I want to congratulate our partner, Andrew E. DiPiero, Esq., who was named a 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® for the fifth consecutive year and will be featured in the June 2010 Philadelphia Magazine as a top lawyer in Pennsylvania. Andy and I have held this title proudly representing our firm for the past few years.
Stampone Law is proud to announce the formation of our Business Services Group. Our attorneys and business professionals work together to provide an extensive offering of services in a variety of practice areas. Our goal is to provide clients with one place to go for all their needs since hiring a lawyer or business consultant is such a personal matter.
Attorney Joseph P. Stampone of Philadelphia was recently appointed to serve a fourth term as the National Italian American Political Action Committee (NIA-PAC) president. He has served as a board member since 2000.
Joe Stampone’s good friend Bill Zamulinsky participated in this ground-breaking event, paddling 28 miles from Wall Street to Battery Park City. Joe contributed to Bill’s fundraising efforts in honor of a close friend. All told, SEA Paddle NYC raised thousands of dollars to benefit individuals and families dealing with autism.
Though it is never pleasant to contemplate what will happen at the time of your death, knowing that you have provided for your loved ones and for yourself by putting your affairs in order can bring peace of mind. The most common method through which people transfer their estates — that is, their real property and personal property such as homes, bank accounts, cars and jewelry — is a will. But there are many other ways to transfer property…
Bucks County – Our client, a minor, received a settlement award as a result of injuries sustained due to the alleged failure of a lock-out mechanism on a top load washing machine which allowed the minor to fall into the drum during the spin cycle.
A commercial property owner sustained water damage to his property as a result of heavy rains which caused the sewer lines to back up. The client’s property was inundated with raw sewage and water which caused significant damage to multiuse commercial/industrial property. The insurance company claimed that there was no coverage for this type of loss under the policy due to the fact that this was not a flood insurance policy; and because there were more than one source of water, i.e., the back up of drains and sewers as well as surface water.
Philadelphia County – Our client, an immigrant of South America who was in the U.S. without government authority, received a settlement of $500,000.00 as a result of a heart attack which occurred in the Emergency Room of a Philadelphia hospital. The plaintiff had gone to the emergency room with complaints of chest pain, but was forced to wait an inordinate amount of time resulting in his death in the Emergency Room waiting room before being seen by a physician.
After extensive litigation with testimony from a pathologist and neuromuscular specialist, our client received an award for a work related intra-cranial multiple infarct (3-strokes). Our client is now a quadriplegic who is confined to a wheelchair and hospital bed; he is unable to feed, dress, bathe and attend to his personal hygiene. Value of the indemnity over his life expectancy of 35 years exceeds $600,000; his medical care and treatment is approximated at $3 million dollars.
Elevator accident – Philadelphia County – Our client, a registered nurse, received a settlement award of $1 million when she was injured while a passenger on a hospital elevator which suddenly and without warning dropped numerous floors by way of a “freefall”. Injuries included polyneuropathy and multiple disc herniations.