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We Win
Big

A Leading Catastrophic Personal Injury Law Firm

We represent clients in catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful-death cases. When the stakes are this high, you need a law firm that wins big.

Hundreds of Millions
Recovered across our founders' careers

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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Big Wins for Past Clients

$15,000,000

Medical malpractice, settled after jury selection.

$12,500,000

Medical malpractice settlement.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is different. Attorney Advertising.

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Why Choose Us

Your future depends on two factors: who understands your case the best and who prepares most aggressively for trial. We built our greater Philadelphia firm to master both. Our full resources belong to your case. Our founding partners are proven trial lawyers who have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for victims and who prepare the cases we accept to be tried. Backed by industry-leading medical experts and in-house engineers building proprietary research systems, we are thorough, relentless, and ready to fight for you.

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Personalized Care and Attention

When we take your case, it belongs to a dedicated team of trial attorneys. We are a firm where every lawyer knows your name, your story, and your file. You get a dedicated team who has stood directly in front of juries and won, combining the personal attention you deserve with the powerhouse courtroom experience your case demands.

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Prepared to Win at Trial

Insurers track which law firms actually go to court because they know that a trial-ready firm costs them the most. That's why we build the cases we accept to be tried and perform the heavy preparation early. This aggressive strategy gives you the power to say no to lowball offers. You will never have to accept a weak settlement simply because your lawyer was unprepared to fight for you in front of a jury.

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We Get Accountability and Justice

Call us before you give up—even if another lawyer said you have no case. True justice means holding the people and companies who caused your injury completely accountable, and we look deeper to find answers others miss. This relentless approach is how we secure your compensation and wield the law to make things right for you.

Meet Our Founding Partners

Michael A. Cavaliere, founding partner

Michael Cavaliere

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Frank Mangiaracina, founding partner and trial lawyer

Frank Mangiaracina

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Practice Areas

We take on every kind of serious injury case, including the ones that don't fit a category. The areas below are where we work most often. They are not the limits of what we handle.

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Truck & Auto Collisions

Tractor-trailers, drunk drivers, and multi-vehicle wrecks leave digital trails. The evidence that proves your case sits on the trucking company's servers, and it does not stay there long. We act quickly to put this data under legal hold.

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Medical Malpractice

A malpractice case comes down to two questions: did the care meet accepted standards, and did that failure cause the harm? Answering these questions takes physicians who practice in the same specialty as the doctor who caused the harm. We retain those experts, reconstruct what should have happened, and show a jury the difference.

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03

Wrongful Death

The law gives a family two claims: their own loss and a survival claim for the estate. We build both, with the care the subject demands and the proof a jury needs.

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04

Birth Injuries

Oxygen deprivation, cerebral palsy, and Erb's palsy cases turn on a single critical factor: whether the delivery team recognized fetal distress and acted instantly to prevent harm. We work with obstetric experts and certified life care planners to build your case. Because a birth injury is measured in decades of future physical and financial impact, we account for the lifelong cost of care.

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05

Workplace & Construction

Workers' compensation covers your medical bills and a fraction of your wages, and that's where it stops. Still, your employer is rarely the only party responsible for your injuries. We look beyond workers' comp to hold other negligent parties accountable. Whether it's a contractor whose crew created a hazard, a property owner who ignored a safety risk, or a manufacturer who sold a machine without safety guards, none of them are automatically shielded by workers' comp laws, and we pursue the ones who are not.

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Product Liability

Defective products, failed safety systems, and toxic exposure demand immediate technical proof. Under Pennsylvania law, you must prove that the product's defects directly caused your injury. We preserve the part where we can, and retain the engineers who can show a jury how it failed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers—before you sign anything.

How much does it cost to hire you?

Nothing unless we win. The consultation is free, and we work on a contingency fee: there is no attorney's fee unless we win for you. We also front the costs of building your case, and if we do not win, you owe us nothing.

Is it too late to call if my accident was a while ago?

Maybe not. But every claim has a deadline (the statute of limitations), and it varies by the type of case and the state. The honest answer is to call now so we can check the clock on your specific situation. Waiting only hurts.

What if I was partly at fault?

You can often still recover. In Pennsylvania, you can pursue a claim even when you share some of the blame, as long as you were not more at fault than the other side. If your injury happened in another state, that state’s rule applies and we check it at the consultation. Insurers love to overstate your share. Let us look at the facts first.

How long does a case like mine take?

It depends on the injury, the defendant, and whether they deal fairly. Some cases settle in months; cases that go to trial can take longer. We tell you a realistic timeline at the start, and we do not stall a fair resolution to run up the clock.

Do I have to go to court?

Most cases resolve without a trial. But we prepare the cases we accept as if they are going to a jury, and the other side knows it. That readiness is exactly what tends to produce a fair settlement.

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