Carol A. Shelly
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury,
Birth Injury,
Brain Injury,
Medical Malpractice,
Trucking Accidents,
Wrongful Death
Education Qualification:
Widener University – Delaware Law School
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Birth injury,
Brain injury,
Medical malpractice,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
70 West Oakland Avenue, Suite 208Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 18901
First Admitted: 1986, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: https://www.shelly-law.com/About/Carol-A-Shelly.shtml
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- P.B.A. Covid Task Force, 2020
- PBA, Civility Committee, Member, 2019
- Member, American Bar Association, 2000-Present
- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2000-Present
- Past President, Bucks County Bar Foundation
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1994
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993
- Bucks County Bar Association, Women Lawyers' Division, Chair, 2003
- Pennsylvania, 1986
- Bucks County Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference Committee Chair
- Bucks County Bar Association, Merit Selection Committee, Chair, 2004
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Legislative Relations Task Force, Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Judicial Administrative Committee, Co-Chair
- Bucks County Bar Association, Chair, Civil Litigation Section, 2000
- Bucks County Bar Association, MCLE Committee Chair
- Bucks County Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division, Chair, 2015
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, House of Delegates
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Health Care Law Committee, Member
- Bucks County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1998
- Bucks County Bar Association, Medical/Legal Committee, Chair, 2004
- Bucks County Bar Association, Vice President, 2003
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2009
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Women in the Profession, Member
- Bucks County Bar Association: President, 2004
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Constitutional Review Commission, Co-Chair
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- $1,000,000.00 settlement. Tractor trailer case. Policy limits. , 2020
- Confidential multi million dollar settlement of medical malpractice case involving negligent reading of radiology films. , 2022
- Estate of Toalombo v. Bankers J.T. Bankers Saloon. $525,000.00 settlement for wrongful service of alcoholic beverages to a visibly intoxicated individual., 2021
- Confidential settlement for negligent performance of thyroid surgery. , 2020
- $310,000.00 settlement for negligent nursing care resulting in wrongful death of patient. , 2020
- Kiefer v. State Farm. $150,000.00 recovery of full policy limits in underinsured motorist claim. , 2019
- Confidential settlement in medical malpractice claim involving negligent prescription of medication resulting in permanent vision loss., 2019
- Settled motor vehicle accident for $800,000.00 for 89 year old who suffered orthopaedic and concussion injuries. , 2021
- Radiologist malpractice, $1,000,000.00 settlement for misread CAT resulting in decreased life expectancy of Plaintiff., 2019
- $950,000.00 settlement. Orthopaedic malpractice case. , 2020
- Motor vehicle accident involving wrongful death and brain injury. Settlement, $1,750,000.00, 1999
- $800,000.00 settlement for failure to diagnose infection in eye resulting in visual deficits. , 2019
- $900,000.00 settlement in negligent prescription of medication resulting in partial blindness of elderly man., 2019
- Confidential settlement in a failure to diagnose kidney cancer case, involving misread CAT scan and hospital systemic negligence involving reporting of radiology reports to physicians, 2012
- Confidential settlement amount in a medical malpractice case. $2.5 million dollar settlement. Plaintiff bled to death after surgery. Failure to monitor patient adequately, 2016, 2016
- Schaeffer v. Erie, Underinsured Motorist Claim $600,000.00, Wrongful death claim, 2015
- Confidential settlement amount. Medical malpractice. Retained surgical sponge resulting in permanent injury, 2015
- Confidential Settlement. Negligent performance of cardiac ablation resulting in permanent disfigurement and injury, 2017
- Confidential amount received by verdict in a medical malpractice case involving failure to diagnose and properly treat an infection in the spinal cord, 2014
- Confidential settlement involving negligent placement and monitoring of tubes in Plaintiff's ears, resulting in permanent hearing loss, 2015
- $2,947,750.00 verdict in motor vehicle accident, involving death of a young lady by a drunk driver, 2011
- Confidential settlement amount. Shoulder dystocia obstetrical malpractice claim, with brachial plexus injury, 2014
- Confidential medical malpractice settlement. Wrongful death of 58 year old who bled to death after gallbladder surgery, 2016
- Confidential Settlement amount. Misread biopsy resulting in unnecessary lumpectomy, 2017
- Confidential settlement involving death of an elderly patient in a geriatric psychiatric unit, 2015
- Verdict, $4,000,000.00, case involving failure to diagnose an infection in the abdomen, 1999
- Confidential settlement figure. Wrongful death of an infant. Failure to diagnose uterine infection, 2015
- Confidential settlement amount. Wrongful death of a 82 year old in a geriatric psychiatric hospital, 2015
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Soroptimist International of Doylestown, 2009
- Bucks County Community College, Board of Trustees, 2013
- Chair, Women Lawyer's Division, Bucks County Bar Association, 2015
- American Association of University Women, 2016
Honors/Awards:
- Super Lawyers, 2004-2010, 2012-2020
Educational Background:
- Gettysburg College, Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, 1981
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Best of CLE Videos, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Use of Medical Witness: Trial & Evidence, Bucks County Bar Association
- Use of Medical Evidence in Civil Cases: Pre-Trial, Bucks County Bar Association
- UM/UIM Cases - How to Try Them, How to Win Them, Bucks County Bar Association
- The Legislature & The Law, Bucks County Bar Association
- Advocacy for the Ages, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Ethics Potpourri - PBA Professional Committee Update, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2007, 2009
- Four County Civil Practice, Bucks, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
- Taking & Defending Depositions, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- 28th Annual Essentials of Pennsylvania Practice, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Fundamentals of Civil Practice & Procedure, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2011-2015
- Top Rated Lawyer Personal Injury Law, 2012-2017
- Top Rated Lawyer in Pennsylvania, 2012-2017
- Women Leaders in the Law, 2012-2016
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