Cases
Significant Appellate Decisions: Consevage v. Page - (Pa. Superior Court - January 2005) (Superior Court reversed trial court, which had granted summary judgment in a medical malpractice case in favor of ER Physician.)
DeRita v. Project Adventure, et al . - (Pa. Superior Court, 2005) (Pa. Superior Court reverses trial court
awards a new trial to parents in wrongful death, product liability, case involving their daughter. The Superior Court held that the trial court improperly allowed negligence concepts into a case involving strict liability,
that the trial court's curative instructions were inadequate.)
Cooper v. Schofstall - (Pa. Superior Court, 2004) (Superior Court established the discoverability of an expert witnesses Federal 1099 forms.)
Wisniski v. Brown & Brown - (Pa. Superior Court, 2004) (Pa. Superior Court established a duty of an insurance agent to inspect commercial property.)
Schroeder v. Department of Transportation - (Pa. Supreme Court, 1998) (Pa. Supreme Court reversed Commonwealth Court
restricted
limited spoliation as a defense in design defect cases.)
Bartell v. Straub - (Pa. Supreme Court, 1991) (Supreme Court reversed Commonwealth Court concerning statutory immunity for highway defects in a case against PennDOT.)
Significant Trial Verdicts (Plaintiff): Farley v. Miller, et al. - Adams County, 2010, Assault
Battery - Award - $1.5 million
Hynen v. Melissa Cummings, et al., - Dauphin County, 2008 Jury Verdict $2.22 million
S
s v Wagner, et al.- U.S.D.Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2003, Jury Verdict $1.25 million
Mick v. Young, et al. - Lebanon County, 1998, Jury Verdict $1 million
Bartell v Straub - Snyder County, 1988, Jury Verdict $1.5 million