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Christopher B. Block

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425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 302, Roseland, NJ 07068

General Liability, Product Liability, Miscellaneous Professional Liability and 4 more

About Christopher B. Block

Chris actively defends matters for a variety of clients from individuals to small businesspeople to medium sized and large insurance companies throughout New Jersey and New York. His practice includes matters involving premises liability, product liability, amusements, sports and recreation, construction accidents, automobile, condominium/community association law and dram shop/liquor liability. He also represents home inspectors and real estate agents involved in mold and other environmental claims. Chris defends professional malpractice matters brought against lawyers, real estate professionals, insurance agents and brokers, appraisers, architects and engineers. He has also defended a wide range of employment matters including the defense of gender and race claims.

Christopher has conducted over a dozen jury trials in state and federal venues in both New Jersey and New York, including most recently in Union and Morris counties in New Jersey. At trial he has litigated matters that range from complicated federally based legal malpractice claims to state court casualty cases.

In his career, Chris has defended product liability lawsuits brought against one of the nation's largest crane manufactures and freezer manufacturers. His representation extends to some the nation's largest insurance companies as well as a large brokerage firm.

Chris received his juris doctor from Widener University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

Honors & awards

Litigation Management Institute, Graduate 2019 (CLMP)

Certified Claims Professional (CCP), Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)

Year joined

2012

Results

Defense Verdict Returned After Short Jury Deliberation in High-Exposure New Jersey Trucking Case

Trucking & Transportation Liability
January 26, 2026

Christopher Block and Paul Lanza (both of Roseland) successfully obtained a defense verdict in a trucking accident in New Jersey. The plaintiff claimed that our client merged into her lane at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza causing her to sustain neck and back injuries for which she underwent two spinal surgeries. Our client testified that both of their lanes ended and, because they were required to merge, he had the right-of-way since the front of his truck was ahead of the front of her vehicle.

Summary Judgment Secured in New Jersey Water Damage Case

General Liability
December 2, 2024

We achieved summary judgment for our client, a commercial plumber, in the Cape May County Superior Court. The plaintiff alleged water leakage in the parking garage of a beach resort hotel resulted from defective plumbing work by the defendant. Specifically, the plaintiff argued that improper connections between the plumber’s pipes and the drainage system caused the leaks.

Defense verdict for insurance producer after one-week jury trial

Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
December 8, 2022

We obtained a defense verdict in a one-week trial in Hudson County, New Jersey, in a case where the plaintiff alleged the defendant insurance producer failed to alert the plaintiff of a policy renewal coming up and then failed to advise him that the policy had lapsed, and he had no insurance.

Summary judgment for bicycle accident defendant.

Premises & Retail Liability
November 10, 2022

We prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in favor of a project manager in a serious bicycle accident lawsuit. The plaintiff was thrown off his bike after striking a significant pothole in front of a building where our client performed work several years earlier. We successfully argued that the plaintiff’s alleged attempts to connect our client with the existence of the pothole were far too attenuated to be of any assistance to a jury. Following oral argument the judge agreed and granted summary judgment.

Rock Climbing Liability Waiver Found Enforceable.

General Liability
April 11, 2019

We obtained summary judgment on behalf of a rock climbing center. The plaintiff, a certified climber, was injured when she fell from a 25-foot rock-climbing wall at our client's facility. After reaching the summit of the wall, she pushed off to begin repelling down, only to realize that she forgot to connect to the auto-belay system. She fell to the ground and fractured both ankles and underwent open reduction internal fixation surgery.

Thought Leadership

Protecting Real Estate Professionals with Renewed Strength and Expanded Reach

Philadelphia - Headquarters
Pittsburgh
Roseland
Real Estate E&O Liability
November 1, 2025
We are excited to announce the reinvigoration of our Real Estate Professional Liability defense team, servicing clients in eight states including Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

NJ Appellate Division Clarifies Consumer Fraud Act Exception for Insurance Producers, Upholds Plemmons

Roseland
Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
June 27, 2025
On June 24, 2025, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an unpublished opinion in Lowe v. Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers- June 27, 2025, is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent legal developments o

Classes/Seminars Taught

Casualty Claims Investigation, CLM Claims College School of Casualty Claims - Level 1, September 2025

Preparing A Claim for Trial, Marshall Dennehey Client Presentation, April 2025

Preparing A Claim for Trial, Marshall Dennehey Client Webinar, February 4, 2025

Casualty Claims Investigation, CLM Claims College School of Casualty Claims - Level 1, September 2024

The Seven-Ten Split Mock Trial: Navigating Agent Errors & Omissions, The Annual Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 2, 2024

Emerging Claims Against Home Inspectors, Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, March 9, 2022

Casualty Claims Investigation, CLM Claims College School of Casualty Claims - Level 1, Virtual, 2021

Civil Litigation State of Affairs - The Impact of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania and New Jersey & What’s Next, Marshall Dennehey Client Webinar, May 2021

Casualty Claims Evaluation, CLM Claims College School of Casualty Claims - Level 1, Virtual, 2020

Anatomy of a Real Estate Transaction: How Actions of Participants Give Rise to Claims, Client Presentation, July, 2019

Defending Real Estate Agents, Title Agents and Home Inspectors, PLDF Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, October, 2018

Expert Witnesses - Using New Jersey Court Rules To Your Advantage, National Business Institute, Newark, NJ, November 2015

