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Schmidt Kramer Participates In Keystone Progress Progressive Summit

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on March 05, 2013 in News

Posted on Mar 05, 2013 On March 2, 2013 Scott Cooper participated and presented a workshop at the Keystone Progress Progressive Summit at the Harrisburg Hilton about “Holding Big Business Accountable: The Truth About Tort Reform.” The workshop focused on The Chamber of Commerce and the far right trying to pass laws that cap damages […]

Trial Evidence

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on March 01, 2013 in News

Posted on Mar 01, 2013 Charles E Schmidt, Jr. was the program moderator for the Pa Bar Institute Seminar, ” Lights, Camera, Evidence ” held in Mechanicsburg, Pa. on Feb. 22. The program was presented by six experienced trial attorneys who discussed issues in trial evidence. The program was offered as continuing legal education for […]

Widener University School of Law — Speaking with Students about Pa. Civil Procedure

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 27, 2013 in News

As a lawyer at Schmidt Kramer, I am asked to speak in different places. Harrisburg is host to Widener University’s law school, and this is one of the places where I get to go out and talk to people about what I do. Last night, I spoke to Karen Durkin’s Pa. Civil Procedure students. This […]

Dauphin County Head-on Crash Kills Millersburg Resident

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 21, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 A 70-year-old Millersburg woman died after her SUV collided with a pickup truck Tuesday morning along Route 147 in Dauphin County. Lorena Lemons died at the Harrisburg Hospital following the crash at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on Route 147, just north of Elmer Avenue in Upper Paxton Township. State police at […]

Attorney Fees Not Recoverable In Peer Review Case After Treatment Denied

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 21, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 Attached is the link to the Supreme Court Majority Opinion from February 20, 2013 in Herd v. State Farm. The majority of the Court reverses the Superior Court opinion and holds that attorneys fees are NOT collectible where a provider challenges a peer review decision and the court finds treatment […]

Trial Court Enters Orders On Various Pre-trial Koken Issues in Monroe County After Car Accident

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 19, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 19, 2013 Recently, a trial court in Monroe County, Pennsylvania issued two orders and opinions arising out of the same car accident and companion lawsuits pending in Monroe County. The cases arise out of a car accident where the injured party filed a lawsuit for a third party claim and an underinsured motorist […]

PAJ Inaugural “End Distracted Driving” Presentation Is Tomorrow At The Church Farm School In Exton

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 14, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 14, 2013 Inaugural “End Distracted Driving” presentation is February 15 at the Church Farm School in Exton EXTON, Pa., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ With approximately 11,000 daily accidents due to distracted driving – and an untold number of “near misses” as drivers narrowly evade calamity – the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ) […]

Commonwealth Makes Plans To Improve Safety of Dangerous Lancaster County Intersection

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 12, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 12, 2013 PennDOT officials plan to take steps to improve the intersection of routes 222 and 322 in Ephrata Township, the most accident-prone area in Lancaster County and one of the worst in the entire state. The state plans to complete a roadway safety audit this year that will look for low-cost […]

Schmidt Kramer Partner Scott Cooper Participates In Spin-A-Thon To Benefit Save A Child’s Heart Foundation

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 11, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 11, 2013 On Sunday February 10, 2013, Schmidt Kramer partner Scott Cooper participated in a Spin-A-Thon to benefit Save a Child’s Heart Foundation. Scott participated in spinning at the Harrisburg JCC for 3 hours which made up 4 segments of 45 minutes each with 5 minute breaks to raise money for the […]

PBI Press Publishes Schmidt Kramer Injury Lawyer Scott Cooper’s Book On Civil Depositions

Posted on behalf of Schmidt Kramer on February 05, 2013 in News

Posted on Feb 05, 2013 PBI Press Publishes Schmidt Kramer Injury Lawyer Scott Cooper’s Book On Civil Depositions: A to Z of Civil Depositions To order the book go to the link below. https://www.pbi.org/ Mr. Cooper is a partner in the firm of Schmidt Kramer in Harrisburg, where he specializes in personal injury law with […]

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$215,000.00 Auto Accidents

Schmidt Kramer partner Gerard C. Kramer won a $215,000.00 personal injury action in Lebanon County for a motor vehicle accident injury. The personal injury action was sought on behalf of 15-year-old male who was a passenger in a vehicle that left the paved portion of the roadway, striking a telephone pole. The victim suffered a fractured pelvis.

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$1,200,000.00 Personal Injury

