Mr. Petka won a Chester County trial resulting from a 2013 car accident in West Chester. Mr. Petka’s client, a 24-year-old woman, was sued after rear-ending a 68-year-old disabled veteran’s SUV. The plaintiff underwent spinal fusion surgery two years before the accident, and alleged that the accident had caused the fusion to become loose. The […]
At a hard-fought premises liability trial, Plaintiff claimed to have slipped and fallen on Defendant’s sidewalk. Plaintiff asserted that virtually all water from Defendant’s property pooled on an area of Defendant’s sidewalk due to poor grading and the home’s drainage system discharging directly onto the sidewalk. Plaintiff further alleged that insufficient lighting turned the area […]
