Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice & Car Accident Trial Attorneys
You Need Personal Injury Lawyers Who Will Invest The Time And Money It Takes To Win Your Case.
History Of Our Firm
Our Philadelphia Law Firm was established in 1994 and is comprised of 5 attorneys and 12 support staff who are dedicated to pursuing the best interests of our clients. We represent clients throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York from our offices in Philadelphia. Our affiliated New Jersey law firm, Weinstein & Associates, P.C., has offices in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
We are proud to announce that our firm has been awarded the highest rating (AV) by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale Hubble is the nations largest Lawyer's Listing Service. An AV rating indicates that the attorneys within our firm have been recognized for the highest level of legal skill and ethical integrity. This award is given to the the top 5% of lawyers as determined by a vote of lawyers. Master & Weinstein, P.C. have offices at 1818 Market Street, Suite 3620, Philadelphia, PA 19103 and at 41 South Haddon Avenue, PO Box 642, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
We work on a contingency fee basis. If we do not recover money for you, you will owe no fee to our attorneys.
You may not be aware of the considerable commitment that good trial lawyers make when they take on your case. When we take you on as a client we invest our firm's money to prepare the strongest case possible for you and your family. We want to win your case for you and we want to make sure you get everything you deserve for the losses you have suffered.
We hire the most qualified expert witnesses to support your case. We hire top notch graphic artists who prepare computer generated displays for court. We use videographers to tape testimony in depositions. We also recruit the resources of our 14 full time personal injury staff to research and prepare your case. Our lawyers work together as a team to provide you with the full support you will need to win a substantial settlement or victory in court.
We are very proud of our track record and some of our most notable victories are listed below. Our lawyers have served over 5000 clients in civil litigation. This experience over the years has helped us create a network of seasoned professionals that we hire to build strong cases for our clients. We want you to become our client so that we can bring all of our resources together for your case.
When you call us or fill out our contact form on the side of this page we will set up a time so we can discuss your case with you in depth. Our lawyers are aware that your injuries or losses can be painful to talk about. We meet with our clients in private comfortable rooms in our offices or in your home so you can feel at ease discussing your case. Once we fully understand all the facts of your case and we sign you on as a client of the firm, we strategically prepare your case for court.
We use the most advanced technology to prepare and present evidence and expert testimony. Often times our victories come from settlement offers we receive just before a case is scheduled to go to trial. We try to build a rock solid case before trial so that the "other side" is afraid they will lose in court. When our opponents fear a loss in court they often offer a fair settlement to our clients just before the trial begins. This is why it is so important that you choose your lawyer carefully. You want to make sure that your lawyers have the skill, experience and commitment to make your case rock solid. You want to know that you stand the greatest chance of winning a fair settlement or a court victory. You also want to know that your lawyer has the experience to know how to negotiate a settlement offer properly. The negotiation process in our firm is based upon our firm's deep knowledge of the trial process, our constant research of the law and our assessment of pending legislation.
If you receive a settlement offer, you want to have tremendous trust and confidence in your lawyer. You want to feel that your lawyer has been doing everything possible every step of the way to win your case.
Months of hard work, hours and hours of depositions and hundreds of pages of briefs and court filings often boil down to a single critical moment when you receive a settlement offer. At that moment you must trust your lawyer to give you advice that is based on dozens of factors surrounding the case. This is the moment when your lawyers advise you about a critical choice; should you accept a fair settlement offer, or should you take your case to court? We help you make that choice by giving you an assessment of all the factors that can affect your case in court. These factors include: where the trial is being held, what laws and caps on settlements may affect the final jury award, how jurors will likely respond to your case, and how competent and well prepared the opposing attorneys are. If you do decide to take your case to court with our legal team you will take comfort knowing that you have excellent lawyers in your corner. We have taken many complex and difficult cases to court in counties all over Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
Call us now so that we can collect all the information we need to start building a good case for you. Some people wait for months or years before filing a suit and this can weaken an otherwise strong case. If you are reading this after office hours or on a weekend please fill out the form on the side of the page. You don't have to write a long description of your case, just a brief sentence or two will do fine. We will get back to you as soon as we come back into the office.
Verdicts & Settlements
We want to share with you some of the recent successes which have resulted in fair and substantial monetary settlements for our clients. Obviously, not every case we undertake involves injuries as serious as those reported here. With the same degree of skill, care, concern and professionalism, we also represent people who suffer less significant injuries. In each of the cases discussed below, lawyers for the insurance companies vigorously contested our claims and spent large amounts of time and money trying to deny our clients fair compensation. We are extremely proud that we were able to overcome enormous challenges in these cases so that our clients could be "made whole".
