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Sheller Family Foundation Challenge Grant Supports Greater Philadelphia Salvation Army, Providing Funds for Emergency Assistance Program Lost in Budget Cuts 10/2/2008

Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival Volunteers Include Bauer & Herczeg
6/05/2004
Leona Bauer and Susan Herczeg volunteered with the 2004 Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival on June 5, 2004. Both have volunteered with the festival for more than ten years. The Festival benefits the Appel Farm private summer arts camp for children. The line up for the 2004 show included Ani DiFranco, Jonatha Brooke, and Stargazer Lily among others. For more information about the festival, go to www.appelfarm.org.

Herczeg Works to Refurbish Lemon Hill Mansion

5/15/2004
Susan Herczeg participated in Philadelphia Cares About Fairmount Park Day on May 15, 2004 by cleaning & painting Lemon Hill Mansion.

Kathleen Livingston Participates in Race for the Cure
3/22/2003
Kathleen Livingston participated in the 2003 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 20th Anniversary Race for the Cure. Foundation funds go toward the fight against breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. Working through a network of U.S. and international Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the CureŽ, the Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world. For more information about the Komen Foundation, go to www.komen.org.

Cape May School of Media Arts Appoints Sheller to Board of Trustees
3/11/2004
The Cape May School of Media Arts appoints Stephen A. Sheller, Esquire as Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Glenn P. Callahan, Esquire as Vice Chairman - University Relations. For the full story, click here.

Drexel University Board Adds Steve Sheller
11/20/2003
Stephen A. Sheller, Esquire, has been named to the Drexel University Board of Trustees, it was announced by board chair Joseph Jacovini. To read the full story, click here.

Bridget Clarke Working with Fairmount Park Safety
11/2003
Bridget Clarke is a current member of the committee meeting with Philadelphia government regarding safety issues in Fairmount Park.

Money for Alzheimer's Unit at Lankenau Raised by Leanne Brown
10/18/2003
Leanne Brown is active with the John B. Deaver Auxiliary of Lankenau Hospital where she participated in the 2003 Rocking Chair Marathon to benefit Alzheimer's unit.

Villanova Pro Bono Clinic Guest Bartender Leanne Brown
10/17/2003
Leanne Brown is a volunteer for the Villanova Law School Pro Bono for CARES clinic where she acted as a guest bartender at Brownies 23 East to raise money in 2003.

Steve Sheller Revels in Jazz - Appointed to Cape May Board
10/15/2003
Friends of Cape May Jazz, Inc. appointed Stephen A. Sheller, Esquire to the newly established honorary board. Other members are Assemblyman Nicholas Asselta (R) of Cumberland County, Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew (D) of Cape May County, Honorable Richard B. Klein of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and Michael Bruton of Philadelphia. To read the full story, click here.

Griffin, York and Brown Participate in 2000 Year Old Dragon Boat Tradition
10/4/2003
Nancy Renay Griffin served as Captain of the Dragon Boat that raced in the Second Annual Dragon Boat Festival in October of 2003. M. Elizabeth York, Paralegal and Leanne Brown also participated in the race. Proceeds of the race benefited Fox Chase Cancer Center. "We're proud to be the beneficiary of the Philadelphia Dragon Boat Festival," said Robert C. Young, M.D., president of Fox Chase Cancer Center and national president of the American Cancer Society. "We are extremely grateful for the generous donation to cancer research from the Festival's participants, sponsors, and spectators. We commend the spirit of the competition and share in the exhilaration of victory."

Center City House Tour Participants Include Leona Bauer and Susan Herczeg
10/2003
Leona Bauer and Susan Herczeg participated in the 2003 Center City Residents' Association (CCRA) House Tour. CCRA is one of Philadelphia's oldest civic associations. It is dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life in the area between South Street and JFK Boulevard, Broad Street to the Schuylkill River which includes historic Rittenhouse Square. Leona and Susan have been involved with CCRA for several years.

Advocating for Smokers' Rights - Steve Sheller Makes Top List
7/11/2003
Stephen A. Sheller was named a finalist in the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award given by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice "for discovering the light cigarette fraud and initiating the litigation strategy to remedy the deception." This innovative legal strategy resulted in the $10.1 Billion verdict against Phillip Morris in Illinois. For the full story, click here.

