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Edward J. McGinn Jr. 
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
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phone(610) 354-8251
fax(610) 354-8299
emailejmcginn@mdwcg.com

Since joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 1993, Edward J. McGinn Jr. has been devoting his practice to the defense of product liability matters, with particular emphasis on automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, forklifts, scissor lifts, and other industrial and commercial equipment and products.

Ed represents aerial lift rental companies, contractors, manufacturers of various industrial products. He is most frequently asked to defend catastrophic personal injury cases. The cases typically involve construction related accidents and product liability claims. He also handles general negligence claims.

In 1998, Ed received his Masters Degree in Trial Advocacy with honors from the Temple University School of Law. He has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the area of Civil Litigation Defense.

Ed is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Following graduation from Notre Dame in 1981, he attended Duquesne University School of Law. Ed graduated in the top 25% of his class and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1984. Ed then joined the defense litigation firm of Liebert, Short, FitzPatrick and Lavin, where he developed extensive experience in a wide range of casualty defense matters, with particular emphasis on the defense of product liability claims.

Ed has been a volunteer attorney for the Support Center for Child Advocates for over ten years. He volunteers to represent children who have been abused or otherwise need legal representation as determined by the court and assigned by the Support Center. In 1999, Ed was honored with recognition as a "Distinguished Advocate for Children." He continues to actively be involved in this organization.

Significant Representative Matters:

  • Successfully resolved complicated work place/products liability case involving a fatality where the demand was $40 million by demonstrating through a complicated and sophisticated biomechanical analysis that the body position of the decedent showed that he had intentionally placed himself in an obvious position of danger.

  • Tried to defense verdict a product liability claim allegedly involving a van seat failure. The demand had been $5 million.

  • Tried work-related personal injury matter to verdict. Matter favorably resolved after verdict based upon strong appellate issues raised.

  • Successfully resolved claim of worker permanently injured by contact with electrical circuitry. Used forensic DNA analysis to establish compelling defense that contradicted the testimony of the plaintiff.

  • Successfully resolved work-related claim where worker suffered paraplegia. Case tried against non-settling defendant and resulted in multi-million dollar verdict.
    • Year Joined Organization:
    1993
    Areas of Practice:
    Products Liability
    Casualty Insurance Defense
    Motor Vehicle
    Premises Liability
    Bar Admissions:
    Pennsylvania, 1984
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1984
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1984
    U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1984
    U.S. Federal Court, 1984
    Education:
    Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1984
    J.D.


    Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998
    LL.M., with Honors


    University of Notre Dame, 1981
    B.A.


    Published Works:
    Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations--A Narrow Scope of Review Can Cost You Dearly, Defense Digest, January, 1996


    Intoxication Evidence: Admissible To Prove Causation in Product Liability Case and Admissible to Address Life Expectancy When Permanent Injury is Claimed, Defense Digest, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1998


    Defending Products Cases With Intoxication Evidence, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, October 19, 1998


    Will Your Judgment Day Be In Y2K?, Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1999


    The Y2K Act - Will An Ounce Of Prevention Be Worth A Pound Of Cure?, Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1999


    Product Liability Defendants Must Ask, 'Am I A Seller?', Defense Digest, 2000-10, Vol. 6, No. 5


    Product Liability in Pennsylvania, Lift and Access, September, 2009


    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Pennsylvania Bar Institute Presenter - 2008 Update on Pennsylvania Product Liability Law - Atlantic City, New Jersey - August, 2008


    Honors and Awards:
    AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell


    Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2006, 2008-2011)


    First Judicial District of Pennsylvania's Pro Bono Hall of Fame for work with Support Center for Child Advocates


    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    Pennsylvania Bar Association


    Philadelphia Bar Association


    Council on Litigation Management (Chair, Industrial Machinery/Heavy Equipment Subcommittee of Product Liability Committee)

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