$1.26 Million Dollar Product Liability Award
In Pendley v. Genesis Worldwide Inc., Ontario, Canada-based industrial equipment manufacturer Genesis Worldwide Inc. and Cincinnati-based used machinery dealer Mohawk Machinery Inc. agreed to pay a combined $1.26 million to plaintiff Courtney Pendley, an employee of Rolled Metal Products in Fort Washington, Pa., who was injured by a steel-cutting machine he was operating.
After a day-long session with ADR Options mediator Edward L. Edelstein on Feb. 12, Genesis consented to paying $1.25 million, with Mohawk picking up the other $10,000.
The plaintiff's attorney, Christopher T. Moyer of Philadelphia-based Master Weinstein Schnoll & Dodig, said his client's original pretrial demand was for $2.5 million in damages to cover lost wages, as well as physical and psychological injury. The defense had made no offers when the parties entered mediation, however...
Read More »- This case was handled by Chris Moyer.
$1.2 Million Dollar Underinsured Motorist Award
Attorney Kevin Weinstein recently appeared before an arbitration panel in New Jersey where he argued on behalf of a New Jersey police office who was seriously injured when the officer was in the process of collecting documentation from a motorist he had stopped and another vehicle collided with the front of his patrol car which was angled behind the stopped motorist and then struck the officer and spun him down the side of the stopped vehicle.
As a result of the officer's serious injuries, he was seen by numerous physicians over a (4) year period and was been diagnosed with injuries including, but not limited to; post-concussion syndrome; nausea; blurred/double vision; left perilymph fistula; labral tear, ligamentum teres tear and greater trochanteric bursitis of the right hip; a labral tear of the left hip; a frayed anterior labrum with early separation of the right shoulder; anterior SLAP lesion; torn anterior glenoid labrum; subacromial versectomy of the left shoulder; chrondromalacia of the right knee; torn anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee; and post-surgical significant hearing loss of the left ear. In addition to the above serious injuries, the officer was also diagnosed with psychiatric/psychological injuries including post-concussion syndrome, pain disorder associated with psychological factors and adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood.
At the arbitration, defense counsel argued that the officer had suffered serious pre-accident injuries which explained, in large part, the officer's post-accident complaints. Mr. Weinstein successfully argued before the panel that the office was able to return to full duty after each and every pre-accident motor vehicle collision in the 1990s and the appropriate award was made.
- This case was handled by Kevin Weinstein.$275,000. Parking Lot Slip and Fall Settlement
Christopher Moyer recently handled a case that came to the firm through an email contact from this website. The client had been told by another lawyer that he did not want her case and that it had little chance of success and he filed a petition with the court asking to be discharged from the case which petition was granted.
Mr. Moyer agreed to take on this slip and fall case in attempt to help the client who was suffering terribly from a medical condition known as RSD. After completing extensive discovery wherein it was learned that the Defendants had not adequately maintained records as to whether the parking lot was plowed, Mr. Moyer was able to settle this case at mediation just nine (9) months after the client was told that her case had little chance of success.
- This case was handled by Christopher Moyer.$200,000. Automobile Settlement
Christopher Moyer successfully resolved a motor vehicle accident for the full policy limits of both the responsible driver and the claimant's insurance policy in a left-hand turn automobile accident case. The case was resolved within six (6) months of the date of accident.
- This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer.$1,000,000.00+ structured payout settlement
Attorney Kevin Weinstein was recently able to resolve a young woman's claim for serious injuries arising out of an intersectional motor vehicle accident. She sustained neck, back and shoulder injuries and during the course of her treatment, an injection caused a significant problem with her speech. Although her physicians were unable to state that the medical procedure had been done negligently, attorney Weinstein was able to tie the speech problem to the medical treatment and thus place the blame on the negligent motorist.
Defendant argued that Plaintiff had been traveling at a high rate of speed and that she (the Defendant) was not responsible even though she had a stop sign for her direction of travel. As the trial date neared, attorney Weinstein was able to negotiate a settlement in the form of a structured payout that provided monthly income for the young woman for the rest of her life. Accountants determined that the overall value of the settlement was in excess of $1,000,000.00.
North Carolina Accident litigated in New Jersey
While vacationing in North Carolina, a New Jersey resident was struck in the rear by a commercial vehicle owned by a propane gas delivery service. Attorney Kevin Weinstein found that the propane company had one distribution site in New Jersey. He successfully convinced the United States District Court to litigate this case in New Jersey, rather than force the Plaintiff to travel back to North Carolina to file suit.
Claimant was a prison guard with a prior neck injury. Attorney Weinstein was able to obtain a high six figure settlement which when coupled with claimant's retirement/social security disability benefits, will provide him with a comfortable retirement. The value of this claim would have been much smaller had the case been litigated in rural North Carolina.
