Leon Aussprung, MD

Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Practice Areas:

Personal injury,

Animal bites,

Birth injury,

Brain injury,

Construction accident,

Medical devices,

Medical malpractice,

Premises liability - plaintiff,

Trucking accidents,

Wrongful death

Education Qualification:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Practice Areas:

Personal injury,

Animal bites,

Birth injury,

Brain injury,

Construction accident,

Medical devices,

Medical malpractice,

Premises liability - plaintiff,

Trucking accidents,

Wrongful death

1800 John F Kennedy Blvd, Suite 1500Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103

First Admitted: 1997, Pennsylvania

Professional Webpage: https://www.aussprunglaw.com/leon-aussprung-m-d-j-d-ll-m.htm...

Bar/Professional Activity:

American Academy of Legal Medicine - Past-President and Executive Committee Member, 2025
American Academy of Legal Medicine - President and Executive Committee Member, 2024
American Academy of Legal Medicine - President-Elect, Executive Committee, 2022
American Academy of Legal Medicine - Founding Member, Treasurer, Executive Committee Member, 2021
United States Supreme Court, 2019
United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2012
Member, Board of Governors, College of Legal Medicine, 2009
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2009
United States District Court of New Jersey, 2009
Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2008
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2002
Member, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 2001
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2000
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1997
Fellow. American College of Legal Medicine, 1997
J.D. - University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1997
Pediatric Practice, 1994

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

$300,000 for pulmonary embolism from stopping anti-coagulation, 2025
$325,000 for death from catheterization procedure, 2025
$500,000 for spinal cord injury from shoulder surgery, 2025
$750,000 for delay in diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma, 2025
$475,000 for death from aortic & mitral stenosis and medication toxicity, 2025
$1,600,000 for delay in diagnosis of epidural abscess, 2024
$950,000 for stroke from Chiropractic cervical manipulation, 2024
$1,950,000 for gastrointestinal bleed resulting in Whipple procedure, 2024
$650,000 for death related to paralysis from spinal cord compression, 2024
$200,000 for narcotic overdose involving pain pump, 2024
$275,000 for gall bladder surgical injury, 2024
$350,000 for wrongful death from breast cancer, 2023
$500,000 for delayed diagnosis of bowel perforation, 2023
$295,000 for delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer, 2023
$250,000 for gall bladder surgery injury, 2023
$75,000 for dental retained foreign body, 2023
$150,000 for endocarditis from dental procedure, 2023
$1,000,000 for wrong site spine fusion surgery, 2023
$575,000 for MVA Car accident caused by road construction defect, 2023
$7,200,000 for below knee leg amputation from work forklift construction accident, 2023
$800,000 for Death due to DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) and Pulmonary Embolism after Podiatric surgery, 2023
$1,500,000 for Spinal Cord Injury from epidural hematoma following cardiac ablation with eventual death, 2022
$375,000 for MVA automobile accident , 2022
$100,000 for improperly injected vaccine causing shoulder joint injury, 2022
$1,030,000 for Leg neurological injury from hematoma following spinal surgery, 2022
$2,200,000 Verdict for delayed diagnosis of Breast Cancer Stage II, 2022
$800,000 for Death from Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection, 2022
$1,000,000 for Improper cystoscopy with urinary tract infection (UTI) causing endocarditis and osteomyelitis, 2022
$450,000 for Delay in Diagnosis of Lymphoma causing Spine Injury, 2022
$750,000 for delay in diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma cancer, 2021
$1,000,000 for Motor Vehicle Accident and Roadway Defect causing injury and Death, 2021
$950,000 for Improper Chiropractic care after Motor Vehicle Accident, 2021
$445,000 for death of a premature infant, 2021
$900,000 for death from Slip & Fall on ice, 2021
$150,000 for retained vaginal sponge resulting in surgery, 2021
$25,000 for missed clavicle fracture, 2021
$550,000 for Eye Injury from Motor Vehicle Accident, 2021
$450,000 for improper Chiropractic care resulting in spinal cord/nerve injury, 2020
$1 million for death during improperly monitored chemotherapy, 2020
$695,000 for delay in diagnosis of stroke with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis , 2019
$400,000 for post-operative bleeding and myocardial infarction after prostatectomy , 2019
$442,000 at Binding Arbitration for inadvertent urerter resection during oophrectomy, 2019
$2.1 million for laparoscopic morcellation of uterine cancer during hysterectomy, 2019
$5.1 million settlement for unsupervised fall at a Nursing Home, 2019
$2.1 million settlement for death from cancer after uterine morcellation, 2019
$400,000 for bowel perforation/injury during hysterectomy, 2018
$2.8 million settlement for esophageal perforation during cervical neck surgery, 2017
$1.5 million settlment for improper bowel embolization procedure, 2017
$15 million settlement on behalf of a worker, who was catastrophically injured in an industrial workplace fall accident., 2017
$1 million settlement for delay in diagnosis of breast cancer, 2017
$1 million settlement for delay in diagnosis of breast cancer, 2016
$3 Million settlement for Improper Brain Acoustic Neuroma Surgery with Bleeding Disorder, 2014
$4.9 Million settlement for Delayed Delivery of Infant resulting in Brain Damage, 2014
$5 Million settlement for Heparin Drug Overdose and Improper Endocarditis Treatment, 2012
$2.7 million verdict in Scranton (Lackawanna County) for bowel perforation and delay in diagnosis., 2006
see website at www.AussprungLaw.com

Special Licenses/Certifications:

N.J. Bar, 2008
PA Bar, 1997
Private Pilot license, 1993
Medical License, 1992

Honors/Awards:

Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer Magazine, 2023
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer Magazine, 2021
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer magazine., 2020
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine., Top 100 Pennsylvania, Super Lawyer magazine., 2019
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine., Top 100 Philadelphia, Super Lawyer magazine., 2019
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine., Top 100 Philadelphia, Super Lawyer magazine., 2018
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer Magazine, 2011
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer Magazine, 2010
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer Magazine, 2009
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer magazine., 2008
Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer magazine., 2007

Educational Background:

LL.M. (Post-Law Legal degree) - Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2006
J.D. - University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1997
Board Certified in Pediatrics, 1994
M.D. (Medical Doctor) - Jefferson Medical College, 1991
B.A. - University of Virginia (Political & Social Thought), 1987

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Scholarly analysis of current issues in Federal and State Health Care Fraud & Abuse, including qui tam False Claims Act litigation and Relator representation., Author, Fraud and Abuse: Federal Civil Health Care Litigation and Settlement, Journal of Legal Medicine, Law, Medicine, 1998

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Black Belt in Tang Soo Do karate, 2017
Private Pilot's License, 1993

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