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Defense Verdict in a Construction Accident/Products Liability Case
Dean Murtagh and Jacob Lehman obtained a defense verdict on behalf of their client, a national equipment-rental company, after a two-week jury trial.
The case involved a scaffolding collapse where the Plaintiff claimed the rental company was liable because it provided scaffolding that was defective and improper for the use to which it was being put. The demand prior to trial was 7.5 million dollars.
Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2017
GGM Announces 2017 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
GGM is pleased to announce that Dean F. Murtagh, Gary R. Gremminger, John P. Shusted, Gary H. Hunter, and Jeffrey D. Laudenbach, have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2017. Jacob C. Lehman has been named a “Rising Star” for 2017.
Jeff Laudenbach presents at ALFA Workers’ Compensation Program
Jeff Laudenbach presents at ALFA Workers’ Compensation Program in Austin, TX on March 2017 on the Department of Labor trends that impact workers’ compensation and joint employer issues.
Click here to open the 2017 ALFA International – Workers’ Compensation Practice Group Seminar Program Brochure.
Jacob C. Lehman publishes article in the Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly Magazine
Mr. Lehman’s article, Trial and Appeals in Consolidated Cases: The Landscape Post Malanchuk was published in the January 2017 issue of the magazine.
The complete article is accessible here with the permission of the Quarterly.
Joint Tort Defendant Found Primarily Liable
Despite an 11th hour joint tort settlement by the co-defendant, Gary Gremminger successfully argued to a Philadelphia jury that his client’s share of responsibility for plaintiff’s fractured wrist and related surgeries was nominal, resulting in a net award of $2,000.
Jeff Laudenbach joins ALFA International Marketing Committee
Jeff Laudenbach was added to the ALFA International Marketing Committee.
Yana Shapiro organizes ALFA Women’s Initiative Program
Yana Shapiro is organizing the Women’s Initiative program for the ALFA International Workers’ Compensation Program in March 2017 held in Austin, Texas.
Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2016
GGM Announces 2016 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
GGM is pleased to announce that Dean F. Murtagh, Gary R. Gremminger, John P. Shusted, Gary H. Hunter, and Jeffrey D. Laudenbach, have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2016. Jacob C. Lehman has been named a “Rising Star” for 2016.
Defense Verdict in Traumatic Leg Amputation Case
Gary Gremminger recently obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial held in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff was operating a dirt bike when he was involved in a collision with defendant’s motor vehicle. Plaintiff’s leg was severed above the knee.
Plaintiff presented testimony by an accident reconstruction expert to support his theory of liability but the expert opinion was trumped by the testimony of an independent witness and also by that of the investigating police officer who took a statement from the plaintiff at the hospital a week after the accident. Plaintiff’s claim that the statement was given while he was under the influence of narcotic pain medication was apparently rejected by the jury which found the plaintiff to be 80% at fault.
Defense Verdict in a Premises Liability Case
Defense verdict in a Premises Liability case where Plaintiffs alleged a slip and fall on a foreign substance inside the store causing a knee injury and back injury resulting in both knee surgery and spinal surgery with over $800,000 in economic loss and permanent disability.
