Practice News
- January 4, 2021
Events
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- February 3, 2021Litigation Alert
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Litigation
The Litigation Group provides exceptional legal representation to a wide range of business and industry groups, including energy, waste hauling, construction, emergency services, funeral services, restaurants, property management, financial institutions, and colleges and universities that are insured or self-insured.
Our lawyers provide sophisticated representation during all phases of tort and related business litigation in both federal and state courts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and in other states pro hac vice. The group has a significant record of demonstrated success in jury and bench trials and on appeal. Clients trust our lawyers with their most complex catastrophic loss and "bet-the-company" cases.
Our extensive legal and industry experience enables us to provide clients with cost-effective, focused and aggressive representation during the pre-trial phases of litigation, early resolution, alternative dispute resolution, and at trial. This includes counseling on litigation avoidance; preparation for litigation, including e-discovery issues, litigation holds, critical incident response and preservation of evidence; latent and root cause analyses; and advice on best practices in general claims handling procedures.
Our trial teams handle a diverse range of personal injury, property, and contract claims including:
- First and Third Party Auto Defense
- Over-the-Road Trucking
- Department of Transportation Compliance
- Premises Liability
- Negligent Security
- Dram Shop Actions
- Emergency Services
- Waste Removal and Recycling
- Plant and Construction Accidents
- Defamation
- Contractual Indemnification
- Bad Faith
Representative Matters
- Fatal accident between ambulance and motorcyclist due to alleged negligent vehicle operation, training, supervision and entrustment of vehicle to driver by ambulance company; 28 year-old father of 3 year-old and pregnant wife; $15 million demand; negotiated settlement for $5 million after extensive investigation, discovery and expert review (Delaware County Court of Common Pleas)
- Premises liability case in which custodian at a mall tripped near a commercial trash compactor due to alleged defects in the compactor and the concrete pad on which it was placed; plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury, fractured nose and hip and an inguinal hernia; $2 million demand; obtained the voluntary dismissal of the compactor vendor prior to trial after extensive investigation, discovery and expert review (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas)
- Funeral home action involving alleged negligent embalming, mishandling and transport of remains causing advanced decomposition prior to funeral; multiple tort and intentional tort claims with punitive damages demanded; obtained dismissal of case on preliminary objections (Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas)
- Obtained a unanimous defense jury verdict on behalf of a regional material handling service and supply company after a six-week trial involving wrongful death and survival claims with a demand of $15 million. Plaintiff alleged damages arising from negligent maintenance of a pallet truck involved in a warehouse accident. (Superior Court of N.J., Camden County)
- Premises liability case in which off-duty police officer fell into a trash pit at a public trash transfer station; plaintiff sustained fractured cervical and thoracic vertebrae and a torn rotator cuff requiring multiple surgeries and rendering him unable to return to law enforcement work; $2.5 million demand; settled case at mediation for $850,000 (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas)
News
- January 4, 2021
- November 5, 2020
- November 5, 2020
- August 20, 2020
- June 11, 2020New Jersey Law Journal
- January 2, 2020
- November 5, 2019
- November 1, 2019
- November 1, 2019
- August 20, 2019
- August 15, 2019
- July 24, 2019
- January 15, 2019The Legal Intelligencer
- January 2, 2019
- October 23, 2018
- January 18, 2018
- January 4, 2018
- January 19, 2017
- January 6, 2017
Events
- Caring Communities/Peace Church Risk Retention Group and ECRI Webinar | 1PM - 2PMAugust 18, 2020
- Webinar | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PMAugust 11, 2020
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Webinar)August 6, 2020
- Pennsylvania Bar Association 2020 Midyear MeetingJanuary 30, 2020
- National Business Institute (Bethlehem, PA)April 23, 2019
- Risky Behaviors: How They Can Lend to Being SuedChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaNovember 17, 2018
- Deposition Basics: Practical Tips for a Successful DepositionClient SeminarAugust 22, 2018
- Securities Litigation 2018 Mid-Year RoundupJuly 17, 2018
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Philadelphia, PA)April 27, 2018
- Visual Storytelling: Using Graphics and Animation to Advance Your CasePhiladelphia Association of Defense CounselApril 17, 2018
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Midyear Meeting (Key West, FL)January 25, 2018
- Philadelphia, PAJanuary 16, 2018
- Litigation Tactics for Young LawyersPhiladelphia Association of Defense CounselApril 27, 2017
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Midyear Meeting (St. Kitts)January 26, 2017
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Midyear Meeting (St. Kitts)January 26, 2017
Publications
- February 3, 2021Litigation Alert
- January 28, 2021Healthcare Alert
- January 26, 2021Litigation Alert
- January 8, 2021The Legal Intelligencer
- November 17, 2020Product Liability Alert
- August 19, 2020Litigation Alert
- August 3, 2020Litigation Alert
- July 21, 2020Commercial Litigation Alert
- July 20, 2020Litigation Alert
- July 10, 2020The Legal Intelligencer
- July 7, 2020Litigation Alert
- June 18, 2020Healthcare Alert
- June 12, 2020Litigation Alert
- June 9, 2020Litigation Alert
- June 4, 2020Litigation Alert
- May 11, 2020Litigation Alert
- May 8, 2020Professional Liability Alert
- May 1, 2020Workers' Compensation Alert
- April 14, 2020Litigation Alert
- April 6, 2020Litigation Alert
- April 3, 2020Litigation Alert
- April 2, 2020General Litigation Alert
- April 1, 2020Product Liability Alert
- March 31, 2020General Litigation Alert
- March 26, 2020General Litigation Alert
- March 26, 2020General Litigation Alert
- February 25, 2020Product Liability Alert
- January 28, 2020General Litigation Alert
- December 12, 2019General Litigation Alert
- December 2, 2019General Litigation Alert
- November 13, 2019Product Liability Alert
- June 5, 2019Litigation Alert
- November 6, 2018Boston Bar Journal
- October 25, 2018Litigation Alert
- September 10, 2018Labor and Employment Alert
- August 10, 2018Taking Care of Business
- July 30, 2018Labor and Employment Alert
- April 17, 2018Litigation Alert
- March 28, 2018Litigation Alert
- January 2018Counterpoint | Pennsylvania Defense Institute
- January 9, 2018Litigation Alert
- June 23, 2017Corporate and Securities Alert
- May 5, 2017Litigation Alert
- January 24, 2017Healthcare Alert
- January 17, 2017The Legal Intelligencer
- November 2, 2016Construction and Surety Alert
Cases & Deals
- August 14, 2020
- June 25, 2020
- March 26, 2020
- February 17, 2020
- July 22, 2019
- June 5, 2019
- March 15, 2019
- May 17, 2018
- April 11, 2018
- April 10, 2018
- February 7, 2018
- December 8, 2017
- September 14, 2017
- June 6, 2017
- April 13, 2017
Practice Contacts
- David Zaslow
Chair
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