A Philadelphia jury deliberated for only five minutes before entering a defense verdict in favor of Eamon Merrigan’s client, concluding that the plaintiff failed to prove negligence. Plaintiff claimed to have tripped and fallen as a result of a raised lip on a metal utility plate located on Mr. Merrigan’s client’s sidewalk. As a result, […]
Although Plaintiff retained, and presented the testimony of a liability expert, two medical experts, and an economic expert, Eamon Merrigan obtained a Defense verdict in favor of his client. Plaintiff argued that Mr. Merrigan’s client parked his limousine in a funeral home parking lot in a way that created a tripping hazard by exposing only […]
Despite Plaintiff’s liability expert’s direct testimony that Defendant’s outdoor, wooden, spiral staircase failed to comply with at least three safety and building codes, Eamon Merrigan successfully obtained a defense verdict in favor of his client. Plaintiff argued that Defendant’s steps became dangerously slippery after having been rained on within a few hours of her fall. […]
In this action, a 53 year old Plaintiff alleged that he fell on Defendant Hospital’s property due a patch of ice and snow on its sidewalk two days after a blizzard. After the fall the plaintiff presented to an orthopedic surgeon for right elbow pain. Ten years before the fall, the plaintiff had a right […]
At the time of the accident, the 16-year-old defendant made a left turn in the path of the plaintiff’s vehicle causing multiple impacts and forcing the plaintiff’s vehicle off the road and into a fence. Both vehicles were totaled in the collision. The plaintiff was ultimately diagnosed with herniations in his lumbar spine and a left […]
