Richard J. Federowicz

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Stubbs v. Allegheny County, 463 Fed. Supp. 110 (Western District of Pa. 1978): represented h
  icapped child
  successfully sued a local school district
  the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regarding a free appropriate education for the child. This was the first case which recognized a private cause of action under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Opinion authored by Judge Ziegler
  Kester v. Hart, 512 Fed. Supp. 740 (Western District of Pa. 1981): opinion by Judge Marsh after a jury verdict in favor of operator of jeep that rolled over as a result of hydroplaning
  Walker v. Allegheny General Hospital, G.D. 86-13835: jury verdict in front of Judge Patrick McFalls in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County in 1990. Child suffered from brain damage. Defense verdict in favor of Allegheny General Hospital
  obstetrician where the cause of the brain damage was fetal alcohol syndrome rather than the negligence of the defendants
  Guidice v. BFG Electroplating, et al., C.A. Nos. 86-2093, 87-1423,
  87-1421 (Western District of Pa.): cases were tried in front of Judge Baron McCune. Plaintiffs alleged that a number of individuals in the town of Punxsutawney were poisoned by arsenic resulting from the operations of BFG Electroplating. Companion suits were also brought for clean-up under the Clean Water Act
  CERCLA. Significantly, the federal government requested fines of $400,000.00,
  Judge McCune issued a fine of $400.00 under the Clean Water Act. Cases reported at 31 ERC 1350
  Childers v. Ohio Edison, C.A. No. 87-3264 (Western District of Pa.): reported at 842 F.2d 689 (3d Cir. 1988). The Third Circuit sustained a summary judgment in favor of Ohio Edison regarding an alleged products liability claim resulting in the death of plaintiff's decedent.