Other Legal Victories

 

  • Dismissal of a wrongful death claim against a construction inspector based upon the failure of the roadway contractor’s liability expert to establish the inspector had responsibility for the temporary traffic controls on the highway construction project.

  • Dismissal of all wrongful death and survival claims against a parking garage designer based upon the plaintiff’s failure to establish proximate causation, with the trial court’s dismissal affirmed by the Pennsylvania Superior Court on appeal.
     

  • Dismissal of all claims against a roadway design professional arising out of a catastrophic motor vehicle accident resulting in paralysis and the ultimate death of the plaintiff based upon plaintiff’s failure to file a timely affidavit of merit.
     

  • Dismissal of all negligence, strict liability and alter ego claims against a French corporation by way of preliminary objections after the trial court held that proper jurisdiction was lacking in a case involving catastrophic personal injuries resulting in a demand of $15,000,000.
     

  • Numerous dismissals of township engineers and code enforcement officers based on governmental immunity defense.
     

  • Successful motion for summary judgment filed on behalf of a construction company against a landowner/developer’s claims of negligence, continuing trespass and violation of the Pennsylvania Storm Water Management Act, where the owner claimed actual damages of $2,500,000.
     

  • Successful preliminary objections obtaining the dismissal at the pleadings stage of plaintiff’s claims of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty against an insurance broker, where the plaintiff claimed damages resulting from the cancellation of a life insurance policy valued at $10,000,000.
     

  • Successful motion for summary judgment on behalf of an engineering firm in litigation arising from the general contractor’s claims for extra work, delay, tortious interference and other damages exceeding $2,000,000. After obtaining summary judgment at the trial court level, successful argument on the appeal before the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, resulting in affirmance of summary judgment.