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Eamon Merrigan obtained a defense verdict in a case of stipulated negligence.  Plaintiff was struck in the rear by Defendant while at a complete stop.  Plaintiff alleged several herniations in both her neck and back.  On behalf of defendant, Mr. Merrigan argued that the evidence presented by plaintiff failed to credibly prove that she was […]

On Labor Day, plaintiff and her husband were on their way to visit the plaintiff’s father who was being treated for cancer at the hospital. Plaintiff and her husband entered the main lobby of the building and as plaintiff walked into the elevator she stepped onto a wet substance which resulted in her body sliding […]

Claire Neiger defended a hospital in week-long trial in which significant damages were alleged due to the hospital’s alleged negligence in allowing the plaintiff to roll off a stretcher in the stress lab.  Plaintiff, a 50 year old female physical education teacher, claimed a cochlear concussion with severe hearing loss in her right ear requiring […]

Plaintiff, a forty-two-year old mother of three children, alleged that she fell as a result of sidewalk defect on a Hospital’s property. Joseph Petka represented the defendant Hospital. The plaintiff was diagnosed with a dislocation and a tear in her right wrist. She was placed in a cast, and followed up with an orthopedic surgeon over […]

Eamon Merrigan obtained two defense verdicts in a Philadelphia jury trial in which two plaintiffs alleged to have slipped and fallen on the front steps of their apartment building.  One plaintiff claimed to have exited the apartment, slipped on ice, and to have been knocked unconscious.  A second plaintiff claimed to have heard the first […]