Social Services & Human Services Liability •
Nov 26, 2019
We obtained a directed verdict at trial in an action to hold a child welfare agency vicariously liable for an alleged assault and battery by an employee who was terminated for forgery of the victim’s signature. We represented a foundation...
Health Care Liability •
Nov 26, 2019
We obtained dismissal in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York on behalf of an orthopedic doctor. A legal representative and health care proxy of the plaintiff-decedent brought an action against the doctor seeking damages for negligent...
Professional Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
We were successful in having a land surveyor dismissed on preliminary objections on the grounds of lack of privity with the plaintiff. The litigation involved a property line dispute between two neighbors. The neighbor who retained our client to...
Professional Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
We obtained summary judgment in a legal malpractice action in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff, a Philadelphia police officer, was arrested after failing to appear in court following a hit-and-run car accident involving his...
Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation •
Jul 25, 2019
We obtained summary judgment on behalf of four police officers accused of excessive force. An 87-year-old woman called 911 when she saw the plaintiff, whom she did not know, sitting in his car in her driveway. The four officers arrived to...
Real Estate E&O Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
The defense prevailed on a motion to dismiss our real estate agency client. The plaintiff filed counts of fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, conspiracy, conversion, invasion of privacy-false light, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel against...
School Leaders' Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
We successfully defended a superintendent of a Pennsylvania School District. The elementary teacher plaintiff was disciplined following an investigation into allegations that she struck a student. The plaintiff raised claims against the...
School Leaders' Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
The plaintiff was a high school junior who alleged he was physically abused by a special education teacher. He sued the teacher, the school district and several administrators, alleging violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the...
General Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
We obtained a defense verdict in a three-day jury trial in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. The 81-year-old plaintiff, who was staying at her daughter's home, alleged that she slipped and fell on water in the basement of the...
School Leaders' Liability •
Jul 25, 2019
The defense prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in the Middle District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a local school district. The plaintiff, a former teacher, asserted claims of age discrimination and retaliation under the Age Discrimination...
