New York Malpractice & Injury Lawyer Blog
A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld the decision of a malpractice lawsuit win for law firm Willig Williams.
The suit was brought, accusing the firm of stymieing a hospital worker’s plans to bring a medical malpractice claim against his employer for an injury he said he sustained during treatment for a previous injury suffered on the job.
A three judge panel determined that Willig Williams and their counsel had not committed malpractice by inking a settlement on behalf of Gerald Cohen, an employee at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The lawsuit put to rest the claims being made by Cohen for both the initial workplace injury and the subsequent injury he suffered undergoing treatment under his employer’s care.
The court concluded that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act did not allow Cohen to bring a separate medical malpractice action against St. Mary seeking compensation for the injury he says he sustained during treatment.
According to court documents, Cohen filed a legal malpractice case against the firm of Willig Williams in February 2012.
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