About Thomas McKenzie

Thomas J. McKenzie is a litigation and trial lawyer with more than 20 years of experience. He concentrates his practice on the defense of casualty, transportation and product liability cases. Tom has tried cases in numerous courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He defends clients on a variety of matters, including product liability, class action claims, construction claims, civil rights, premises liability, motor vehicle and transportation. Tom has also handled breach of contract, Federal Employer Liability Act and toxic tort claims. He has recovered millions of dollars in defense costs and indemnity for his clients based on contractual and additional insured claims against contractors. Tom has successfully defended numerous wrongful death and catastrophic loss claims.

Tom serves as a Judge Pro Temp in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and an Arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Compulsory Arbitration Program. He is licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. Tom has been admitted pro hac vice in the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Outside of his practice Tom coaches youth basketball, baseball and soccer.

Honors & awards

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star
2008, 2010-2013

Year joined

2005

Results

Plaintiffs’ class action certification attempts thwarted.

Class Action Litigation

November 1, 2022

We received a favorable decision from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Commerce Program. Our motion to strike the plaintiffs’ class action certification was granted, effectively dismissing the plaintiffs’ attempts at a class action lawsuit against a transportation authority.

Thought Leadership

The Fair Share Act in Spencer Is Not the Law, But It Just Might Become the Law

Philadelphia - Headquarters
Automobile Liability
December 1, 2021
Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 27, No. 5, December 2021 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.

Classes/Seminars Taught

Lights, Camera, Evidence, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, July 21, 2015

An Overview of Pennsylvania Law & Effective Strategies for Litigation Management, Client Seminar, King of Prussia, PA, June 2015

 

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Services

Areas of Law

  • Other 6
    • General Liability
    • Trucking & Transportation Liability
    • Premises and Retail Liability
    • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
    • Automobile Liability
    • Product Liability

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Marshall Dennehey
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Significant Representative Matters: Dismissal of Class Action putative claims for uninsured motorist benefits
    first party benefits in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
    Summary Judgment granted for Defendants in a motor vehicle accident in a motor vehicle accident based on Plaintiff's failure to adduce evidence of Defendant's negligence.
    Judgment on the Pleadings in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for a transportation company allegedly involved in a multiple vehicle accident.
    Dismissal of Islamic prisoner's equal protection
    expression of religion claims pursuant to the 1st
    14th Amendments in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    Defense verdict in a claim for subrogation of first party benefits.
    Dismissal of defendant in a claim for injuries of 5-year-old who darted into street into company's car on city street.
    Settled numerous million-dollar wrongful death claims
    severe disfigurement claims.
    Successfully defended at trial a claim of brachial plexopathy
    back
    neck injuries. Plaintiff was a nurse employed by a hospital who had escorted a patient in the Defendant's ambulance. The ambulance struck a rock formation which enters the roadway at a height over 7 feet
    the ambulance was over 8 feet high.
    Result: Jury Verdict for Defendants ambulance company
    its employee driver as the driver was not negligent. The dem
    at trial was $950,000.
    Successfully defended at trial, claim for disc herniations to lumbar spine
    cervical spine. Plaintiff underwent two spinal fusions
    recommendation for third surgery. Result: Jury verdict for Client, Construction Supply Company.
    Successfully defended at trial, claim for multiple herniated discs resulting from accident between client's Trolley
    Plaintiff's car.
    Result: Jury verdict for Client, Transportation Company.
    Jury verdict for client defendant in passenger's motor vehicle accident claim resulting in multiple alleged herniated discs.
    Successfully defended at trial, claim for multiple disc herniations
    sprained ankle allegedly resulting from trip
    fall down client's outdoor steps.
    Result: Jury verdict for Client, premises owner.
    Represented paver in a negligence action in which an elderly woman fell in a parking lot
    claimed hazardous condition. Jury concluded no defect in pavement. Verdict for defense.
    Obtained Judgment on the pleadings dismissing wrongful death claim against Commonwealth party defendant as violative of the Tort Claims Act.
    Summary Judgment granted in a wrongful death product liability suit due to plaintiff's failure to provide evidence to establish that a tractor was defective when it left the h
    s of the manufacturer.
    Dismissal at trial of a slip
    fall claim due to plaintiff's repeated discovery violations.
    Dismissal at trial of a multiple-plaintiff automobile claim based on the failure of all plaintiffs to pass the limited tort threshold.
    Dismissal of a fire loss claim based on theories of product defect
    construction defect.
    Successfully argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court which affirmed trial court's ruling.
    Obtained voluntary dismissal without payment of wrongful death
    survival claims of Plaintiff who was hit by a bus, owned
    operated by client, transportation company.
    Obtained voluntary dismissal without payment of wrongful death
    survival claims of Plaintiff who was electrocuted after falling onto subway tracks of client, transportation company.
    Summary Judgment granted in Fourteenth Amendment claim by Muslim prisoner dem
    ing Halal food.
    Obtained Summary Judgment in injury claims arising from accident between a train
    a passenger on the platform. The accident was allegedly caused by the alleged failure to warn
    prevent the destabilizing slipstream effect of trains travelling through the station on the nearest track to the platform of client, transportation company.
    Obtained Summary Judgment in slip
    fall resulting in fractured patella for plaintiff's failure to prove that accident occurred inside the demised premises of corporate lessee.
    Summary Judgment granted in a slip
    fall claim for plaintiff's failure to articulate the mechanics of the fall in a manner that suggested the fall was due to the alleged defect.
    Summary judgment granted in a case claiming negligent maintenance of a door.
    Obtained Summary Judgment granted for client in slip
    fall claim on client's property resulting in fractured ankle requiring open reduction internal fixation surgery based on Commonwealth immunity from accidents caused by a defect which originates from a source outside of the Commonwealth real estate.
    Summary judgment granted in a case claiming negligent maintenance of a sidewalk.
    Obtained Summary Judgment for food service provider in equal protection claim by Muslim prisoner related to vegetarian religious diet.
    Obtained Summary Judgment for an employer in motor vehicle accident, due to plaintiff's failure to prove negligent entrustment, wherein Plaintiff alleged back
    neck injuries from minor collision with client's employee.
    Dismissal for Prejudicial Late Joinder in a FELA claim, where the original defendant alleged product liability
    negligence claims against our client/corporation.
    Published Works: 'The Fair Share Act in Spencer Is Not the Law, But It Just Might Become the Law,' Defense Digest, Vol. 27, No. 5, December 2021

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1999, Pennsylvania
    2000, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    1999, District Court District of New Jersey
    1999, New Jersey
    1999, - 2012 inactive
    Memberships

    Associations & Memberships

    Brehon Law Society
    Pennsylvania Bar Association
    Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
    Philadelphia Bar Association
    The Lawyers Club of Philadelphia

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
    Class of 1999
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Loyola College of Maryland
    Class of 1995
    B.A.
    Political Science

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Attorneys FAQs

  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Thomas McKenzie was admitted in 1999 to the State of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Thomas McKenzie is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Thomas McKenzie attended University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Marshall Dennehey was established in 1962.