In two separate appellate cases before the Pennsylvania Superior Court, Partner Eamon Merrigan successfully argued that the trial court victories obtained on behalf of GMR clients should stand. The first case involved a slip and fall. Plaintiff had parked her car in front of GMR client-Defendants’ house and slipped and fell on snow and ice […]
Results
Philadelphia Jury Finds Use of Force By Security Officers Justified
A Philadelphia jury gave a defense verdict to Defendant Hospital after a week-long trial. This was GMR attorney Claire Neiger’s 3rd jury trial defense verdict in 2018. Plaintiff alleged he was brutally beaten by numerous Hospital Security Officers sustaining injuries to his head, eye, neck and back; and permanent PTSD. Plaintiff was in the driveway […]
Joe Petka Wins Another Slip and Fall Trial for Local Hospital
Joe Petka again successfully defended a local hospital in a Philadelphia jury trial. The plaintiff was a sixty year old government worker who had visited a local hospital in order to eat lunch in the cafeteria. As she was leaving the hospital, the plaintiff slipped on a patch of ice that had developed near the […]
Eamon Merrigan Wins Motion for Summary Judgment in Store Slip and Fall Case Where Store Employee Acknowledged Presence of Water on the Floor
The Plaintiff was in the bagging area of the GMR represented Defendant’s grocery store. The Plaintiff had just finished checking out at the register when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor, sustaining injuries. The Plaintiff sued the Defendant alleging that the Defendant was negligent in failing to keep the area safe […]
Eamon Merrigan Wins Jury Verdict for Landlord in Double Surgery Case
Plaintiff claimed that while exiting a New Jersey Shore rental building owned by Eamon Merrigan’s client, she fell from off the side of a flight of exterior stairs due to the lack of a guardrail. Upon falling, she fell to the concrete walkway below and suffered a displaced comminuted ankle fracture requiring two surgical repairs […]