The most recent Colleran Firm successes include:
The Colleran Firm is one of the most widely-respected personal injury firms throughout the entire Pennsylvania legal community. As reported in the June 2004 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, James E. Colleran Esquire and Francis T. Colleran were voted by their peers as two of Philadelphia's top 100 lawyers. This is the second time James E. Colleran, Esquire has been honored by Philadelphia Magazine, previously recognized as one of the area's top nine personal injury lawyers in its March 1999 "Best Lawyers" issue.
Members of The Colleran Firm are routinely requested to speak on various legal topics ranging from medical malpractice reform to automobile insurance issues. James E. Colleran, Esquire and Francis T. Colleran, Esquire have routinely lectured at Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education courses on the topic of medical malpractice. James E. Colleran, Jr. sits on the board of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.
The Colleran Firm is dedicated to providing its clients the best and most comprehensive legal representation possible.
- Back-Injury Case Results in Substantial Awards, Wheelchair bound Man Nets $2.9 Million. Read More.
- A $10,000,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who suffered serious brain damage after her healthcare providers failed to diagnose her medical conditions, and then failed to timely intubate her once she went into cardiopulmonary arrest.
- A $10,000,000 settlement on behalf of a child that suffered a brain injury during the birthing process.
- A $9,000,000 settlement on behalf of a child who experienced severe brain damage due to negligence during the labor and delivery process.
- An $8,000,000 settlement on behalf of a man who sustained catastrophic injuries while working in a construction zone.
- A $7,250,000 settlement on behalf of brain-injured child.
- A $7,500,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a 15-year-old boy who suffered a below-the-knee amputation due to substandard medical care after breaking his ankle during a football game.
- A $6,200,000 settlement of a medical malpractice action on behalf of a brain-injured man..
- A $5,000,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who suffered serious neurologic injury when her healthcare providers failed to properly treat her cerebral hemorrhage.
- A $5,000,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a woman whose breast cancer was not timely diagnosed.
- A $4,900,000 Luzerne County jury award on behalf a woman who suffered a substantial bleed leading to permanent neurologic injury as a consequence of surgical error.
- A $4,800,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a woman who sustained a host of complications after a suffering a massive bleed caused by medical negligence during a cesarean section.
- A $4,500,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of the Estate of a woman who died the day following a hysterectomy.
- A $4,200,000 settlement on behalf of an elderly man who suffered serious injuries in a Chester County motor vehicle accident.
- A $4,200,000 settlement on behalf of brain-injured child.
- A $3,600,000 settlement in Montgomery County on behalf of a brain-injured child.
- A $3,500,000 jury verdict in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a 26-year-old man killed while repairing a tractor-trailer that had negligently been left in gear by its driver. Read More.
- A $3,500,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a woman who sustained permanent injury as a result of a negligently performed knee replacement surgery.
- A $3,000,000 recovery on behalf of a brain-injured child.
- A $3,000,000 settlement on behalf of the Estate of a woman who died shortly following childbirth.
- A $2,900,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a man who suffered permanent neurologic injury as a result of a physician's failure to timely decompress his spinal cord.
- A $2,900,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of the Estate of a man who died after his cardiac issues were not appropriately addressed.
- A $2,500,000 Montgomery County jury award on behalf of the Estate of a man who died after his cardiac issues were not appropriately addressed.
- A $2,500,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a woman who suffered permanent injury after suffering a delay in diagnosis of her neurosarcoidosis.
- A $2,100,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of a man left with cognitive and motor impairment after suffering a delay in diagnosis and treatment of encephalitis.
- A $2,100,000 jury award on behalf of a woman who suffered a delay in diagnosis of her colon cancer.
- A $2,000,000 Lackawanna County jury award on behalf of a man who developed avascular necrosis of his hips due to over-prescription of steroids..
- A $1,800,000 Chester County jury award on behalf of a man who suffered an above-the-knee amputation as a result of the negligence of his vascular surgeon.
- A $1,800,000 settlement on behalf of a man who suffered neurologic injury as a result of his physicians' failure to timely diagnose and treat a spinal cord abscess.
- A $1,700,000 Bucks County jury award on behalf of a man who suffered permanent neurologic injury after his brain hemorrhage went untimely diagnosed.
- A $1,500,000 Camden County jury verdict on behalf of a man who suffered serious complications of infection after a hospital failed to inform him of his blood culture results.
