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Sheller, P.C. represents individuals, classes of individuals and labor unions. Our clients have suffered a diverse range of injuries — physical, emotional, financial and more — caused by inadequate medical treatment, defective products, unfair business practices, workplace discrimination and numerous other injustices.
For more than 25 years the attorneys of Sheller, P.C. have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the aggressive and passionate representation of our clients. We are guided by the principle that each legal matter calls for the right combination of absolute commitment and scrupulous attention to detail. Coupled with a dedication to integrity and professionalism, this principle has guided us in the zealous representation of all of our clients.
Current Legal Topics
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights practice group of Sheller, P.C. handles voters rights, online privacy, and other rights belonging to a person by reason of United States citizenship including the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality.
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Consumer Class Actions
Consumer Class action lawsuits seek to provide compensation to injured persons by binding individuals with a common legal injury to pursue a common goal. Sheller, P.C. attorneys have litigated many consumer class actions involving antitrust, faulty electronics, improper marketing of products, consumer protection issues and stock fraud.
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Consumer Protection
Consumer fraud, credit card scams, defective products, antitrust matters, online privacy, securities issues, stock fraud and bad-faith insurance matters are just a few consumer protection areas handled by Sheller, P.C.
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Defective Drugs
Every year thousands of people die or become extremely ill from adverse reactions and side effects to prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Drugs such as Risperdal, Seroquel, Baycol, Prozac, Fen-phen, Vioxx, hormone replacement therapies (HRT), vaccines and antibiotics have been the focus of thousands of lawsuits and some major consumer protection legal victories.
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Defective Medical Devices
There are many medical devices that can be implanted into the human body to extend, or improve the quality of life. Sometimes these devices are defective, improperly used or negligently inserted.
These devices fall into several categories; orthopedic (bone, hip, knee, and joint screws, rods and plates), cosmetic (penile, breast and chin implants), cardiology (pacemakers, artificial heart valves, vascular stints and defibrillators), therapeutic devices (catheters and tubing), contraceptive devices (IUDs) and surgical tools. Defective medical devices can cause pain and suffering and require individuals to undergo additional painful and costly surgeries.
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Fentora Pain Medication
FDA ISSUES WARNING ABOUT PAINKLIIER FENTORA
The painmedication Fentora has been linked to serious adverse events, including at least four deaths.
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Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment law deals with issues regarding workplace contracts and discrimination, Social Security disability, workers' compensation, workplace safety and representation of labor unions.
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Medical Malpractice
Common types of medical malpractice include misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose or warn, incorrect cancer diagnosis, negligent emergency room care, improper care in obstetrics (pregnancy, labor and delivery) and other dangerous failures. Managed care or HMO cost-cutting measures themselves have resulted in failure to order preventative therapies, patients being sent home too soon, diagnostic tests being ignored and a lesser standard of care being administered.
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Motor Vehicle Accidents
Motor vehicle accidents involving cars, trucks, SUVs, boats, motorcycles and other motorized vehicles can cause devastating injuries and loss of life. Accidents caused by defective manufacturing, design or failure to adequately warn and instruct consumers are particularly heartbreaking in the senseless loss that results. SUV rollovers, automobile seatback failures, tire failures, roof failures and other defective design cases are just a few examples of the dangerous automotive failures that Sheller, P.C. attorneys have litigated against.
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Personal Injury
Personal injuries, catastrophic injuries and wrongful death occur as a result of another's careless, reckless, or intentional acts. This includes motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, and other injuries resulting from another's negligence or unreasonable conduct.
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Popcorn Lung
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Products Liability
Dangerous products are an issue of products liability because they endanger personal safety. Sheller, P.C. attorneys have a history of representing individuals who have been seriously injured by defects in: Consumer Products, Industrial Products, Automobiles and Construction Vehicles, Medical Devices , and Pharmaceutical and Health Products.
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Qui Tam / Whistle-Blowers
The term "Qui Tam" has been around for centuries and it comes from a Latin phrase that means "he who brings an action for the king as well as himself." Qui Tam or Whistle-blower laws are used by the government as a means to combat fraud. This law is meant to persuade moral individuals to come forward when they become aware of fraudulent activities or false claims being committed against the government. Basically, Qui Tam affords a private citizen the right to file a lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. government under the Civil False Claims Act in an effort to recover losses caused by fraud against the government. The law is an incentive for civilians who know of individuals or companies making false claims for profit to come forward with information.
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Toxic Substances
Exposure to toxic substances such as lead, mold, tobacco, asbestos, and others is a growing concern in this country. While some exposure to these substances can be an unavoidable fact of life, negligence and wrongdoing on the part of responsible parties can lead to dangerous levels of exposure, causing illness and even death to thousands of people of all ages, in all socio-economic groups and in all geographic areas.
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Whistleblowers in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Whistleblowers identify wrongdoings and stand up for their belief in what is right, despite enormous personal sacrifice and career risk. Whistleblowers preserve the public welfare, ensure that companies engage in honest business practices, that they enact responsible policies, and that they remain accountable for their actions. Most whistleblowers say that the feeling of fulfillment from knowing that lives have been saved as a result of their lawsuit coupled with the monetary compensation from the settlement made the process more than worth it. Recoveries in qui tam cases that were pursued by the Department of Justice totaled $1.39 billion in 2003. To date, whistleblowers rewards for bringing successful qui tam lawsuits total more than $1.2 billion.
Employees of pharmaceutical companies are starting to come forward and report illegal drug marketing, illegal kickbacks to doctors, unreported drug side effects, illegal pricing, and other transgressions. In addition to helping the public and saving lives, financial compensation for pharmaceutical whistleblowers can be substantial. Whistleblowers are often compensated in the millions of dollars under the U.S. False Claims Act, which allows private citizens to sue on behalf of the government and get a portion of awards in cases where firms defraud the government.
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Workers' Compensation
The Workers' Compensation laws in Pennsylvania provide benefits to workers injured on the job or having an occupational disease; or to surviving dependents of workers killed on the job, or as a result of the job. The benefits are provided regardless of who was at fault in causing the injury, disease or death, and regardless of the previous physical condition of the employee. Under certain circumstances benefits may be available for injuries which occur traveling to or from work sites and for other work-related injuries, diseases and death, even away from the workplace.
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