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GMR Partner Joe Petka successfully defended a University sued for negligence in a Philadelphia jury trial. The plaintiff was a 59-year-old telecommunications technician tasked by his company to fix fiber optic lines at the University’s request. The fiber optic lines were in a storage closet in the library’s basement. The lines went up to 8 […]

Senior Associate Samantha Pullman prevailed on a Westchester County, NY, Motion for Summary Judgment dismissing all claims against her client, a gutter installation company. Plaintiff alleged that he was permanently injured after falling on a dangerous condition created by the client’s negligent installation of gutters and downspouts. Samantha argued that there was no credible evidence […]

Partner Joe Petka defended a local university in a premises jury trial. The plaintiff, a fifty-four-year-old homemaker, went to the university’s bursar’s office to pay a tuition bill. While walking on the campus, she crossed a plot of land that the university did not technically own and tripped and fell on a defect in the […]

GMR Partner Warren Holland defended an appliance store and installation contractor against claims that the contractor caused property damage and personal injury. The plaintiffs purchased new kitchen appliances from an appliance store, and the appliance store hired a contractor to complete the installation.  The installation required the contractor to cut the plaintiffs’ granite countertop.  The […]

GMR Partner Warren Holland won a Philadelphia jury trial involving a plaintiff who suffered a displaced trimalleolar ankle fracture after slipping on a wet tree root near the defendant’s sidewalk.  The fracture required open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), and the plaintiff’s recovery took almost a year.  He developed post-traumatic arthritis and now has chronic […]