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Sheller Attorneys Recognized as PA Super Lawyers for Third Consecutive Year 6/6/06
Philadelphia, June 6, 2006 -- Stephen A. Sheller, Bruce M. Ludwig, George J. Badey III, Anne E. Pedersen, Jamie L. Sheller and Jonathan Shub were recognized in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine as being among the best in the legal profession.
Read more about the Sheller, Ludwig & Badey Super Lawyers
$1,000,001 Verdict - Supermarket’s Negligent Failure to Maintain Portable Loading Dock
05/01/06
A New Jersey jury awarded a man $1,000,001 for an on-the-job injury -- the result of a poorly maintained loading dock. George Badey and Michael DiGenova represented the plaintiff.
Sheller Spurred Investigation Restores Ringwood Site to NPL
05/01/06
On April 16, 2006, Ringwood Mines/Landfill site became the first site to be added to the National Priorities List after being removed from the list. The decision to restore Ringwood's Superfund status came after an investigation that was initiated by Mr. Sheller.
Read more about the Ringwood Site.
Sheller Attorneys Recognized in PA Super Lawyers for Second Consecutive Year
06/06/05
Philadelphia, June 2005 -- Sheller, Ludwig & Badey attorneys, Stephen A. Sheller, George J. Badey III, Bruce M. Ludwig, Anne E. Pedersen, Jaime L. Sheller and Jonathan Shub were selected to be included in the 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine. They are also featured in a supplement Super Lawyers in the June 2005 edition of Philadelphia Magazine.
2005 Sheller Super Lawyers.
Jonathan Shub Serves as Co-Lead Counsel in Massive Class Action Against Maytag
11/22/2004
Jonathan Shub of the Sheller firm served as one of three co-lead counsel in the Maytag Neptune Class Action. The law suit was settled in August of 2004, and the Court granted the final approval order in November. Eligible class members could apply to receive repair reimbursements, replacement costs up to $500, and/or washing machine purchase certificates up to $1000.
$42.5 Million Common Fund Settlement in the Fujitsu Hard Drive Litigation
06/29/2004
Jonathan Shub and Scott Alan George were part of the national litigation team that secured a $42.5 million dollar common fund settlement in the Fujitsu Hard Drive Litigation. The settlement received final judicial approval earlier this year. Included in the recovery for persons whose computers contained a Fujitsu MPG3 drive were fair replacement value and reimbursement for data recovery expenses.
$29.6 Million Settlement Announced in the Pier 34 Collapse
02/02/2004
A $29.6 million settlement in the Pier 34 collapse was announced on January 28, 2004. The pier owner, a nightclub operator, and other defendants agreed to the settlement to end all personal-injury claims related to the May 18, 2000, tragedy in which three women were killed and 40 people were injured. Jamie Sheller, Esq., represents one of the injured.
$1.06 Million Settlement Reached in Complex Product Liability Case
10/09/2003
George Badey and Michael DiGenova reached a $1.06 Million settlement during the second week of a jury trial in a complex product liability case involving burn injuries.
$10.1 Billion Tobacco Verdict Paves Way for Philadelphia Counsel
03/22/2003
Illinois Judge ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $10.1 billion in the first "light cigarette" consumer fraud class-action lawsuit to come to trial alleging a tobacco company committed consumer fraud in its advertising of light cigarettes. The verdict will pave the way for Sheller Ludwig & Badey in many similar lawsuits across the country. Click here for more.
Heath Care Workers' Benefits Protected
07/03/2002
George Badey recently won a unanimous decision in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversing over 20 years of Commonwealth Court precedent, which had denied benefits to health care workers, holding them to a different standard than all other workers in unemployment compensation cases. The case was featured on the front page of the January 14, 2002 Pennsylvania Law Weekly and on the front page of the January 4, 2002 Legal Intelligencer and received coverage in national nursing journals. Bruce Ludwig participated on behalf of District Council 1199P of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) a union of health care workers, which represents approximately 14,000 employees in Pennsylvania. To read the Supreme Court decision, click here.
$3.85 Million Awarded Over Electrical Burns
8/24/2001
The Legal Intelligencer reported that "a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury has awarded $3.5 million to an electrician who suffered electrical burns while installing a fuse." George Badey and Michael DiGenova represented the plaintiff.
Jury Awards $11 Million to Child with Cerebral Palsy - Nurses Didn't Monitor Mother Properly
8/4/2000
The Legal Intelligencer
"After deliberating for about seven hours, a Philadelphia common pleas jury decided that a local hospital was 100 percent negligent in causing a newborn's cerebral edema and subsequent cerebral palsy. The jury awarded nearly $11 million dollars." Anne E. Pedersen and Martin Futrell of Sheller Ludwig & Badey represented the plaintiffs.
Jury Awards $2.3 Million to Man Burned From Electric Shock
6/25/1998
The Legal Intelligencer
"A Philadelphia jury has awarded an electrician $2.3 million for sever burns he suffered in an on-the-job electric shock. George Badey represented the plaintiff."
Camden Jury Awards Woman $1.3 Million in Case Alleging Iron Supplement Overload
5/15/1998
The Legal Intelligencer
"A woman was awarded $1.3 million . . . for iron overload she alleged she suffered after having been prescribed iron supplements for more than 20 years." Albert J. Brooks represented the plaintiff.
Couple Awarded $2.45 Million for Botched Anesthesia Injection
2/16/1998
The Legal Intelligencer
"A Camden County jury last week awarded $2.45 million to a couple in a medical malpractice case stemming from improper anesthesia administered to a woman undergoing a Caesarean section." Nancy Rhoads and Albert Brooks of Sheller Ludwig & Badey represented the plaintiff.
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