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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 Senior Associate Tom Giardina won a Somerset County jury trial in which his client struck the plaintiff’s vehicle with his pick-up truck, causing significant vehicle damage.  Plaintiff alleged he missed a month from work due to the accident because of permanent neck, back, right knee, and right shoulder injuries, including neck and lower back […]

Senior Associate Jessica Smeriglio secured a factual cause defense verdict for a four-vehicle chain collision. At the time of the accident, Jessica’s client was driving a Ford F-150 that rear-ended the vehicle in front of them, causing a chain reaction. Liability for the accident was not contested. The plaintiff, age forty-one, was diagnosed with multiple […]

Senior Counsel Lindsay Padover successfully obtained dismissal of a No-Fault provider suit on appeal.  In New Capital 1 Inc. v. Kemper Ind. Ins. Co., 2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 51033(U) (App. Term, 1st Dep’t 2022), GMR argued that a medical provider No-Fault claim was barred by the doctrine of res judicata based upon the results of […]

GMR Senior Associate Tom Giardina secured four verdicts following a week-long trial involving a high-speed, significant four-car motor vehicle accident on Interstate 95.  Two of the Plaintiffs were admitted to the hospital for multiple days.  All Plaintiffs presented with alleged permanent injuries, including spinal herniations, a shoulder tear, and a traumatic brain injury.  Tom, via […]