$1.32 Million Result - Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer
Our client, a 37 year old female, had been to her gynecologist for routine pap smear visits on a yearly basis. Unfortunately, despite the presence of worsening abnormal findings upon the pap smears, she was not notified of the development of the abnormal cells on her cervix for over two years during which time she developed cervical cancer requiring a total hysterectomy.
- This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer.$1.2 Million Result Fall from Stairwell
Our client, a 39 year old male, suffered a burst L1 spinal fracture during a slip and fall approximately 20 feet while scraping paint from the exterior of a building in Brooklyn, New York. Under New York Labor Law, the defendants were required to provide scaffolding to protect workers working at elevated heights. This case settled during the third day of trial in Kings County, New York.
- This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer.$900,000. Result - Failure to Properly Diagnose Breast Cancer
Our client, a 70 year old woman received annual mammograms for many, many years. Following her 1999 mammogram her doctor advised her that the result was suspicious for cancer. After the appropriate tests confirmed she had cancer she underwent a radical mastectomy of her left breast with tram reconstruction. Unfortunately, she developed a serious infection and had numerous additional surgeries. For a period of five (5) years her mammograms were reviewed by the same doctor who clearly failed to properly identify abnormalities which were present on the mammograms. During the videotaped discovery deposition of the defendant doctor, during which our medical malpractice lawyers team utilized two radiographic view boxes and copies of the original films to interrogate the doctor, the doctor testified "oh, shit" in response to Mr. Moyer's examinations. This case settled during the first day of jury selection.
- This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer$800,000 Result - Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer
Our client, a 32 year old female, had been to her gynecologist for routine pap smear visits on a yearly basis. After a low grade abnormal finding was detected the physician improperly performed cryosurgery in an attempt to remove the abnormal cells. Unfortunately, our client was not notified that the cryosurgery failed to remove the abnormal cells. A follow up pap smear showed that the surgery was a failure but despite this, our client was not notified for over 9 months. During the delay the abnormal cells developed into cervical cancer requiring a total hysterectomy.
- This case was recently featured in the Philadelphia Daily News. This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer.$612,500 Result - Client Injured by Patient Lifting Device
Our client, a 53 year old female, was employed as a nursing assistant at a nursing home. She was injured while attempting to move a patient with a mechanized lift when the battery which powered the lift fell onto her foot. As a result of the accident, our client developed RSD (chronic regional pain syndrome). This case came to Mr. Moyer just three (3) weeks before the statute of limitations (time to sue) was to expire and the client was told by another lawyer that she had no case. Mr. Moyer retained a Professor of Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of RSD. The case settled after four (4) days of trial.
- This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer.$600,000 Result - Unnecessary Surgery
Mr. Moyer handled this case which involved a podiatric surgery performed on our client's foot. This case was difficult because all parties agreed that the surgeon did not commit negligence in the performance of the surgery. Rather, Mr. Moyer concentrated on the fact that our client's underlying medical condition did not warrant the surgery performed by the defendant and therefore, the performance of the surgery was not medically reasonable and the defendant doctor was responsible for all damages which flowed from the surgery which was RSD (Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome). The case settled one week prior to jury selection.
- This case was handled by Christopher T. Moyer.$450,000 Car Accident Settlement - Cervical Fusion
This case which was handled by Kevin Weinstein and Christopher T. Moyer was resolved the day before trial. Our client was struck from behind on I-95 in Delaware. One of the key aspects of the case was filing suit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania because Mr. Weinstein discovered that the corporate defendant regularly conducts business in Philadelphia. The defendant filed objection to the suit being filed in Philadelphia but Mr. Moyer successful convinced the court that Philadelphia was the proper venue for the case. Another important aspect of the case was the utilization of a medical illustrator to create large replica drawings of the surgery and injuries suffered by our client.
$900,000 Automobile Accident Settlement
Kevin Weinstein and Christopher Moyer handled this case which resulted in a $900,000. settlement just prior to trial. Our client, a union carpenter was stopped in traffic and struck from behind by a SUV with such force as to cause his head to smash the rear cab window and to lose consciousness at the scene of the accident. He suffered serious injuries to his lower back which required two surgeries. The case was difficult in part because our client had a significant past history of back problems in the same area as was injured in the accident, including two prior back surgeries. The key to the case was proving that the accident was the cause of our client's current back complaints. To do this we retained multiple experts including an orthopedic surgeon and a neuroradiologist (a doctor who specializes in interpreting MRI films) to combat the defendant's medical experts who claimed that all of the injuries were pre-existing. In addition, we hired a vocational expert to calculate our client's loss of earnings. Another key to settlement was hiring a medical illustrator who created a trial exhibit by drawing the surgeries that were performed upon our client. Those diagrams where presented to the court and would have been used by our medical experts at trial to explain our client's injuries and surgeries.
You may view examples of these drawings in the Exhibit section of this website.
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