Richard P. Weisbeck Jr.
Firm:
Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP
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Overview
Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr. is a senior partner of the firm. For over 25 years, he has focused his practice in the area of personal injury law, including construction accidents, workplace injuries, automobile accidents, defective products/products liability, slip and fall accidents, and amputations.
Numerous local attorneys refer their complex cases to Mr. Weisbeck. His experience in resolving difficult matters as well as his nationally recognized litigation and trial skills are essential for successfully handling serious cases. Over the course of his career, Mr. Weisbeck has ensured that hundreds of people recover substantial damages for their injuries.
Practice Areas
- Accidents and Personal Injury
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Product Liability
- Farm Accidents
- Dog Bite Injury
- Injury on Property
- Medical Malpractice
- Mesothelioma and Asbestos
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Tourist Accidents
- Workplace Accidents
Results
Over the course of his career, Mr. Weisbeck has ensured that hundreds of people recover for their injuries. Some of those he has helped are described below.
- $14,000,000 structured settlement for a worker who suffered severe electric shock on the job
- $8,800,000 verdict for a young woman who suffered a severe injury from a defective post-hole digger
- $7,000,000 cash and structured settlement for a young man who suffered a brain injury in an automobile accident
- $5,200,000 verdict for a maintenance worker who suffered lower back injuries while descending a ladder on the job
- $5,000,000 for a disabled child whose attendant failed to suction his tracheostomy, causing further injury to the child
- $4,650,000 settlement for the estate of an unarmed man paralyzed by a police shooting
- $4,500,000 settlement for a construction worker who suffered back injuries after falling through a defective stairway
- $3,800,000 award for a 22-year-old nursing student involved in a motor vehicle collision with a rental truck in which he suffered injuries to his lower spine, left arm, and left knee
- $3,800,000 settlement for a mechanic whose hand was amputated by an engine fan blade he was working on
- $3,800,000 settlement for a construction worker for back and internal injuries suffered when the man-lift he was working on toppled over
- $3,250,000 award for an individual injured by a drunk driver
- $2,400,000 settlement for a factory worker who lost his foot as the result of a large coil tipping onto him
- $2,200,000 jury verdict for a union laborer who sustained back injuries when a scaffold he was working on collapsed
- $2,200,000 settlement for a laborer who sustained multiple injuries when he fell through an unguarded floor opening in a new building project
- $1,300,000 award for a construction worker and his spouse after suffering a broken ankle when he slipped and fell on ice and snow at a construction site
- $1,000,000 result for a person assaulted by a resident in a state owned and operated facility
In the News
- The Buffalo News reports on an $8.8 million verdict for a young woman who suffered a severe injury from a defective post-hole digger
- The Buffalo News reports on a $5.2 million verdict for a maintenance worker who suffered lower back injurieswhile descending a ladder on the job
- WIVB and The Buffalo News report on the $4.65 million settlement achieved for the estate of an unarmedman paralyzed by a police shooting
- The Ithaca Voice reports on Mr. Weisbeck’s representation of a family in a farm accident case that resulted inthe injury and death of a dairy farmworker
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Awards
Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Buffalo (2013)
- The Best Lawyers in America: Named to Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell: AV Peer Review Rating, signifying the highest recognition in legal ability and professional ethics
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2013: Named “Lawyer of the Year” in Buffalo for Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs by Best Lawyers in America
- Super Lawyers: Among the Top 50 attorneys named to Upstate New York Super Lawyers
- Who’s Who in Law: Named to the final 2012 issue of Business First/Buffalo Law Journal‘s “Who’s Who in Law” for Personal Injury
Education
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D.
Graduated 1982
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A.
Graduated 1978
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (716) 849-1333
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