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Joe Petka obtained a defense verdict in his second Philadelphia UIM jury trial this year. Mr. Petka represented a UIM carrier sued by its insured for UIM benefits. The plaintiff, an 83-year-old widower, totaled his vehicle in an intersectional collision, after another driver negligently made a left turn across his path of travel. The plaintiff […]

Mr. Petka defended a national UIM carrier in a lawsuit for first-party benefits. The plaintiff, who was a 45-year-old sprinkler fitter, was struck by an out-of-control vehicle on Roosevelt Boulevard. The plaintiff alleged herniations in his lower back and a meniscal tear in his left knee. The tortfeasor’s carrier quickly tendered the minimal policy limits […]

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 […]

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. […]