Scott Vezina — Esq.

Vezina, a partner, has successfully litigated numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements against obstetricians, pediatricians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Vezina is a licensed pilot who also represents victims of aviation accidents and other complex products liability cases.

Most recently, Vezina helped secure a $32.5 million settlement for the family of a boy who battles the devastating effects of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, a brain injury caused by a lack of oxygen around the time of his birth. The case against Reading Hospital set a record as the largest reported medical malpractice settlement in Pennsylvania's history, according to VerdictSearch, the nation's leading publisher of verdicts and
settlements.

In 2022, Vezina won a major $26 million verdict in Luzerne County on behalf of a man who had his right leg amputated above the knee due to medical malpractice. During a weeklong trial, Vezina successfully convinced the jury that a doctor was negligent for failing to properly manage the man’s vascular condition, resulting in amputation. 

Vezina’s results as co-lead counsel or co-counsel include:

• $78.5 million verdict in a Philadelphia cerebral palsy case
• $32.5 million settlement in a Philadelphia cerebral palsy case
• $30.5 million verdict in a Georgia cerebral palsy case
• $26 million verdict in an Luzerne County, Pa. amputation case
• $20 million settlement for an Altoona, Pa. kernicterus case causing cerebral palsy
• $17.5 million settlement during trial in a Chicago, Illinois cerebral palsy case
• $17 million settlement of a brain injury case
• $16.05 million settlement of a Massachusetts neonatal brain injury case
• $16 million settlement of a cerebral palsy case arising in Philadelphia, Pa. 
• $15 million settlement of a cerebral palsy case arising in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• $14 million settlement for obstetric negligence causing a neonatal brain injury
• $13 million settlement for a birth injury related to delayed delivery and postnatal care failures
• $12 million settlement for the mismanagement of a stroke that caused a brain injury
• $12 million settlement during jury deliberations of a Central Pennsylvania cerebral palsy case
• $11.8 million settlement of a central Florida cerebral palsy case
• $10 million settlement in an Arizona cerebral palsy case
• Significant confidential settlement in the crash of a Cessna 401 in Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, which claimed the lives of recording artist Aaliyah Haughton and eight others on board
• Significant confidential settlement in the crash of a Cessna 210 in Mendoza, Argentina
• Significant confidential settlement in the crash of a Cessna 421 Golden Eagle in Hammond, Louisiana 

Before becoming a plaintiff’s attorney, Vezina represented some of the country’s largest medical malpractice insurers, hospital chains, physician groups, and medical device companies.
 
His peers recognize him as a formidable litigator, and he holds an “AV” Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest ranking available by the international legal guide.
 
Most recently, Vezina was a partner at Feldman Shepherd in Philadelphia. From 1997 to 2004, Vezina served as Special Assistant Attorney General for Louisiana. He also served as an adjunct professor in Torts at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida.
 
Vezina is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. Tax Court. He has also handled cases on a pro hac vice basis in New Jersey, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and California.
 
After graduating from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, he received an LL.M. from Regent University School of Law. He earned his B.S. with distinction from Holy Cross.