Runner Bridget Clarke Earns Elite Status in Boston Marathon
4/21/2003
Bridget Clarke has earned the title "elite status" in marathon running, having finished 45th overall in the female category and 33rd in the American female category of the 2003 Boston Marathon. She is a member of the Peak Performance Racing Team and is a board member of Philadelphia Runners.

Rendell Appoints Trusted Advocate, Steve Sheller, to Transition Team
1/11/2003
Edward G. Rendell, Governor-elect of Pennsylvania appoints Stephen A. Sheller, Esquire, to the Rendell Transition Team on Boards and Commissions. For the full story, click here.

Poet, Scott George Gets Involved with Neighborhood Revitalization
2003
Scott Alan George is a published poet, and is involved in neighborhood revitalization as a neighborhood representative in a street greening and mosaic project and as volunteer counsel to the Bella Vista Zoning Committee.

Jamie Sheller PaTLA Coordinates with Habitat for Humanity
06/1998
Jamie Sheller coordinated more than 50 lawyer-volunteers to help refurbish a row-house in North Philadelphia. It took volunteers nearly two years to complete the project sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association and Friends of Habitat for Humanity.

Jamie Sheller Chairs New Lawyer Committee for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
01/1998

Top Stories
NEWS ALERT: Sheller P.C. Investigating REGLAN drug cases
6/25/2009

Sheller, P.C. is investigating cases involving the drug Reglan.  Reglan (generic name: metoclopramide) is a prescription medication used to treat gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants and adults and has been linked to Tardive Dyskinesia, a potentially permanent disorder.  If you or someone you know is or has been taking Reglan and has experienced adverse health effects, please call attorney Claudine Q. Homolash, Esq. at Sheller, P.C. at (215) 790-7300 or at (800) 883-2299.
For more information on Reglan litigation, click on the title of this alert.

Sheller, P.C. Attorneys Instrumental in $15 Million Verdict
6/17/2009
Sheller, P.C. Attorneys were instrumental in the award to the Cruz family in a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision regarding Pennsylvania law on abuse of process and emotional distress damages in a medical malpractice case, Cruz v. Princeton Insurance Company.
Jamie L. Sheller Files Federal Class Action Against Aetna Insurance Regarding Security Breach
6/9/2009
Stephen A. Sheller Appeared on The CBS Evening News on the Dangerous Side Effects of Risperdal
5/25/2009
Mr. Sheller Appeared on the 6:30pm news broadcast regarding the use of antipsychotic drugs in children.  He discussed his representation of young clients injured by Risperdal.
Stephen Sheller Helps Government Recover Record $1.4 Billion Settlement
1/15/2009

 

Class Action Settlements
Investigations
Fentora Pain Medication
Qui Tam / Whistle-Blowers
Reglan Gets Black Box Warning
Accutane: inflammatory bowel disease
Arava: liver failure and death
Avandia Diabetes Drug: Heart Attacks
Bextra: heart attacks and stroke
Cell Phone Locking
Cingular Overcharge
Click Fraud
Damage Waiver
Dell XPS 700
Depo-Provera: osteoporosis
Digital Cameras, Camcorders and Imaging Devices
eMachines Laptop BIOS
Ephedra / Ephedrine (Ma Huang)
Fentora Pain Medication
Fuel Service Charge
Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents
Gateway M Series Laptops
GEICO Insurance
Geodon (Ziprasidone): suicide
H&R Block Express IRA
Hepatitis B Vaccine & MS
Home Depot Damage Waiver
IBM Technical Support Wages
IT Overtime Investigation
Kenmore HE4t and HE3t Washing Machines
Laptop and Computer Notebook Batteries
LendingTree Security Breach
Marsh Insurance Scandal
Medicare Part D
Mortgage Insurance
Paxil: suicide
Propane Price Fixing
Prozac: suicide
Remicade: immune suppression and infectious complications
ReNu with MoistureLoc
Restocking Fee
Risperdal: insulin dependent diabetes, tardive dyskinesia, gynecomastia
ServiceMaster, TruGreen Chemlawn, American Home Shield and Terminex
Title Insurance
T-Mobile
Variable Annuities
Vioxx: heart attacks and strokes
Vonage
Zoloft
ZOMETA, AREDIA and FOSAMAX: osteonecrosis of the jaw
Zyprexa: insulin dependent diabetes, tardive dyskinesia
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