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New York Post Article Ties Increase in Boy Scouts Membership Fees to Sex Abuse Cases

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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

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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...

EWJ Legal Proudly Supports Ms. Wheelchair USA and the MossRehab Aphasia Center

At Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. we are not shy about giving back to the communities and people we serve. Two of the charitable organizations we proudly support are Ms. Wheelchair USA and the MossRehab Aphasia Center. Our firm’s support of the Ms. Wheelchair USA organization began thanks to Katie Matelan. Kat...

$25 Million Verdict Reached for Man Who Fell Through Skylight

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Attorneys Fred Eisenberg, and Todd Schoenhaus achieved a verdict in excess of $24.8 million for their clients, Michele Kalinowski and her husband Sean Kalinowski, who was severely and permanently injured after falling through a skylight while working on a roof in County. The nearly four-week trial was held in the Philadelphia Common Court of Common...

800 Boy Scouts of America Victims Allege Sexual Abuse Since Start of 2019

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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...

Spotlight on Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Attorneys at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice’s 2019 Annual Retreat

Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., attorneys were in the spotlight earlier this month at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice’s Annual Retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania. On July 18, Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. lawyer received the prestigious Milton D. Rosenberg Award from the PAJ...

EWJ Legal Attorneys Successfully Fight Back Against Johnson & Johnson’s Efforts to Keep our Client’s Talc Case Out of Philadelphia Court

Last week, U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania agreed with arguments made by our Nancy Winkler and Todd Schoenhaus and rejected Johnson & Johnson’s attempts to move our client’s Talc-related lawsuit to a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. With Judge Kearney’s ruling, our client’s case will head...

Stewart Eisenberg Interviewed by TIME Magazine Regarding Boy Scouts of America Sexual Abuse Scandal

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“They will have to answer for all of these victims.” Stewart Eisenberg was interviewed by TIME Magazine regarding allegations of sexual abuse against the Boy Scouts of America made by over 428 men and boys. Our firm represents many of these victims. You can read the Time Magazine article and watch Stewart’s interview here: These Men ...

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

Pennsylvania regulators have identified three other recent incidents of residents leaving the Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley facility unaccompanied by staff members 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 assi...