Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr. is a senior partner of the firm. For over 25 years, he has focused his practice in the area of personal injury law, including construction accidents, workplace injuries, automobile accidents, helicopter crashes, defective products/products liability, slip and fall accidents, aviation accidents, and amputations.
Numerous local attorneys refer their complex cases to Mr. Weisbeck. His experience in resolving difficult matters as well as his nationally recognized litigation and trial skills are essential for successfully handling serious cases. Over the course of his career, Mr. Weisbeck has ensured that hundreds of people recover substantial damages for their injuries.
Results
Over the course of his career, Mr. Weisbeck has ensured that hundreds of people recover for their injuries. Some of those he has helped are described below.
•$14,000,000 structured settlement for a worker who suffered severe electric shock on the job
•$8,800,000 verdict for a young woman who suffered a severe injury from a defective post-hole digger
•$7,000,000 cash and structured settlement for a young man who suffered a brain injury in an automobile accident
•$5,200,000 verdict for a maintenance worker who suffered lower back injuries while descending a ladder on the job
•$5,000,000 for a disabled child whose attendant failed to suction his tracheostomy, causing further injury to the child
•$4,650,000 settlement for the estate of an unarmed man paralyzed by a police shooting
•$4,500,000 settlement for a construction worker who suffered back injuries after falling through a defective stairway
•$3,800,000 award for a 22-year-old nursing student involved in a motor vehicle collision with a rental truck in which he suffered injuries to his lower spine, left arm, and left knee
•$3,800,000 settlement for a mechanic whose hand was amputated by an engine fan blade he was working on
•$3,800,000 settlement for a construction worker for back and internal injuries suffered when the man-lift he was working on toppled over
•$3,250,000 award for an individual injured by a drunk driver
•$2,400,000 settlement for a factory worker who lost his foot as the result of a large coil tipping onto him
•$2,200,000 jury verdict for a union laborer who sustained back injuries when a scaffold he was working on collapsed
•$2,200,000 settlement for a laborer who sustained multiple injuries when he fell through an unguarded floor opening in a new building project
•$1,300,000 award for a construction worker and his spouse after suffering a broken ankle when he slipped and fell on ice and snow at a construction site
•$1,000,000 result for a person assaulted by a resident in a state owned and operated facility
Agricultural Equipment Accidents
Richard Weisbeck represents many individuals who have been seriously or fatally injured by agricultural machines or equipment. Agricultural machine products frequently lack proper safety devices or have inadequate safety protection. This poses significant safety hazards to those working with or near the equipment. Richard Weisbeck has extensive experience in this field of product’s liability law and has obtained outstanding results for victims injured by agricultural equipment.
Awards and Recognitions
The Best Lawyers in America
Named to Best Lawyers in America from 2005 to 2024; recognized for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
The highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2013
Named “Lawyer of the Year” in Buffalo for Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs by Best Lawyers in America
Super Lawyers
Named to Upstate New York Super Lawyers for Personal Injury: Plaintiff from 2007 to 2025; no more than 5 percent of attorneys in any state are named to this publication.
Who’s Who in Law
Named to the final 2012 issue of Business First/Buffalo Law Journal‘s “Who’s Who in Law” for Personal Injury
In the News
•In a front-page story, The Buffalo News reports on a $2.9 million settlement, which Mr. Weisbeck obtained on behalf of a man who nearly died in police custody
•Multiple news outlets report on a $4.65 million settlement, which Mr. Weisbeck obtained on behalf of an unarmed man who was shot by police
•The Buffalo News reports on a Child Victims Act lawsuit Mr. Weisbeck filed on behalf of his client, who was molested as a 16-year-old when hired as a babysitter by a former Erie County prosecutor
•Mr. Weisbeck provides comment to The Buffalo News for a report on a Child Victims Act lawsuit he filed on behalf of his client, who was sexually assaulted by his youth hockey coach
•Several media outlets report on the first Child Victims Act lawsuit against USA Hockey, filed by Mr. Weisbeck
•The Buffalo News reports on three Child Victims Act lawsuits filed by Mr. Weisbeck against Buffalo Diocese priests who are now deceased, which asserts the abusers likely reside in hell
•The Buffalo News reports on an $8.8 million verdict for a young woman who suffered a severe injury from a defective post-hole digger
•The Buffalo News reports on a $5.2 million verdict for a maintenance worker who suffered lower back injuries while descending a ladder on the job
•WIVB and The Buffalo News report on the $4.65 million settlement achieved for the estate of an unarmed man paralyzed by a police shooting
•The Ithaca Voice reports on Mr. Weisbeck’s representation of a family in a farm accident case that resulted in the injury and death of a dairy farmworker