A Dauphin County jury has awarded a $1.2 million verdict to the parents of a 5-year-old who had an anoxic brain injury and stopped breathing after he had a tonsillectomy. 2012-06-26 10:00:00 AM Date of Verdict: June 19. 2012 Court and Case No.: C.P. Dauphin County No. 2009-CV-14003-MM Judge: Scott Evans Type of Action: Medical malpractice Injuries: Anoxic brain injury Plaintiffs Counsel: Terry S. Hyman, Schmidt Kramer, Harrisburg Plaintiffs Experts: Dr. Anna H. Messner, liability; Lucille Packer, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Palo Alto, Calif.; Terry P. Leslie, vocations and earning capacity, Lancaster; Dr. Hilary B. Berlin, pediatric psychiatry, Great Neck, N.Y. Defense Counsel: Andrew H. Foulkrod, Darlene K. King, Foulkrod Ellis, Camp Hill, PA Defense Experts: James C. Reilly, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Wilmington, DE Comment: A Dauphin County jury has awarded a $1.2 million verdict to the parents of a 5-year-old who had an anoxic brain injury and stopped breathing after he had a tonsillectomy. The entire verdict came against Dr. Andrew M. Shapiro, the doctor who plaintiffs Reginald Graham and Tykeisha Metz alleged chose to have the boy monitored at a pediatric ward. The plaintiffs argued Shapiro failed to tell nurses caring for the baby about, and how to care for, the boy's enhanced risk for respiratory failure. The jury came back on June 19 and awarded Reginald Graham and Tykeisha Mets $500,000 in non-economic damages and $686,170 in loss of future earning capacity, according to the plaintiffs counsel. According to the statement, the baby's mother brought him to Shapiro because she was "'afraid that he might stop breathing during his sleep,'" the plaintiffs' pretrial statement said. Shapiro performed a sleep study and observed the baby's Apnea Hypopnea Index to be 43 — four times higher than what's considered severe. A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy were performed. According to the plaintiffs, the baby's sleep study results put him at an increased risk for post-operative respiratory complications. Despite this, they argued in the statement, Shapiro ordered the pediatric nurses at the Harrisburg Hospital general pediatric ward to observe the boy as they would any other patients — about once every four hours. The pretrial statement said that one in four children who have an AHI in the 40s and oxygen desaturation below 80 have some type of respiratory problem. The younger the child, the greater the risk of a respiratory problem, the statement said. According to the statement, Shapiro took off the child's pulse oximeter, the finger-mounted device used to measure blood oxygen, and ordered a heart and respiratory rate monitor. The child was 11 months old at the time. The plaintiffs pled that the baby was last seen at 4 a.m. There was no record of his oxygen saturation for the next hour and 45 minutes. He stopped breathing a 6:40 a.m., and his brain was without oxygen long enough to cause demonstrable injury on an MRI. "Immediately prior to his surgery, [the child] was a normal child, who could say mama, eat finger foods, and was just on the verge of walking," the statement said. "After his code, [he] was like a newborn. He could not lift his head or sit up. He could not talk. He could not move." In his pretrial statement, Shapiro argued that he recognized the child's pre-operative sleep study showed he was driven to breath by decreased blood oxygen saturation, which he said was typical in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. He argued the American Academy of Otolaryngology dictates that admission to the intensive care unit is not the standard of care. In the statement, he said nurses did not observe signs of respiratory distress. No alarms sounded until the child arrested, the statement said. He said the baby likely arrested as a result of hypoglycemia and/or an acute aspiration, which he argued would not have been identified by blood oxygen saturation. — Ben Present, of the Law Weekly

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$195,000.00 Auto Accidents

$195,000.00, Dauphin County, MVA, Gerard C. Kramer. This personal injury action was sought on behalf of a 36-year-old woman that was struck from behind, resulting in a disc injury in the neck.

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$2,200,000.00 Auto Accidents

On Monday, January 6, 2014, Schmidt Kramer accident lawyer Scott Cooper obtained a verdict on behalf of his client who is the widow of a man who died in a fiery crash on Interstate 78 in Lebanon County. The awarded verdict of $2.2 million was in a nonjury proceeding before a federal judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. That verdict includes $100,000 in punitive damages assessed against the owner of the trucking company. Kamilah Claxton won summary judgment in November after the defendants, Sukhwinder Singh and the trucking company for which he worked, failed to file a brief in opposition to Claxton's motion, which was made in September. The verdict in Claxton v. Singh was issued after the court held a non-jury assessment of damages earlier this month. "Mr. Sukhchan Singh, the employer, is liable on the basis of respondent superior, but was also grossly negligent in failing to maintain his vehicle in compliance with state and federal law, particularly with regard to having required safety inspections and correcting defects in its braking equipment," said U.S. District Judge William W. Caldwell of the Middle District of Pennsylvania in his opinion accompanying the verdict. "He was also grossly negligent in entrusting his vehicle to Sukhwinder Singh, an inexperienced truck driver who had failed the written test and driving test multiple times before finally earning his commercial driving license," Caldwell said.

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$250,000.00 Auto Accidents

Scott Cooper recently settled a claim involving a life insurance policy benefit. After his client's family member was tragically killed in a car accident caused by another person south of Harrisburg, a claim was presented for the life insurance policy of the deceased relative. The insurance company denied the claim and Scott represented the family member and pursued the denial by arguing that the company was wrong for denying the claim. After elaborating on the Pennsylvania case law and authority the insurance company immediately reversed its denial and has paid the $250,000 policy claim.

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One of the best decisions I ever made was choosing Schmidt-Kramer as my personal injury representative. I was given Scott Cooper's name through a family member shortly after my accident in July of 2024. After contacting the Schmidt-Kramer office, Scott came out and visited me in the hospital the very next day. From the very beginning, he was compassionate, upfront, and honest. He ALWAYS responded to my calls, texts, and/or e-mails in a timely manner and kept me up to date on developments in my case. I am very pleased with the outcome and highly recommend this law firm.
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Gerry and his team were very caring and compassionate. Gerry was always very responsive to me whether it be phone calls or emails. He kept me updated every single step of the way. His team and himself worked tirelessly to get me the best possible outcome to my situation. He was able to wrap everything up within two years with a nice bow on it. I will forever be grateful and will recommend him to everyone.
Dakota Cravener
Solid, trustworthy and lucky to have on your side! Dennis Kergick represented me and I was very impressed. Finally a down to earth and easy to talk to attorney . When the time came he was a junk yard dog and I could see the opposing counsel was intimidated. All while maintaining a professional level of respect and courtesy. Would recommend to friends and family. Keep up the good work!!
It’s hard to believe it’s been four years already, but I’m still deeply thankful for my experience with Dennis. Now living in Illinois, I’ve had some similar encounters, and people here are often surprised — and even a bit shocked — when they hear my story. They always end up admitting just how good Dennis truly was. It’s something I didn’t fully realize at the time, but the more I share, the more it’s confirmed to me. God bless, and thank you I came back stronger than ever.