Cases
Representative Matters: Second chaired a three week trial
obtained a defense verdict on behalf of leading motor vehicle company, in which plaintiff claimed that her decedent's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to the defendant's products. The jury found that defendant had provided adequate warnings to plaintiff.
Obtained decision for Ford Motor Company in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, affirming summary judgment in a product liability case in which the plaintiff contended that Ford was liable for its English subsidiary's products under the apparent manufacturer doctrine
the piercing the corporate veil theory.
Second chaired a trial
obtained a defense verdict for an interstate railroad company. Plaintiff alleged that the railroad was negligent for not erecting a barrier between the road
the railroad tracks,
the jury found the railroad was not negligent.
Defended toxic tort cases, including asbestos
benzene claims, on behalf of various companies.
Defended generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in failure to warn personal injury litigation.
Drafted motions
provided other trial support for trial team that obtained a defense verdict for a major automotive manufacturer following a five-
-a-half week trial involving a peritoneal mesothelioma claim brought by a 44-year-old gentleman. The matter involved a unique claim for design defect of company's braking system.
Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a defendant where plaintiff claimed asbestos attributable to the client caused a decedent's mesothelioma
subsequent death. Plaintiff's claims included an attempt to pierce the corporate veil to hold the client liable for its wholly owned subsidiary.
Drafted motions
provided other trial support for trial team that obtained a defense verdict, after a two-week trial, on behalf of a leading motor vehicle company, where the jury found the plaintiff's pleural mesothelioma was caused by therapeutic radiation treatments he received as a teenager
not asbestos exposure.
Obtained on behalf of a motor vehicle company, in a significant asbestos-related appeal before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, a reversal of an order granting a mistrial
a reinstatement of a defense verdict from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Obtained decision from Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the each
every breath theory of causation lacks general acceptance under Frye in Betz v. Pneumo Abex .
Served as MDL coordinating counsel for major automobile manufacturer in MDL-875 In re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation .
Representing pro bono clients in guardianship cases in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Representing Paraguayan client in seeking return of child to home country pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
