Case Results

In their nearly 50 years combined of representing plaintiffs, Youman & Caputo’s founding partners have secured or helped secure more than 100 seven or eight-figure settlements or verdicts.

We investigate our cases thoroughly, litigate them aggressively, and do not hesitate to try any case where necessary to try to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
$57M
Birth Injury Verdict
$54M
False Claims Act Settlement
$35M
False Claims Act Settlement
$30M
Brain Injury Settlement
$21.8M
Delaware County Jury Verdict
$20M
Medical Malpractice Verdict
$19.6M
Brain Injury Settlement
$12.5M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$12M
False Claims Act Settlement
$10.19M
False Claims Act Settlement
$9M
Brain Injury Settlement
$8.25M
Emergency Room Negligence Settlement
$8M
Spinal Cord Injury Settlement
$7.5M
Birth Injury Settlement
$7.5M
Wrong Site surgery settlement
$7.4M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$7.3M
Injured Construction Worker
$7M
Spinal Cord Injury Settlement
$6.3M
Lehigh County Jury Verdict
$6.2M
False Claims Act Settlement
$6M
Birth Injury Settlement
$6M
Failure to Diagnose Settlement
$6M
Spinal Cord Injury Settlement
$5.85M
False Claims Act Settlement
$5.6M
Product Liability/Medical Malpractice Settlement
$5.25M
False Claims Act Settlement
$5.1M
Montgomery County Jury Verdict
$5M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$5M
Lehigh County Premises Liability Settlement
$4.95M
Delay of Diagnosis of Cancer Settlement
$4.75M
Federal Court Jury Verdict
$4.5M
False Claims Act Settlement
$4.5M
Motor Vehicle Accident Settlement
$3.7M
Product Liability/Medical Malpractice Settlement
$3.5M
Delay in Diagnosis of Brain Tumor Settlement
$3.5M
Delayed Diagnosis of Infection Settlement
$3.5M
False Claims Act Settlement
$3M
Premises Liability Settlement
$3M
Construction Accident Jury Verdict
$3M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$2.85M
False Claims Act Settlement
$2.7M
False Claims Act Settlement
$2.3M
Workplace Injury Settlement
$2.1M
Motor Vehicle Accident Settlement
$2M
Construction Accident Jury Verdict
$2M
Product Liability Settlement
$2M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$2M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$2M
Medication Error settlement
$1.87M
Medical Malpractice Settlement
$1.75M
Delayed Diagnosis of Heart Attack Settlement
$1.3M
Philadelphia Motor Vehicle Accident Settlement
$1.3M
Wrongful Death settlement
$1.25M
Wrongful Death Settlement
$1.25M
Surgical Error Settlement
$1.2M
Motor Vehicle Accident Settlement
$1.2M
Medical Malpractice Judgment
$1M
False Claims Act Settlement
$927,000
Medical Malpractice Verdict in Chester County
$54M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was co-counsel for the whistleblowers in a federal lawsuit in New York alleging that Teva Pharmaceuticals violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by using “speaker programs” to attempt to induce physicians to prescribe two neurology drugs. This settlement was achieved after the government declined to intervene in the case and just days before jury selection was scheduled to begin.

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$35M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for a whistleblower in a lawsuit that settled for $35 million with a healthcare system and two Tucson hospitals over alleged Medicare fraud. The settlement remains the largest of its kind in Arizona history. The whistleblower in the case, a former employee of the non-profit healthcare system, received a reward of nearly $6 million.

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$21.8M
Delaware County Jury Verdict

Caputo was lead trial counsel for a man who lost his sight because of prolonged back surgery. Caputo’s verdict is one of the largest verdicts in Delaware County history and it ranked among the top 100 verdicts in any type of case in the United States in 2015.

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$12.5M
Medical Malpractice Settlement

Confidential settlement

$10.19M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for a whistleblower in a lawsuit that settled against a New York company, Sorkin’s Rx, Ltd., a/k/a CareMed Pharmaceutical Services, for allegedly engaging in fraudulent sales involving expensive prescription drugs to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. That matter settled for $10.19 million, with the whistleblower’s share set at $1.85 million.

