David B. Dowling - Harrisburg, PA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1977
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1974
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Special Counsel

Past Positions

• Rhoads & Sinon LLP, Partner, 1981 to 2018
• Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Assistant District Attorney, 1977 to 1981

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  
• Lecturer and Adjunct Professor, 1990-2009, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University
  
• Invited to join Americas Top 100 High Stakes Litigators

Pro Bono Activities

• Member and Chairman, Lower Paxton Zoning Hearing Board, 1991 to Present
• Keystone Area Counsel – BSA – District Director, 10 years

Representative Cases

• Farley v. Miller, et al. - Adams County, 2010, Assault and Battery - Award - $1.5 million
• Hynen v. Melissa Cummings, et al., - Dauphin County, 2008 Jury Verdict $2.22 million
• Sands v Wagner, et al.- U.S.D. Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2003, Jury Verdict $1.25 million
• Mick v. Young, et al. - Lebanon County, 1998, Jury Verdict $1 million
• Bartell v Straub - Snyder County, 1988, Jury Verdict $1.5 million
• $1.0 Million - 2022 - Wrongful Death, Pedestrian crossing intersection, 25-year-old, nighttime accident.
• $1.0 Million - 2020 - Wrongful Termination, Salesman. Recovery following mediation
• $1.1 Million - 2020 - Pedestrian struck while crossing street. Orthopedic and cognitive injuries,
• $595,000 - 2019 - Motorcycle Accident, Fx. Leg - Surgery
• $165,000 - 2019 - Landowner Liability - Fractured Shoulder by Volunteer Worker
• $1.0 Million - 2016 - Landowner Liability, Wrongful Death Minor Child
• $1.0 Million - 2016 - Workplace Injury, occurring on farm. Temporary worker fell from the bucket of a front end loader, sustaining head and orthopedic injuries. (Lebanon County).
• $250,000 - 2015 - Auto Accident/Wrongful Death, 69 year old retired female (Cumberland County)
• $250,000 - 2015 - Medical Malpractice, failure to diagnose shoulder fracture following auto accident
• $350,000 - 2015 - Auto Accident/Wrongful Death, 64 year old male (Westmoreland County)
• $620,000 - 2015 - Fractured pelvis, undiagnosed, fractured arm, Auto/Med Mal total recovery
• $530,000 - 2015 - Wrongful Death, 62 year old male, Auto, Drunk Driver liability UIM recovery
• $900,000- 2015 - Emergency Room Negligence/Wrongful Death, 75 year old retired male
• $350,000 - 2014 - Med Mal, Failure to timely diagnose meningitis, minor
• $340,000 - 2014 - Auto Accident/Liquor Liability-fractured leg (Dauphin County)
• $375,000 - 2013 - Pedestrian knock down, fractured pelvis (Dauphin County)
• $300,000 - 2013 - Workplace injury, fall from tanker truck, shoulder injury and surgery
• $340,000 - 2013 - Workplace injury, truck pulled from loading dock injuring forklift operator, fractured ankle
• $1.5 Million - 2013 - Electrocution-workplace injury, loss of both arms - Maryland Law applied to case
• $325,000 - 2013 - Auto accident, fractured ankle, 22 year old female
• $125,000 - 2012 - Premises Liability, Northumberland County, 2012, Fall in hospital by elderly male Plaintiff - fractured elbow
• $250,000 - 2012 - Auto Accident, Dauphin County, 2012, A 73-year-old woman was a passenger in a motor vehicle, who sustained multiple injuries, including grade 4 liver laceration, right rib fractures, respiratory failure, liver abscess and renal failure - Case settled for the policy limits
• $800,000 - 2011 - Elevator Malfunction - Fractured Legs, two plaintiffs
• $242,000 - 2011 - Slip and Fall, Icy Stairway, Back Injury to Truck Driver
• $2 Million - 2011 - Wrongful Death. Punitive Damages, 77-year-old woman, Defendant convicted of First Degree Murder...Settled after jury selection and during mediation
• $975,000 - 2009- Wrongful Death Claim (2-year-old child)
• $990,000 - 2008 - Auto/Truck Accident, Loss of Eye (Plaintiff - Age 55, Retired)
• $725,000 - 2007 - Wrongful Death/Product Liability Action
• $320,000 - 2007 - 34 Year Old Single Man, Partial Hearing Loss
• $675,000 - 2007 - Auto Accident/Dram Shop, Wrongful Death Claim (79-year-old-retired male)
• $715,000 - 2007 - Auto/Truck Accident, Wrongful Death Claim (36-year-old male)
• $400,000 - 2006 - Construction Site Accident, Back and Shoulder Injuries
• $1.2 Million - 2005 - Medical Malpractice, Birth Related Injuries
• $1.0 Million - 2005 - Auto Accident, Wrongful Death Claim
• $1.0 Million - 1985 - Medical Malpractice. Blindness following surgery. 70-year-old-woman.
• $5.5 Million Structured Settlement - 1983 - Medical Malpractice. Wrongful Death

Published Works

Articles

• Why The Supreme Court Was Wrong In The Westboro Baptist Church Protest Case, March, 2011
  
• Pennsylvania Superior Court Grants New Trial in DeRita v. Project Adventure and Schaefer Marine
  
• Medical Malpractice Crisis?...Not supported by the facts
  
• Bars and Restaurants Must Act Responsibly To Help Avert Tragedies
  
• Summary Judgment Granted in Two Separate Commercial Cases
  
• Careful Preparations Helps in Depositions, The Central Penn Business Journal
• Using a Neuropsychologist to Prove Damages in Cases Involving Mild Head Trauma, The Barrister
• The Arrow Finally Points to Justice, The Barrister, 1992
• Error of Judgment, An Obsolete Jury Instruction, PaTLA News
• Avoiding and Responding to Connor Preliminary Objections, Pennsylvania Law Weekly
• Doctor, Would you Please Answer the Question?, Pennsylvania Law Weekly
• Preparing an Expert, Pennsylvania Law Weekly

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Other Affiliations

• Dauphin County Bar Association, Member
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Member
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Member