Plaintiff claimed that while exiting a New Jersey Shore rental building owned by Eamon Merrigan’s client, she fell from off the side of a flight of exterior stairs due to the lack of a guardrail. Upon falling, she fell to the concrete walkway below and suffered a displaced comminuted ankle fracture requiring two surgical repairs […]
In a case where Plaintiff alleged to have fallen on broken and defective front steps, Attorney Jeffrey Tenthoff, successfully argued that his client satisfied any duty owed to Plaintiff as a licensee when he was traversing the shared steps. The steps in question were shared front steps between two row homes. The concrete steps began […]
In Rancosky v. Washington National Insurance, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that to prevail on a bad faith action, a policyholder must present clear and convincing evidence: (1) that the insurer did not have a reasonable basis for denying benefits under the policy; and (2) that the insurer knew of or recklessly disregarded its lack […]
Warren Holland successfully defended a motorist who rear-ended a motor vehicle and allegedly caused serious injuries to the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged that he sustained a number of injuries as a result of the accident including injuries to his face and chest from airbag deployment, a SLAP tear in his right shoulder, a meniscal tear in […]
After GMR partner, Lori Miller had Plaintiff’s claims of statutory bad faith dismissed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff attempted to re-package his bad faith claims under the guise of common law bad faith. Claire Neiger instantly filed a Motion for Summary Judgment claiming that there was no new evidence and that Plaintiff’s claims […]
