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Philadelphia trial attorney Joe Petka obtained a defense verdict in a Philadelphia UIM jury trial.  The case involved a chain reaction rear-end accident on I-76.  The plaintiff was a 37-year-old married material handler from South Philadelphia.  He had a $75,000 full tort UIM policy, and the tortfeasor tendered his $15,000 in policy limits prior to […]

Mr. Petka won a Chester County trial resulting from a 2013 car accident in West Chester.  Mr. Petka’s client, a 24-year-old woman, was sued after rear-ending a 68-year-old disabled veteran’s SUV. The plaintiff underwent spinal fusion surgery two years before the accident, and alleged that the accident had caused the fusion to become loose.  The […]

At a hard-fought premises liability trial, Plaintiff claimed to have slipped and fallen on Defendant’s sidewalk.  Plaintiff asserted that virtually all water from Defendant’s property pooled on an area of Defendant’s sidewalk due to poor grading and the home’s drainage system discharging directly onto the sidewalk.  Plaintiff further alleged that insufficient lighting turned the area […]

Plaintiff was a limited tort insured who was involved in a motor vehicle accident with an unidentified vehicle. As a result of the accident, she sustained injuries to her back, neck, shoulders and head and underwent seven months of treatment and an MRI which showed multiple cervical herniations. Plaintiff then brought a claim for uninsured […]

Plaintiff was crossing Grays Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia when she was struck by the Defendant who was traveling on 34th Street. Plaintiff was taken to the ER with injuries to her neck, back, and left leg and was diagnosed with a cervical herniation, radiculopathy, lumbar bulging, and strains and sprains to her ankle and spine. […]