Andrew Ronald Sperl

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Representing PrimeCare Medical Inc., a provider of medical services for correctional institutions, in its challenge to an $11.9 million jury verdict on civil rights
  negligence claims arising from an inmate's death by suicide.
  Won an appeal 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.
  Obtained on behalf of former NFL star Jason Taylor
  two business partners a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordering the return of deposits totaling $1.5 million paid in connection with a failed real estate transaction in the Virgin Isl
  s. Addie v. Kjaer, __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 6577144 (3d Cir. 2013).
  Obtained on behalf of a pro bono client a victory in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on a legal issue of first impression, where the Court vacated an order which had denied the client's petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA).
  Obtained a decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirming a summary judgment decision involving the defense of alleged controlling shareholder liability
  breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from a down round financing of a high-tech startup, a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) acoustic chip manufacturer in Pittsburgh.
  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.
  Member of appellate team that obtained on behalf of a development firm a ruling from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, reversing a prior ruling by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, holding that neighboring l
  owners who become parties to a zoning hearing, but are not party appellants to the l
  use appeal, lack st
  ing to appeal. Stuckley, et al. v. ZHB of Newtown Twp., et al.
  Represented Special Litigation Committee of bank holding company in internal investigation of putative shareholder derivative claims related to breach of fiduciary duty.
  Representing venture capital firm in securities fraud
  breach of fiduciary duty dispute involving shareholders, lenders
  chief executive officer arising out of a $210 million acquisition of a startup environmental technology company.
  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.