The results below are actual recoveries from cases handled by Michael C. Schafle, as published by Green & Schafle, LLC. Read them with the disclaimer they always carry: prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The value of any case depends on its own facts, including the strength of the exposure evidence, the defendants involved, the venue, and the family’s circumstances.
Mesothelioma and asbestos results
- $3,000,000+: mesothelioma wrongful-death recovery (settled 2023).
- $3,000,000+: recovery for a laborer exposed to asbestos who developed mesothelioma (settled 2023).
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Selected mass-tort and injury results
Michael’s broader practice includes recoveries in mass-tort, medical, and catastrophic-injury litigation, among them:
- $19,900,000: injury from a dangerous blood-clotting drug.
- $16,500,000: medical negligence settlement (details confidential).
- $7,600,000: paralysis from an accident at a friend’s home.
- $6,200,000: worksite injury resulting in complex regional pain syndrome.
- $3,750,000: truck driver injured in a multi-vehicle collision.
- $3,250,000: disability from a workplace fall.
- $2,350,000: medical malpractice wrongful death.
- $1,000,000: wrongful death in an industrial accident.
He has also been named counsel in more than a dozen federal MDL mass-tort litigations, with client recoveries in the defective hip implant and dangerous drug litigations totaling in the tens of millions across multiple clients. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
How to read numbers like these
No honest lawyer can tell you what your case is worth from a results page, and Pennsylvania’s advertising rules are right to be strict about it. What results can legitimately tell you is whether a lawyer has resolved cases like yours at serious value, against the kinds of defendants your case will involve. For what determines value in a mesothelioma case specifically, read how mesothelioma settlements actually work.
To talk about your own family’s case, start a free case review with Michael Schafle. If the honest answer is that you do not need a lawyer, that is the answer you will get.