In a case where Plaintiff alleged to have fallen on broken and defective front steps, Attorney Jeffrey Tenthoff, successfully argued that his client satisfied any duty owed to Plaintiff as a licensee when he was traversing the shared steps. The steps in question were shared front steps between two row homes. The concrete steps began […]
Results
Eamon Merrigan Wins Motion for Summary Judgment in Case where Decedent Plaintiff Either Fell or Jumped Out of Defendant’s Window
The Decedent Plaintiff was a guest in the GMR represented Defendant’s apartment and was in the process of taking photographs from the apartment window when she either fell or jumped out of the window falling eight stories onto to the Pedestrian Plaintiff, who was walking on the street below. The Defendant was sued by the […]
Eamon Merrigan Obtains “Hills and Ridges” Non-Suit
Goldberg, Miller & Rubin Partner, Eamon Merrigan, successfully defended a Montgomery County based company and the company’s landlord at a recent premises liability trial. Plaintiff, an independent cleaning contractor, claimed that she arrived to clean the Defendants’ offices during the early morning hours, as was her custom. Upon exiting her vehicle in the Defendants’ parking […]
Despite Undisputed Defect and Undisputed Permanent Injury, Eamon Merrigan Obtains Defense Verdict
Plaintiff claimed that while exiting a store owned by Eamon Merrigan’s clients, her left foot encountered a crack on the top concrete step of the exit causing her to lose her balance making her stumble down the next step and fall to the sidewalk. The fall was captured on video, and Mr. Merrigan’s clients conceded […]
Joe Petka Obtains 2 Defense Verdicts in 2 Weeks
Joe Petka obtained back to back defense verdicts for two local hospitals in two separate jury trials in Philadelphia and Delaware county. The Philadelphia trial involved a 53 year old woman who fell off the curb outside of the front entrance of a city hospital resulting in fractured ankle which required hospitalization and a left […]