Results

Secured summary judgment in federal court in a bad faith case against a large insurer. ​The case arose from a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident that occurred in 2008 and dealt with the insurer’s handling of the plaintiff’s UIM claim following that accident. The plaintiff was run over by a rollback truck that was being repossessed on behalf of the owner. Because there were conflicting versions of events regarding how the accident occurred, the case went to arbitration on the issue of liability.

Successfully defended a Pennsylvania real estate broker who represented the seller in a residential real estate transaction. ​The homeowner-plaintiffs claimed that the seller and our client failed to disclose certain material defects in the property prior to closing. The plaintiffs’ complaint consisted of claims against our client for negligent misrepresentation and alleged violations of Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL) and Real Estate Sellers Disclosure Law (RESDL).

Obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. ​The plaintiff alleged to be permanently disabled and in a wheelchair, requiring home health care for the rest of her life, as a result of an Emergency Room physician’s failure to timely diagnose and treat a viral infection involving the 7th and 8th cranial nerves (Ramsay Hunt Syndrome). We represented the ER physician, his employer (who staffed the ER) and the hospital.

Obtained a dismissal on a directed verdict in a FINRA arbitration in New York. The defense represented a broker-dealer in a dispute with its former customer regarding the unauthorized use of her account information. The claimant was a customer of one of the broker-dealer’s New York branches, where her ex-husband also worked as a broker.

Obtained a directed verdict on behalf of a broker-dealer and a broker in a FINRA arbitration in New York. The claimant, a sophisticated and wealthy owner of a broker-dealer, alleged that he was being charged an unreasonable mark-up on municipal bond sales. The claimant further alleged that he was the victim of elder abuse. 

Obtained a defense verdict in a legal malpractice case in Florida. Our clients, two board-certified construction lawyers, had unsuccessfully defended the plaintiff, a real estate developer for a project in West Palm Beach, Florida, in a lawsuit brought by the general contractor that ended with an adverse jury verdict of over $1 million. In the underlying lawsuit, the two lawyers pursued a litigation strategy that, upon reflection, had little chance of success. The lawyers never communicated to their client the prospect of an adverse result, at least not in writing.

Secured a discontinuance for a multi-national auto financing company in a Chancery Division action in New Jersey arising out of claims by a potential franchisee against a dealership, the vehicle manufacturer, the financing company and a potential third-party buyer. The plaintiff's claims sought over $30 million in damages stemming from alleged violations of the New Jersey Franchise Act, breach of contract claims, tortuous interference allegations and a companion declaratory judgment action.

Successfully represented a law firm in having a legal malpractice case dismissed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.  The case involved an attorney of the law firm who had failed to respond to a motion for summary judgment in a slip and fall case.  After the case was dismissed, suit was brought against our client along with the individual attorney.  The plaintiff, well coached in the legal standard, testified that she clearly fell on hills and ridges and that if a response had been filed to the motion for summary judgment in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, it would ha

Attorneys obtained an order of dismissal with prejudice on a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings on behalf of an accounting firm. Plaintiffs filed a Certificate of Merit indicating that "expert testimony is unnecessary" for prosecution of its claims. The attorneys' argued that plaintiffs could not present expert testimony on the standard of care or causation and, since the averments of the complaint taken as a whole implicated matters requiring expert testimony, plaintiffs' entire case must fail.

Attorneys obtained dismissal of a professional liability claim against defendant, a private, non-profit which provides a variety of health care services. Part of the services provided include mental health screening, which is furnished by certified screeners employed by the defendant. Several days after defendant conducted an initial assessment of an inmate at the county jail, the inmate committed suicide.