Kevin P. O'Brien - Cheltenham, PA

Kevin is a partner at Stampone O’Brien Dilsheimer Holloway where he focuses his practice on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims. Kevin is an active trial lawyer and is routinely sought out by colleagues as trial approaches to become involved as lead trial counsel.

Kevin’s practice has involved all different types of catastrophic injury cases including product liability, trucking injury cases, medical malpractice, workplace injury, premises liability, civil rights, and institutional physical and sexual abuse cases. He is one of the leading attorneys in the Country on behalf of infants who have died from asphyxia and suffocation in the “Infant Inclined Sleeping Products” and individuals who have suffered scalding and burn injuries from defective pressure cookers, both of which have been recalled by the CPSC.

Kevin has secured some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Pennsylvania and New Jersey history, including a $55 million verdict for a pedestrian who suffered bilateral leg amputations after being struck by a truck—believed to be the largest verdict ever in Essex County, New Jersey. His results also include multiple eight-figure settlements and verdicts, including recoveries of $40 million, $33 million, $20 million, $18.5 million, and numerous other seven- and eight-figure outcomes across product liability, trucking, construction, and wrongful death cases. Kevin’s successes include:

• • $55 Million – Wrongful Death / Trucking Collision
  • $40 Million – Wrongful Death / Trucking Collision
  • $33 Million – Trucking Collision
  • $20 Million – Product Liability (Medical Device)
  • $18.5 Million – Gas Explosion / Workplace Injury / Wrongful Death
  • $18 Million – Construction Accident (Forklift Injury)
  • $14.5 Million – Motor Vehicle Accident
  • $14 Million – Product Liability
  • Eight Figure Confidential Settlement – Product Liability
  • $5.45 Million – Worksite Injury and Product Liability
  • $5.3 Million – Construction Site Injury
  • $5 Million – Mental Health Procedures Act
  • $4.2 Million – Medical Malpractice
  • $3.5 Million – Trucking Collision
  • $3.0 Million – Trucking Collision
  • $2.6 Million – Dram Shop/ Motor Vehicle Collision
  • $2.5 Million – Civil Rights/ Shooting
  • $2.358 Million – Trucking Collision
  • $1.95 Million – Trucking Collision
  • $1.9 Million – Medical Malpractice
  • Seven Figure Confidential – Motor Vehicle Collision
  • Seven Figure Confidential – Medical Malpractice
  • $1.7 Million – Product Liability (Pharmaceutical)
  • $1.58 Million – Construction Site Injury
  • $1.5 Million – Trucking Collision
  • $1.3 Million – Workplace Injury/ Employer Liability
  • $1.25 Million – Commercial Motor Vehicle Collision
  • $1.255 Million – Fraternity Liability
  • $1.25 Million – Product Liability
  • $1.075 Million – Product Liability
  • $1.05 Million – Motor Vehicle Collision
  • $1.045 Million – Premises Liability
  • $1.0 Million – Premises Liability

Additionally, some of the largest results Kevin has achieved for the firm’s clients are subject to confidentiality agreements, and cannot be disclosed.

Beyond financial recoveries, Kevin’s work has driven meaningful change. His litigation has exposed corporate and institutional wrongdoing, led manufacturers to alter safety practices, and resulted in an historic settlement requiring the City of Philadelphia to equip its entire police force with tasers following a fatal encounter involving an individual in mental health crisis.

Kevin is known for his courtroom presence and cross-examination skills, often resolving cases mid-trial after dismantling defense testimony. He is a 2007 graduate of Boston College and a 2011 graduate of Widener University School of Law, and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida.