injury victims need after sustaining catastrophic injuries caused by negligent parties. We secured $24.8 million for our client who fell through a skyligh...
EWJ Legal Settles Lawsuit Involving Fatal Collision Caused by Garbage Truck for $4.25 Million
Daniel Jeck and Joshua Schwartz recently settled a case at mediation for $4.25 million against a trash hauling company and its parent corporation arising from a fatal automobile accident in which our client’s wife collided into the rear of defendants’ 66,000 lb. garbage truck that had just broken down on a highway. Our client’s wife succumbed...
EWJ Legal Settles Medical Malpractice Case Involving Total Small Bowel Transplant and Flesh-Eating Disease for $4 Million
Daniel Jeck and Joshua Schwartz recently settled a highly contested medical malpractice case for $4 million just before trial was to begin in a Luzerne County, Pennsylvania courtroom for our client, a 54-year-old Army veteran and truck driver. The client became disabled from a post-operative infection that developed following a partial nephrecto...
EWJ Legal Leads the Charge in Billion-Dollar Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement
On September 14, 2021, survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) announced they had settled claims against one of the BSA’s insurers, Hartford Financial Services Group, for $787 million, and one of its chartered organizations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for $250 million. These settlem...
Seven-Figure Settlement Secured for Client Disfigured in Botched Breast Reduction Surgery
Dan Jeck and Josh Schwartz recently secured a seven-figure settlement for a client whose botched breast reduction surgery left her disfigured, permanently in pain, and emotionally scarred. Our client alleged that the surgeon who performed the procedure committed malpractice by failing to properly plan for it and by failing to properly address post-...
The Legal Intelligencer Spotlights Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C.’s Work Representing Clients Sexually Abused by Boy Scout Leaders
A recent front-page article in The Legal Intelligencer, the leading Pennsylvania daily newspaper covering the legal industry, discussed in detail the work Stewart Eisenberg and Josh Schwartz have done on behalf of their clients who allege they were sexually abused by Boy Scouts of America scoutmasters. The article focused on the impact state laws h...
Boy Scout Sexual Abuse Scandal: More Than 12,000 Victims?
The Boy Scouts of America is facing thousands of accusations involving child sexual abuse. For many decades, the organization maintained a blacklist that accounted for thousands of instances of alleged child sexual abuse. In 2012, the Los Angeles Times wrote extensively on these blacklists, which are also known as the “perversion files”. The Lo...
Understanding the Boy Scout Abuse Scandal and the “Perversion Files”
Since its start in 1910, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) kept secret files containing thousands of sexual abuse cases against scout leaders. Also known as the “Perversion Files,” these reports detail the abuse, as well as include a blacklist of abusers, dating back to the early 1900s. Investigations by the Los Angeles Times report that the BSA ...
Four Types of Medical Errors in Emergency Rooms
Medical errors can occur in any type of outpatient or inpatient setting. Emergency rooms are a health care setting where medical errors can occur. There are several theories as to why medical errors are more common in emergency rooms than other health care settings. Overcrowding is one possible reason. Regardless of the cause, it is important to...