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$6.3M
Lehigh County Jury Verdict

On December 9, 2019, Youman won a $6.3 million jury verdict in Lehigh County for a woman whose 48 year-old husband suffered a fatal heart attack while jogging. 40 days earlier, her husband had seen a St. Luke’s cardiologist for evaluation of his chest pain, shortness of breath, and other symptoms. The cardiologist failed to order the necessary testing that would have diagnosed his severe coronary artery disease and, instead, the cardiologist incorrectly attributed his symptoms to panic attacks and anxiety. Read more about Youman’s verdict here.

$6.2M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for a whistleblower in a New York tax fraud lawsuit against Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. and Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co that resulted in a $6.2 million settlement. The whistleblower received a reward of more than $1.1 million.

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$5.85M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for a whistleblower in a case in which a community health system agreed to pay the federal government $5.85 million to settle claims that it overbilled Medicare using inflated employee work hours. The whistleblower reward was $1.17 million.

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$5.25M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for the whistleblower who alleged that his former employer (a regional health system) had violated the False Claims Act and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute by paying above fair market value to purchase a surgery clinic from its physician owners to induce referrals to the system’s flagship hospital.

$5.1M
Montgomery County Jury Verdict

In 2014, Youman won a $5.1 million jury verdict in Montgomery County for a woman who suffered severe injuries after a medication error caused her to be injected with a concentrated decongestant instead of a local anesthetic before routine sinus surgery.

$4.75M
Federal Court Jury Verdict

In 2023, Colin Beisel obtained a $4.75 million jury verdict in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a young man who was rendered paraplegic after being negligently shot in the neck at a social gathering at an apartment complex.  This is one of the largest verdicts of the year in that court.

$4.5M
False Claims Act Settlement
$3.5M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was co-counsel for a whistleblower in an Eastern District of Wisconsin qui tam False Claims Act case against Walgreens involving allegations of fraudulent billing for stimulant medications in violation of Medicaid rules. The case settled in January 2019 for $3.5 million.

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$3M
Construction Accident Jury Verdict

Caputo was lead trial counsel for an ironworker who was injured when he fell in a dark staircase at a construction site.

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$2.85M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for the whistleblower in an Eastern District of Pennsylvania qui tam False Claims Act case against Eagleville Hospital involving allegations of fraudulent billing for hospital level detoxification services. The case settled in July 2019 for $2.85 million; Youman & Caputo’s client received an award of $513,000.

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$2.7M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo represented the whistleblower in a California case in which an aerospace parts company agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle claims that it falsely certified that it had performed required inspections on parts used in military aircraft, spacecraft and missiles used by the Depart of Defense.

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$2M
Construction Accident Jury Verdict

In November 2004, Youman won a $2 million jury verdict for a construction worker who suffered a severe neck injury in a jobsite mishap. George LePera, of Conshohocken, was hurt when wet concrete was poured onto him from one floor above the area in which he was working.

$1.87M
Medical Malpractice Settlement

In May 2011, Youman won a $1.87 million verdict for the estate of a woman, Koulnara Chrol, who died after an emergency room doctor failed to diagnose her symptoms as carbon monoxide poisoning. Days after her discharge from the ER she was found unconscious in her Cheltenham home, where two other people were found dead.

$1.2M
Motor Vehicle Accident Settlement

In 2006, Youman won a $1.2 million verdict in Chester County for a man injured when a truck veered off a roadway and struck tree branches that fell on his head, causing several fractures and resulting in headaches and cognitive deficits.

$1M
False Claims Act Settlement

Caputo was lead counsel for the whistleblower in an Eastern District of Pennsylvania qui tam False Claims Act case alleging that Coordinated Health improperly billed federal health care programs for physician assistant services at the full physician rate. The complaint also alleged that Coordinated Health used CPT Modifier 24 to improperly bill for services covered under the separately paid global surgery reimbursement. In December 2019, Coordinated Health agreed to pay $1 million to settle the case.

$927,000
Medical Malpractice Verdict in Chester County

One month after his verdict in the Chrol case (above), Youman won a $927,000 verdict in Chester County for an Exton woman whose hand was damaged in a medical procedure at Paoli Hospital. The injury curtailed her career plan to perform micro-surgery in researching a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.