Anthony J. Williott

Secured a defense verdict on behalf of an internal medicine specialist following an eight-day trial in McKean County in February 2016. The case involved the administration of a clot-buster by the client physician when the patient presented in the midst of a heart attack. The plaintiff developed a massive intracranial hemorrhage following administration of the clot-buster (a known risk of the medication), resulting in a near-fatal brain injury that left the patient with impairments. Plaintiff claimed clot-buster therapy was contraindicated, and the patient should have been instead transported to the nearest tertiary care hospital for emergency catheterization. Plaintiff also claimed our client failed to properly monitor the patient for a brain bleed. Both the Emergency Room physician and the staff cardiologist at the hospital testified against our client at trial.

Was trial counsel in the landmark case of Griffin v. UPMC Braddock, a case where a jury verdict of $2.2 M was overturned and judgment n.o.v was granted in favor of the defendant based on Tony's cross-examination of plaintiff's expert that revealed his testimony was not given with reasonable medical certainty.

Secured dismissal of a defamation action in the Western District of Pennsylvania in Kelsch v. Ellucian Support, where the client's employee sent a blast email to approximately 3,000 people accusing a customer's VP of embezzlement, as the employee was being terminated. The District Court Judge agreed with Tony that the client was not vicariously liable for the employee's actions.

Secured a defense verdict in Lapinsky v. Goldberg, et al, a medical malpractice claim arising out of the laceration of the common iliac artery and vein during a laparoscopic procedure.

Successfully defended a hospital in a jury trial involving an elderly patient who fell out of bed, fracturing her nose and eye orbit, in Bennett v. UPMC.

Received a defense verdict in Casey v. Seski, a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the surgeon failed to get proper surgical clearance and plaintiff suffered a stroke immediately prior to surgery.

Successfully defended defamation claims in Black v. Antion and Garmong v. Myers.

Was defense counsel in the seminal case under the Pennsylvania remittitur rule (Vogelsberger v. Magee, et al), persuading both the Trial Court and Superior Court that the verdict was excessive and contrary to the evidence.

Successfully defended Allstate in a Bad Faith case tried before a jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania (Ward v. Allstate). Case arose out of the denial of a UIM claim arising out of a triple fatality accident.

Secured a defense verdict in a jury trial in the Western District of Pa. (Erie Division) in Pearson v. Sears, a product liability case involving a propane torch, persuading the jury that the incident occurred because the plaintiff altered the orifice of the torch.

Secured Summary Judgment in Pounds v. Morrow Motors, where plaintiff claimed that the defendant car dealer negligently permitted plaintiff's brother to test drive a car while drunk, resulting in an accident that left plaintiff a quadriplegic.

Received jury verdicts in favor of automobile manufacturers in Flanders v. Ford Motor Co. and Iskoe v. Subaru.