University Attended:
Lafayette College, B.A., 1983
Law School Attended:
Cornell Law School, J.D., 1986
Year of First Admission:
1986
Admission:
1986, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1987, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Memberships:
Philadelphia and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; American College of Trial Lawyers.
Birth Information:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1961
Reported Cases:
Kelsey Lynn Keen, a minor, et at. v. St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, et al., Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, September Term, 1999, No. 1354, Legal Intelligencer, June 30, 2003, pp. 1,9; Ana L. Gomez and Manuel A. Gomez, h/w v. Atlantic City Medical Center, et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, Docket No. ATL-L-2281-99, Legal Intelligencer, May 9, 2003, pp. 3,6; Ray Varghese, a minor et al., v. Ramalak Yerramilli, M.D., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, Docket No. L-10913-97, Legal Intelligencer, January 30, 2002, p.3, National Law Journal, Feb. 18, 2002, p. 139; Ellisa Young v. Norman Zitomer, M.D., et al., Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, March Term, 1999, No. 1993, Legal Intelligencer, November 19, 2001, pp. 1, 14; Sandra May, as Administrator of the Estate of Joyce May, Deceased v. Atlantic City Medical Center, Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, Docket No. ATL-L-4249-97, New Jersey Law Journal, November 6, 2000, pp. 8,9.
Transactions:
Robert Ross has litigated a
series of prominent cases that resulted in remarkable victories. Among them:
$51 million
verdict for an amputation injury;
$44.1
million
verdict for a woman brain
damaged as a result of medical malpractice;
$29.6
million
recovery for
drowning deaths caused by a building collapse;
$25
million
verdict for
a physician who died from medical negligence after a routine fertility
procedure:
$22
million
verdict for a brain injury during childbirth;
$20.8 million
verdict for a podiatrist whose foot was amputated because of medical negligence;
$18.5 million verdict in a pediatric medical malpractice case;
$17.8
million
recovery in
an amputation case involving an infection;
$15 million verdict for errors during heart surgery that
caused brain injuries;
$14 million recovery for an infection that led to an amputation;
$13 million recovery for a baby who suffered a brain
injury due to a delay in delivery;
$12.9
million
recovery for a wrongful
death involving a medication error;
$12 million
recovery for the family of a boy who suffered a neurological injury;
$10 million
recovery for the family of a girl who drowned at a swimming facility;
$10 million verdict for a case involving pediatric malpractice;
$10 million
recovery for injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