Top Ten Ways to Keep Your PL Claims Professional Happy , PLDF Annual Conference and CLE/CEU Presentation, Washington, DC, September, 2014

Ethical Claim Negotiations, CEU Institute, Parsippany, NJ, January 2014

Primer on Claims and Risk Management Issues for Real Estate Agents and Home Inspectors, PLDF Annual Conference and CLE/CEU Presentation, Chicago, IL, October 2013

Liabilities and Obligations for Real Estate Professionals, Lorman Education Services, September 2012

Publications

'Guide To Expert Testimony in Malpractice Cases Against Real Estate Professionals,' New Jersey Law Journal, October 21, 2019

'Playing Outside: NJ Landowners' Liability Act Protects Personal Injury Defendants,' New Jersey Law Journal, September 18, 2014

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 7
    • General Liability
    • Product Liability
    • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
    • Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
    • Hospitality and Liquor Liability
    • Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
    • Real Estate Agents Errors & Omissions

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Marshall Dennehey
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Significant Representative Matters: Obtained a defense verdict in a trucking accident in New Jersey. The plaintiff claimed that our client merged into her lane at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza causing her to sustain neck
    back injuries for which she underwent two spinal surgeries. Our client testified that both of their lanes ended
    , because they were required to merge, he had the right-of-way since the front of his truck was ahead of the front of her vehicle. Our accident reconstruction expert confirmed that our driver had the right-of-way
    opined that plaintiff was the sole cause of the accident. We also disputed the causation of plaintiff's alleged injuries based on the very limited property damage to her vehicle, as well as the fact that she had prior, similar injuries. After a little more than an hour of deliberations, the jury returned a verdict finding that our driver was not negligent.
    Obtained a defense verdict in a one week trial in Hudson County, New Jersey in a case where plaintiff alleged that the defendant insurance producer failed to alert plaintiff of a policy coming up for renewal
    then failed to advise plaintiff that the policy had lapsed
    that plaintiff had no insurance. The plaintiff claimed that defendant breached a duty of care in a claim for professional negligence. Due to the breadth of the insurance policy at issue, the claim against the defendant was for $500,000. Christopher argued
    was able to establish that any potential breach of contract or breach of a professional duty of care was not the proximate cause of plaintiff's damages. After an hour
    fourteen minutes, the jury agreed
    found that plaintiff could not establish a proximate cause between the alleged breach of a duty of care
    plaintiff's damages.
    Obtained summary judgment in Hudson County in favor of a project manager in a serious bicycle accident lawsuit. Plaintiff was thrown off his bike after striking a significant pothole in front of a building where our client performed work several years earlier. We successfully argued that plaintiff's alleged attempts to connect our client with the existence of the pothole were far too attenuated to be of any assistance to a jury. Following oral argument, Judge agreed
    granted summary judgment.
    Successfully won a motion to strike plaintiff's expert in a complicated New Jersey professional malpractice matter. In this case, following two rounds of briefing
    two rounds of oral argument, the court agreed that plaintiff's expert's opinion was a net opinion
    did not provide any substance or evidence of a lack of a duty of care.
    Obtained a summary judgment on behalf of our client. The plaintiff was injured when she fell from a 25-foot rock-climbing wall at our client's facility. After reaching the summit of the wall, plaintiff, a certified climber, pushed off to begin repelling down, only to realize that she forgot to connect to the auto-belay system. She proceeded to fall to the ground
    fractured both ankles for which she underwent open reduction internal fixation surgery. Plaintiff had previously visited the client's facility approximately 35 times
    had executed a liability waiver on each occasion, including the date of the accident. We moved for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiff's Complaint based on the fact that the liability waiver was enforceable. Plaintiff argued that the liability waiver was only enforceable as to her claims of ordinary negligence
    that the issue of whether the defendant was grossly negligent was a triable issue of fact. However, we successfully argued that no reasonable jury could find that the client was grossly negligent based on the client's testimony of the safety procedures, protocols
    equipment in place at the rock-climbing gym. Accordingly, the Court granted our motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Complaint, in its entirety, against the client.
    Successfully defended the manufacturer of a manlift in a wrongful death product liability claim where the plaintiff, the lift operator, was crushed in the lift.
    Obtained a dismissal in a legal malpractice claim in federal district court of New York where fraud
    damages in excess of $8 million dollars were alleged.
    Represented a national broker dealer in a New York Labor law claim where serious multiple bodily injuries were alleged. All claims were favorably resolved.
    Negotiated stipulation of dismissal with prejudice without any monetary contribution in favor of large national crane company sued in a wrongful death matter. Plaintiff's widow claimed the crane malfunctioned causing a fatality.
    Successfully resolved a claim against a real estate agent for failure to disclose a known conflict during dual representation including allegations of consumer fraud
    forgery.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1996, New Jersey
    2007, New York
    U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
    Memberships

    Associations & Memberships

    New Jersey Bar Association
    New York Bar Association
    Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF), Director of Membership Development
    Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Widener University School of Law
    Class of 1996
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of Pittsburgh
    Class of 1993
    B.S.

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    Christopher B. Block was admitted in 1996 to the State of New Jersey.
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    Yes, Christopher B. Block is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.
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    Christopher B. Block is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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    Christopher B. Block attended Widener University School of Law.

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