Anapol Schwartz Files Donor Family Class Action Complaint in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.PHILADELPHIA -- Law firm Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C. filed a donor family class action complaint (http://www.anapolschwartz.com/practices/biomedical-tissue-services/co mplaint.pdf), in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The name of an English court which was established on the breaking up of the aula regis, for the determination of pleas merely civil. It was at first ambulatory, but was afterwards located. , against Philadelphia funeral homes, funeral directors, crematories, and a N.J. tissue harvesting company charged with pilfering pil·fer v. pil·fered, pil·fer·ing, pil·fers v.tr. To steal (a small amount or item). See Synonyms at steal. v.intr. To steal or filch. bones and tissue from the dead. Several tissue processing companies are also named. Anapol Schwartz attorneys Larry Cohan and Melissa Fry Hague said, "We are representing hundreds of individuals located primarily in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia area, including those notified that their loved one's body parts were stolen." (See http://www.anapolschwartz.com/practices/biomedical-tissue-services/gar zone.asp). Plaintiffs are seeking class certification and demanding a jury trial based on 16 counts, ranging from civil conspiracy, negligence and intentional/negligent infliction in·flic·tion n. 1. The act or process of imposing or meting out something unpleasant. 2. Something, such as punishment, that is inflicted. Noun 1. of emotional distress emotional distress n. an increasingly popular basis for a claim of damages in lawsuits for injury due to the negligence or intentional acts of another. Originally damages for emotional distress were only awardable in conjunction with damages for actual physical harm. , to fraud/deception under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. "We must hold the responsible parties and their accomplices accountable. These families have experienced terrible suffering - they deserve to know the truth and move on with their lives," added Cohan. Donor families include lead plaintiffs Martha Wilson, Nancy Wilson and James Wilson, and Neil Pancoast. The complaint states that the tissue of Wilsons' father and Pancoast's wife (who died of lung and bone cancer at 59) were harvested without consent. Cohan and Hague are also currently pursuing actions on behalf of hundreds of other victims who received the body parts. Founded in 1977, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley is a personal injury firm with 25 attorneys and law offices in Philadelphia, Media, Reading and Harrisburg, Pa., as well as Cherry Hill, N.J. The firm has a multi-faceted practice with a tradition of excellence in medical malpractice Improper, unskilled, or negligent treatment of a patient by a physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care professional. law, pharmaceutical mass tort, medical device matters, toxic tort, class actions, products liability, automobile, investor claims and wrongful termination wrongful termination n. a right of an employee to sue his/her employer for damages (loss of wage and "fringe" benefits, and, if against "public policy," for punitive damages). litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Long URLs in this release may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists. |
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