Practice Highlights
- We are regularly called in at any point in the claim or litigation process.
- We analyze issues, develop factual and expert evidence and formulate a strategy with a view towards trial.
- We often counsel clients after a catastrophic event in order to guide them through regulatory inquiry and protect evidence.
Practice News
Events
- The Mechanics of New Jersey Civil ProcedureAugust 2010
Publications
Catastrophic/Excess Liability
When it comes to catastrophic claims, our lawyers are regularly called in at any point in the claim or litigation process to rapidly respond to the urgent needs of clients throughout the country in matters that take place in state and federal courts. Our trial-tested lawyers immediately analyze the multiple issues, develop factual and expert evidence and formulate a strategy with a constant view towards trial. This approach provides our clients with a multitude of options, which ultimately saves them time and money as every case is fully prepared for trial.
Our team of lawyers respond to catastrophic personal injury claims involving wrongful death, cognitive impairment/brain injury, quadriplegia, paraplegia or psychological injury. In addition, our lawyers commonly involve themselves in catastrophic commercial or property damage losses involving business interruption, lost profits, business torts, libel, slander, destruction of business and inventory loss.
Our clients are located nationally and include insurance carriers, self insured entities, commercial property owners, manufacturers, transportation companies and healthcare facilities as well as business owners.
Our lawyers also provide counseling immediately after a catastrophic event occurs so they can guide the client through any regulatory inquiry and protect evidence such as witnesses, products, documents and electronic data. Counseling is often times a critical activity to preserving and developing evidence for trial.
Transportation
Our lawyers represent national, regional, and local carriers in business, regulatory, personal injury, and property damage litigation in state and federal courts throughout the Northeast.
In personal injury and property damage litigation, our team of lawyers and trucking specialists aggressively respond to significant accidents, insuring prompt investigation, preserving and creating key documentary evidence (logs, load records, driver inspection reports, and accident scene photographs) and interviewing important witnesses. This proactive trial-tested strategy sets the stage for a favorable outcome. Our team has tried numerous catastrophic injury and death cases for transportation companies and insurers throughout the Northeast.
We have extensive experience with issues involving Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance, driver qualifications, placard liability, insurance coverage, including MCS-90 endorsements, driver fatigue, and cost/recovery of lost freight. We frequently counsel trucking companies and insurers, on these types of issues. We have strategic alliances with experts in all aspects of trucking litigation.
In regulatory matters, our attorneys work tirelessly to protect the interests of our carrier clients, challenging onerous regulations and the often misguided enforcement of those regulations. We have prosecuted litigation against state regulatory bodies.
News
Events
- The Mechanics of New Jersey Civil ProcedureNational Business InstituteAugust 2010
- Effectively Navigating Federal Practice in the District of New JerseyBurlington County Bar Association2009
Publications
Practice Contacts
- Robert Devine, Chair
856.317.3647 | Email | vCard - Michael Horner, Partner
856.317.3658 | Email | vCard
