1800 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 1500
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: 215.765.8181
Fax: 215.765.8081
Success Stories

For over 20 years, Lenard A. Cohen has had great success in helping injured individuals recover what they deserve. Consequently, The Law Offices of Lenard A. Cohen, P.C. seeks to achieve optimum results for clients. Of course, each result will vary depending on the particular facts and legal circumstances of each case but the goal of achieving the best result possible for every single client is consistent throughout.

Lenard Cohen has represented people who are catastrophically injured and disabled for many years as well as those with lesser injuries, but nonetheless traumatic and deserving of legal recovery. The dollar amounts of these cases can range dramatically and in certain circumstances exceed $1 million. Below are some examples of settlements and verdicts obtained by Lenard Cohen.

Automobile Liability Cases

  • $2.5 million – Head-on collision resulting in severe crush injury to the left leg.
  • $100,000 policy limits – Police officer struck by car while directing traffic at a funeral procession. Fractured leg.
  • $575,000 - Pedestrian struck by car while crossing the street in the crosswalk with her young child. Fractured vertebra in back.
  • $515,000 mediated settlement for 25 year old man with significant facial injuries resulting from an intersectional bike vs. auto accident where he ran his bicycle into the side of an SUV.
  • $475,000 verdict – Guest at wedding fell down defective steps fracturing wrist and developing reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD).
  • $465,000 settlement for 20 year old woman injured while passenger on motorcycle resulting in fractured leg and splenectomy resulting in significant abdominal scarring. Driver of motor cycle died in the collision with a car.
  • $450,000 mediated settlement for couple injured in intersectional collision where liability was contested. Fractured leg and facial orbit.
  • $300,000 verdict – Victim of rear-end collision who developed RSD.
  • $325,000 – Intersectional collision resulting in closed-head injury.
  • $160,000 settlement for a man injured from an intersectional bike vs. auto accident when he ran his bicycle into a van at an intersection in NJ and fractured his foot.
  • $100,000 policy limit settlement for 26 year old man with fractured leg resulting from an intersectional bike vs. auto accident where he was riding his bike across the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Workers' Compensation Cases

  • $450,000 settlement – Multiple fractures and long-term disability and medical treatment.
  • $310,000 settlement – Fibromyalgia, RSD with long-term disability and medical treatment.
  • $135,000 settlement – Laid off after returning to light duty job following severe thumb injury resulting in surgery.

Miscellaneous

  • $2.3 million – Tainted blood infected with HIV.
  • $2 Million for construction worker who fell from building due to negligence of general contractor in failure to provide required fall protection.
  • $2 million – Stroke victim as a result of being taken off needed blood thinning medication.
  • $700,000 settlement - Fall at work resulting in need to replace an arthritic hip and knee. Fall caused by defective gutter resulting in ice on parking lot.
  • $650,000- Product Liability Settlement for 40 year old man who lost his eye as a result of a defective bungee cord.
  • $225,000 settlement - Security guard fell into unbarricaded hole. Liability hotly contested. Fractured hip and jaw.
  • $100,000 - Settlement for 29 year old prisoner who fractured/dislocated elbow when piece of ceiling collapsed on him.
  • $82,500 - Mediated Settlement for 91 year old who fractured her hip after falling on adjacent vacant property while removing debris.
Recent News
Supreme Court reverses UIM en banc decision

Against weight of evidence for a jury to find no factual cause of injuries from auto accident when defense medical expert conceded "some injury"

Separated father of boy killed by motorist cannot get UIM benefits because son did not live with him

Supreme Court reverses its own notable workers' comp ruling on termination petitions

Date of Statute Of Limitation on UIM claim not until four years after settlement obtained

ADDITION OF UNINSURED GUARANTY FUND HAD GENESIS IN PA.Bar Association WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW SECTION

125 Firms Raise Nearly $1.5 Million for Legal Services

A request for reduced UM/UIM limits at policy’s inception is binding throughout unless otherwise specified in writing

PA Supreme Court Rules on Injured Pedestrian's Right of Recovery

View More News...
View News Archives...
 
© 2008 Law Offices of Lenard A. Cohen. All rights reserved. Review disclaimer.
Design and marketing by Legal Internet Solutions Incorporated.
Law Offices of Lenard A. Cohen • 1800 John F. Kennedy Blvd. • Suite 1500 • Philadelphia, PA 19103 • 215.765.8181