Attorney Jason Albert Archinaco's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Medical Malpractice

Jan 17, 2014

OUTCOME: $32.8 Million Verdict

Our infant client was rendered a quadriplegic as the result of medical malpractice when dangerous heart decelerations were not reported promptly to the ob/gyn in-house at the hospital. The case has bee ... n written about extensively and generated national publicity. The verdict was recently named, by The National Law Journal, the #1 Verdict in Pennsylvania and the #17 verdict nationally for 2014. Sadly, despite the jury speaking unanimously in the matter, the defendant has appealed and our client continues to be deprived of much needed medical care.

Contracts and agreements

Fraud / Hidden Assets

Jan 01, 2010

OUTCOME: $6 Million Verdict

The defendants entered into a settlement agreement with our client agreeing to pay a portion of a prior judgement. As part of the settlement agreement, the defendants were required to disclose their as ... sets. If they were not honest in their disclosures, our client would be permitted to pursue the remainder of the judgement against those undisclosed assets. Thereafter, considerable discovery was engaged in, including numerous depositions, subpoenas and the review of thousands of documents. It was established that the target defendants did not disclose ownership of a complex series of corporate entities. Instead, they had created a labyrinth-type ownership structure in relatives and in-laws designed to evade the settlement agreement and disclosure of the ownership interest. A two-phase trial first established liability and ownership of the hidden assets with the second phase liquidating damages. Included was an award of over $1.4 million in attorneys' fees for our client.

Defective and dangerous products

Product Liability / Defective Drug

Jan 01, 2009

OUTCOME: $10 Million Settlement

The client suffered permanent injuries from a defective drug. A settlement was reached for the client that will ensure that the client has the proper medical care and treatment over the remainder of hi ... s life as well as the ability to leave a substantial estate for his family, changing their lives permanently.

Employment and labor

Defamation / Fraud / Intentional Interference with Contract

Jan 01, 2008

OUTCOME: $12 Million Claimant Award ($2 Million Punitive Damages)

A rising star in the securities industry, the client's odyssey began in 2003 when he was one of several blamed for a massive fraud at a well known Wall Street company. The client was publicly vilified. ... His Form U-5, a document filed in the securities industry, was blackened with the tag of "fraud". The client's career was destroyed and his life upended. The defendants had three prominent, large law firms involved in their defense. Ultimately, through the review of over 1 million documents and an arbitration proceeding with forty-two hearing sessions over six months, the client was fully vindicated. It was proved that the firm protected high level executives and used lower level executives as scapegoats. The client's Form U-5 was expunged. The verdict itself was rendered, not only against the securities firm, but also against its CEO. The client was awarded $10 million in compensatory and $2 million in punitive damages which are designed to deter the firm from engaging in similar conduct in the future. The verdict amount was paid one week later and is the largest single-Claimant collected verdict in FINRA history. The client now heads his own successful securities based company. The defendant CEO of the defendant Wall Street firm abruptly retired from his company eight months after the verdict.

Contracts and agreements

Alter Ego / Self Dealing

Jan 01, 2008

OUTCOME: $12.8 Million Plaintiff Verdict

The defendants attempted to use various corporate entities to manipulate their assets and avoid their liabilities. At stake in the case was whether or not the client could recover damages caused by the ... defendants from the â€œcommon enterpriseâ€ as opposed to the individual corporate entities that had incurred the debt. Had the â€œcommon enterpriseâ€ not been proven, the client could have been left empty handed without the ability to recover the judgment. The case was ultimately proven through a trail of documents and testimony. The defendantsâ€™ scheme failed and the end result was a verdict of $12.8 million for the client collectible against all of the target defendants.

Contracts and agreements

Breach of Contract

Jan 01, 2007

OUTCOME: $44.9 Million Plaintiff Verdict

Originally estimated as a three month assignment, the complex case involving self-dealing at a dealership in Southern California spanned over seven years. Counsel lived, over the course of the first se ... veral years, in various hotels in Southern California, traveling back to Pittsburgh between trial sessions. Over one million documents were analyzed and reviewed. Through that process, massive and repeated electronic and paper document destruction was established against the defendants. Credibility findings were also issued against one of the defendants for not being forthcoming about the document destruction. Over $500,000 in monetary discovery sanctions were issued as well. The trial established that the defendants had, through self-dealing, caused their companies to become insolvent resulting in massive loan defaults. Although the defendants attempted to assert lender liability claims, those claims were successfully defended. The ultimate result was a judgment of $44.9 million for the client.

Jason Albert Archinaco's Legal Cases (6)

Medical Malpractice

Fraud / Hidden Assets

Product Liability / Defective Drug

Defamation / Fraud / Intentional Interference with Contract

Alter Ego / Self Dealing

Breach of Contract