Jane Ennis Kane

Practice Details

• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Representative Matters: Successfully defended a general contractor in complex litigation. Plaintiff's decedent was struck late at night by an oncoming motor vehicle while riding a bicycle through an ongoing construction project in the vicinity in which there was both high-volume motor vehicle traffic
  pedestrian travel. He sustained injuries rendering him a quadriplegic
  , six months later, ultimately died from his injuries.
  Successfully defended a construction manager in case where plaintiff, a plumber, alleged catastrophic injuries resulting from his fall through a floor in an allegedly dilapidated housing project at which he was working.
  Successful defense of a commercial HVAC contractor arising out of a fire
  subsequent death of two Philadelphia firefighters, significant injuries to a third firefighter,
  severe property damage to a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Successful defense of the target product liability defendant in a lawsuit filed by a zoo stemming from a fire
  subsequent death of 23 primates where the dem
  was $22 million.
  Successful conclusion of a high-exposure product liability lawsuit arising out of a construction site accident where plaintiff suffered personal injuries when the front windshield of the cab of his construction vehicle fell onto his head.
  Successful conclusion in the defense of a Fortune 500 manufacturer of compressors, arising from an incident during which plaintiff's clothes caught fire
  plaintiff was severely burned.
  Defense verdict in a case stemming from a residential fire allegedly caused by a defective water heater.
  Published Works: Does Pennsylvania's Act 86 Require an Insurer to Provide Notice to an Insured Before Policy Expiration?, Defense Digest, Vol. 21, No. 4, December 2015