John T. McGrath, Jr.

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Marshall Dennehey
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Representative Matters: Defense of several auto cases in which the plaintiffs were killed. In each of these cases the dem
  was far in excess of the policy limits.
  Defense of numerous auto cases involving pedestrians. Many of these cases have been tried to defense verdicts where the plaintiffs' injuries far exceeded the available coverage.
  Defense of a hospital where the plaintiff was one of their own staff physicians who had a seizure while at work
  was unable to return to his position as a physician. The allegations were that more should have been done initially when he had the seizure
  the hospital should have been better equipped to deal with such situations. The lost wages alleged in this matter were over $7 million.
  Defended an auto case in which the plaintiff was killed
  plaintiff's counsel evoked the Dead Man's Rule. We were able to show that his expert, a state police officer, had interviewed our insured, thereby negating the Dead Man's Rule. The Superior Court agreed with our argument,
  the defense verdict that we obtained in this litigation was upheld.
  Defended an oncologist in a case where the plaintiff, an ophthalmologist who claimed he could no longer work, had multiple experts, including vocational, economic, psychiatric, orthopedic,
  neurological practitioners. The initial dem
  was for our policy limits of $500,000. Through the use of our experts in a non-binding mediation, we were able to show the plaintiffs' experts would not hold up in front of a jury,
  the case resolved for an amount far below the policy limits.
  Obtained defense verdicts in several auto cases in northeast Pennsylvania where the underinsured motorist claims had gone to arbitration
  six-figure awards have been granted. Most involved a minor impact with just soft tissue injuries.
  Published Works: The Relationship Between the H
  ling Attorney
  the Claims Professional in Auto Liability, Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2016