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Patrick J. Hart has been a shareholder with Scanlon & Gearinger Company, LPA since 1989. He is currently a co-managing partner of the firm.
He represents plaintiffs in personal injury, product liability, insurance, and medical malpractice cases.
Pat graduated from the University of Akron in 1972 and earned his J.D. from its School of Law in 1975. Pat served as a prosecutor for the city of Akron for two years before becoming the assistant law director. He left the service of the City for the private practice of law in 1980. Pat ultimately joined Scanlon & Gearinger in 1988.
Pat has served as an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at the University of Akron School of Law and has taught law classes at Malone College. He is a member of numerous professional organizations and has served on the Board of Trustees of the Akron Bar Association. He has served as president of the Summit County Trial Lawyers Association (1996-1997) and on its Board of Trustees.
For 30 years, Pat has handled serious and complex civil litigation. Some of his cases may be found in the “News” section of our Web site.
Pat has been active as a youth coach and has served on the Board of Trustees for the West Akron Baseball League. He also served for many years on the Board of Trustees for the Catholic Social Services of Summit County. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for CYO and Community Services. He and his wife, Linda, have two grown children and reside in the Akron area.
| June 13, 2007 |
Knox County man is awarded $325,000 by Franklin County jury for auto collision injuries. |
| May 8, 2007 |
Forklift accident results in lawsuit and eventual mediation settlement of $600,000. |
| January 24, 2007 |
Hit-skip collision on I-70 near Cambridge, Ohio resulted in $255,000 uninsured motorist settlement for death of husband and $90,000 settlement for injury to wife. |
| November 30, 2005 |
Lawsuit results in $485,000 settlement for amusement park security officer injured in automobile/pedestrian collision. |
| October 31, 2005 |
Lawsuit for 38 year-old woman who suffered neurological injury from anesthesia complication resulting in $3.3 million settlement. |
| October 28, 2005 |
Lawsuit resulting in $495,000 settlement as a result of injury from failure of total knee prosthesis. |
| October 29, 2003 |
Lawsuit for local man seriously injured in industrial explosion results in a trial mediation settlement in the amount of $1.9 million. |
| October 22, 2003 |
Summit County jury awards $105,000 in lawsuit brought against client's own insurance company. |
| August 27, 2003 |
Lawsuit resulted in $675,000 settlement for a 65 year-old Muskingum County man injured in an automobile/truck collision. |
| June 9, 2003 |
Lawsuit brought for a 35 year-old man rendered legally blind as a result of substandard medical care resulting in a $1.2 million settlement. |
| May 12, 2003 |
Lawsuit brought by the family of a Central Ohio woman who sustained severe neurological injury and ultimate death as a result of anesthesia malpractice. Settlement was reached in the amount of $1.4 million. |
| December 18, 2002 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of a 25 year-old man who was surgically injured resulting in permanent neurogenic bladder. Settlement reached in mediation in the amount of $900,000. |
| November 22, 2002 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of a Perry County 41 year-old woman for medical negligence in failing to diagnose and treat a perforated bowel resulting in sepsis and death. Settlement reached in mediation in the amount of $1.6 million. |
| July 31, 2002 |
Lawsuit for 58 year-old Newark, Ohio man who underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and was surgically injured resulting in neurological deficits. A settlement was reached in mediation in the amount of $650,000. |
| May 31, 2002 |
Former
official cleared in dirt trial; Neugebauer not guilty
of abusing Summit job by taking “trench spoils” |
| May 15, 2002 |
Lawsuit brought by the family of a 44 year-old Medina County man killed in a truck collision resulting in a mediation settlement of $1.5 million. |
| December 11, 2001 |
Electrocuted
woman’s family awarded $1.75 million |
| November 9, 2001 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of the family of a University of Akron professor killed in a car-truck collision on I-71 resulting in a negotiated settlement of $2.5 million. |
| May 15, 2001 |
Lawsuit brought in Cuyahoga County for 30 year-old man against his own insurance company for denial of underinsured motorist claim resulting in a Plaintiff's verdict of $150,000. |
| January 22, 2001 |
Lawsuit brought as a result of back injury resulting in paraplegia. Underinsurance claim resulted in settlement of $2.1 million. |
| January 5, 2001 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of 60 year-old Portage County man resulting in a jury verdict in the amount of $275,000. |
| November 8, 2000 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of family of 18 year-old woman killed in an automobile/truck collision on Route 30 in Ashland County resulting in $1.4 million settlement. |
| September 26, 2000 |
Akron
man’s widow sues cabbie over fatal shooting |
| April 5, 2000 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of Muskingum County woman killed in a car/truck collision resulting in a $950,000 settlement. |
| November 15, 1999 |
44 year-old Portage County man rendered paraplegic in the course of back surgery. Lawsuit resulted in a pretrial cash settlement in the amount of $450,000 and a liquidated damage settlement in the amount of $900,000. |
| June 7, 1997 |
Jury
orders local doctor to pay senior citizen $200,000 |
| August 14, 1996 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of the family of a 25 year-old woman who died several days following the delivery of her baby resulting in a settlement in the amount of $750,000. |
| August 29, 1995 |
Crash
Victim to Get $2.4 Million |
| August 26, 1995 |
Jury
judges Conrail guilty; Wooster man wins $2.4 million
for injuries from car-train crash |
| May 2, 1995 |
Man
wins lawsuit against former employer, awarded $133,000 |
| December 6, 1993 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of a Stark County man who lost his hand in a farm equipment accident resulting in a $250,000 settlement after the third day of trial. |
| November 24, 1993 |
Lawsuit brought in the State of West Virginia for a local woman seriously injured in an automobile/truck collision resulting in a $690,000 settlement. |
| March 16, 1993 |
Federal Court settlement after second day of trial for the family of a Coshocton County man killed in a construction site accident. |
| August 1992 |
Greynolds,
wife win $1 million medical suit |
| October 15, 1990 - November 15, 1990 |
Top
Personal Injury Verdicts & Settlements in Ohio,
October 1989 – September 1990 |
| March 8, 1990 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of a 14 year-old boy injured in an electrical/burn incident resulting in a federal court jury verdict in the amount of $2.2 million. |
| September 29, 1989 |
$700,000
is awarded to family of man injured at rail crossing |
| September 12, 1989 |
Lawsuit brought on behalf of a 17 year-old Portage County man seriously injured in an automobile/train grade crossing collision resulting in a $1.4 million settlement. |
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