GMR Senior Associate, Jessica Smeriglio, was victorious for a local Hospital sued for negligence in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jury trial. Plaintiff was leaving the hospital when she took a shortcut across the grass lawn. As she walked in the grass, her foot slipped into a hole, and she fell. Plaintiff argued that the hospital personnel […]
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GMR Wins Jury Trial for Local Hospital in Pennsylvania
GMR Senior Associate, Jessica Smeriglio, was victorious for a local Hospital sued for negligence in a Philadelphia jury trial. The 81-year-old Plaintiff was at the hospital visiting her husband, who was about to undergo major heart surgery. She was sitting in the waiting room when a nurse called her to return and say goodbye to […]
GMR Senior Associate Wins Pennsylvania Jury Trial for Local Hospital
GMR Senior Associate, Jessica Smeriglio, successfully defended a local Hospital sued for negligence in a Philadelphia jury trial. Plaintiff was a 65-year-old who claimed she slipped and fell inside the Hospital due to snow and water tracked in during a snowstorm. Plaintiff’s counsel argued the Hospital was on notice of the snow and water as […]
GMR Partner Wins his 9th Philadelphia Jury Trial this Year
GMR Partner Joe Petka won his 9th Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, jury trial this year, prevailing on behalf of a local hospital. The premises liability case involved a 58-year-old plaintiff visiting a patient at the hospital when she tripped on a broken step. A hospital employee witnessed the fall and rushed over to render aid. The plaintiff […]
GMR Wins Philadelphia Jury Trial with Trivial Defect Argument
GMR Partner Joseph Petka recently obtained a defense verdict for a Philadelphia Hospital. The case involved a 72-year-old widow who tripped and fell on a crack on Joe’s client’s property. The plaintiff was removed from the scene by paramedics and admitted to the hospital for a fractured left hip. The plaintiff underwent an open reduction […]