Thomas Wehner

Background

About Thomas Wehner

I have a Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law. I have been practicing for over 37 years, including as a shareholder at the law firm Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young, one of the most prestigious plaintiff's personal injury firms in Philadelphia. I was also a partner at a firm where my practice included defending insureds from multi-million dollar claims. My specialties include representing plaintiffs who are catastrophically injured, construction site accident litigation, strict products liability cases, high exposure insurance defense claims and representing parties in worker's compensation claims.I am an experienced trial attorney with a proven history of providing individual attention to all clients’ needs, effectively representing their interests and maximizing the value of each claim. for the last 15 years, I have focused exclusively on workers’ compensation cases including numerous claims for total disability.Demonstrated skills handling severe personal injury and work-place accident cases involving catastrophic injuries from construction site and auto accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice and defective products. I have handled more than 30 cases involving recoveries of 8, 7 and high 6 figure settlements or verdicts for injured clients, including:$5.25 million for an iron worker who was severely burned and fell when a steel beam being lifted to him came in contact with an electrical transformer which was too close to the construction site and had failed to be deenergized.$1.6 million for a granite-cutting saw operator whose skull was crushed by the defective product.$2.4 million for an iron worker who fell from the roof of the UPS building at the Philadelphia International Airport while constructing a standing seam metal roof system where inadequate fall protection was being used at the leading edge of the roof.$13.2 million for a husband and wife who were struck head on while driving over a local bridge by a suspect being chased at high speed by bridge police during heavy summer traffic in violation of regulations.$1.12 million for an iron worker whose leg was severely fractured when a steel column fell as a result of inadequate anchor bolt settings.$3.4 million for an iron worker who suffered a spinal cord injury when an employee of a concrete contractor used an improper piece of plywood to cover a floor opening which fell, striking the iron worker in the neck.Defense verdict in restaurant fire case representing the kitchen duct cleaning company for a claimed total loss of the restaurant.