Category: In the News

Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., is pleased to announce that the firm’s five partners have been named to the 2016 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The following attorneys were named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in America List: Stewart J. Eise...

The Legal Intelligencer published an article written by Dan Jeck entitled, “Compensable Damages for Loss of Companionship.” There really is no debate. There is no greater loss than the loss of a child. In preparation for this summary, I re-read several articles about the senseless tragedy that unfolded only a few months ago at Sandy Hook Ele...

Daniel J. Sherry Jr. was interviewed by the Legal Intelligencer and asked if he believed Penn State University could invoke sovereign immunity as a defense in child sex abuse scandal. “There’s absolutely no question” that Penn State cannot invoke sovereign immunity, said Sherry. “State schools could have an argument.” Please click t...

Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., have filed a lawsuit in federal court against Amtrak and the train engineer on behalf of their clients, who were severely injured in the Amtrak 188 regional train derailment. Newlyweds Declan MacFarland and his wife Kathryn Varnum were looking to start their life together when the board...

Dino Privitera achieved a $1.2 million verdict for the family of a young man who died from complications of pneumonia which were not properly treated by his physician. Our client, a 22 year old college student, developed a persistent cough in October 2005 and was prescribed an oral antibiotic by his pediatrician. At birth he was diagnosed with c...

Stewart Eisenberg’s pledge has established the Trial Lawyer Scholarship Fund at his Alma Mater, Temple Law. Mr. Eisenberg decided to set up the fund for aspiring trial lawyers to expand on the already great opportunities at Temple Law and to make a significant difference in the life of an aspiring trial lawyer.

Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. has reached a $1.7 million settlement for a woman in her late seventies who entered a local emergency room complaining of severe pain in her lower back. The emergency room doctor admitted the woman and diagnosed her with an infection with a referral to an infectious disease doctor. The ...

Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney, Brian C. Hall, secured a $1,800,000 verdict for the failure to timely diagnose and treat pneumonia caused by a fungus. The plaintiff, a 45 year old woman, was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disorder, in 1990. She lived with the disease for over 15 years and rarely had any complications or flare ups...

Nancy Winkler represented two men who were severely and permanently injured by defective machinery at a local factory. The two men, one aged 35 and the other 25 were told by their supervisor to change a roll on large machine used to cut and coil various metals. This is a very common task in the factory, happening up to four times a day but neither ...

The Media Borough Council has elected Brian C. Hall, Esq., of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., to serve as its President. The Council is a seven-member governing body for the town of Media, Pa., a town of 5,500 residents. “As President of the Media Borough Council, I will work with the residents and businesses in Med...