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The plaintiff in this matter filed suit against a local hospital for medical malpractice. She alleged that an EMG she received at the hospital caused her ongoing pain and limitations. Joe asserted that the claim should be dismissed shortly after filing based on a combination of case law and the rules of civil procedure. The […]

Lori Miller and Jessica Smeriglio successfully triumphed on a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, securing dismissal of an action brought against a Philadelphia hospital. In her complaint, Plaintiff alleged injury at the hospital on August 10, 2018. However, the hospital’s incident report and medical records indicated the incident occurred on July 11, 2018. Because […]

Joe Petka obtained a defense verdict in a Philadelphia Jury trial in which there was a quarter of a million-dollar demand at the time of trial. The case involved a 51-year-old woman who claimed she was struck in the neck by a portable x-ray machine while visiting her mother, who was a patient at the […]

Claire Neiger won back to back defense verdicts. First, a medical malpractice defense award in a failure to diagnose a congenital stroke condition against a Philadelphia family practice center and area hospital. Plaintiff’s demand was $3 million. The following week Claire obtained a defense verdict on a motor vehicle limited tort case in which the […]

Joe Petka’s March victory involved a family doctor’s office that was being sued for a fall that happened in the examination room. An 82-year-old great-grandmother tripped and fell on a step stool that she alleged was left in the walking path of the office. The plaintiff alleged that she sustained labral tear in her right […]