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Shanin S | PA
Years in practice: 40
OTHER STATE BAR

Pennsylvania, 1984

Law School

Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D., 1984 and Cambridge University, LL.M., 1984

Malpractice Insurance
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Languages spoken in the office
English, Spanish
Affiliations
The Inner Circle International Academy of Trial Lawyers The National Trial Lawyers The Best Lawyers in America bestlawyers.com Outstanding lawyers are nominated based on peer review from lawyers in the same practice area and the same legal community based on the question, “If you could not handle a case yourself to whom would you refer it?” using numerical grades from 5 (the best)  to 1
Recognition & Certifications
Special Recognitions & Awards:

Milton D. Rosenberg award given by PaTLA, currently Pa. Association for Justice.

Michael A. Musmanno Award conferred by the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' Association

Important cases
Important cases:

Case Name: Ryan Briggs, a minor, et al v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, CCP, Allegheny County, No. 01-21748. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $7,800,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: David W. Caruso, Jr., et al v. Neumann Medical Center, CCP, Philadelphia County, February 1998, No. 1060 (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $49,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 0

Case Name: Margot and Dan Polett, CCP., Philadelphia County, August 2008, No. 26371 (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $28,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 2

Case Name: Jeanette M. Blumer, Ind. And as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph Blumer, Dec’d. v. Ford Motor Co., CCP., Allegheny County, No. 06-007766. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $8,750,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Dolores Donch, Executrix of the Estate of Charles J. Donch, Jr. & Dolores Donch in her own right . University of Pennsylvania Health System, et al., CCP, Philadelphia County, March 1998, No. 1690. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $1,571,300.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 2

Case Name: Cheryl A. Ellison, as Guardian of Christopher Ellison and in her own right vs. United States of America, United States District Court, No. 09-cv-0331. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $17,500,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Jane Baker v. Judith Fulmer, CCP., Lehigh County, No. 200-C2918. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $2,900,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Hugh B. Gallagher, III & Joanne Gallagher, Guardians of the Estate of Hugh B. Gallagher, IV v. Temple University Hospital, CCP, Philadelphia, April 2001, No. 2643. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $20,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Romney Reese & David Lee, Individually and as Parents of Emmett Lee, a minor v. Koller, et al., CCP, Montgomery County, No. 03-17562. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $20,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 2

Case Name: Teresa A. McManamon, an incapacitated person, by her co-guardians James V. Greenhough and Denise Kurzmann, Individually v. Greater Hazelton Health Alliance, et al., CCP, Luzerne County, No. 7479-C2001. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $19,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Grady Jordan, a minor, et al v. Western Pennsylvania Hospital, et al., CCP, Allegheny County, No. 05-025160 (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $57,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Courtney Sparber, a minor, by her mother & Natural Guardian, Carmen Sparber v. Alfred E. DuPont Hospital for Children, USDC for the District of Delaware, No. 95-501-MMS. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $19,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Dianne Volutza, Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory S. Volutza, Dec’d. and Dianne Volutza, in her own right v. McBryan, et al., CCP, Berks County, No. 03-15721. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $4,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Ginny V. White and Jimmie D. White v. Ford Motor Co., USDC for District of Nevada, No. CV-N-95-00279-DWH(PHA). (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $153,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 2

Case Name: Natina El, parent and natural guardian of Nicolas Woolfolk, a minor v. Ingerman Affordable Housing, Inc., et al., CCP, Philadelphia County, February 2002, No. 1049. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $7,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Ginny V. White and Jimmie D. White v. Ford Motor Co., USDC for District of Nevada, No. CV-N-95-00279-DWH(PHA) (retrial of punitive damage claim) (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $52,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 2

Case Name: Robert and Mary Weightman, as parents and natural guardians of Destine Weightman, a minor, and in their own right v. Park Lane East Apartments, et al., CCP, Philadelphia County, December 1993, No. 2761. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $24,000,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Case Name: Keith D. Wandel, by his attorney in fact Mary E. Wandel and Mary E. Wandel v. Bell Sports, Inc., CCP, Luzerne County, No. 5349-CV-1994. (verdict)

Amount Recovered: $6,800,000.000

Number of Plaintiffs: 1

Membership

Super Lawyers

International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Lawdragon

American College of Trial Lawyers

Leading Product Liability Lawyers

Hearing Committee on the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pa. 1989-1994

Chairman of the Hearing Committee on the Disciplinary Board 1994-1995

Case Categories
• Automotive • Product Liability • Premises Liability
• Other Torts • Whistleblower • Toxic Torts
• Disaster Law • Automotive (Transportation) • Pharma Law
• Hospital Error • Medical Malpractice • Product Liability (Product Liability)
• Legal Malpractice
PEER REVIEW RATINGS
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CLIENTS REVIEW RATINGS
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