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John C. Farrell 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shareholder
phone(215) 575-2787
fax(215) 575-0856
emailjcfarrell@mdwcg.com

Over the past 20 years, Jack Farrell has developed considerable knowledge and experience in the fields of healthcare and commercial liability. As a shareholder in the firm, he focuses his practice in medical, dental, and nursing malpractice, with a secondary interest in general construction liability and products liability cases.

Jack's areas of practice cover medical malpractice involving the representation of hospitals, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and physical therapists; dental malpractice involving the representation of oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, endodontists, orthodontists, and general dentists; construction liability cases involving the representation of general contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, and surveyors; premises liability involving the representation of commercial shopping centers, corporate centers, healthcare offices, etc.; products liability with respect to the representation of manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers; and legal malpractice involving the representation of lawyers, paralegals, and legal secretaries.

Jack has handled 750 to 1,000 medical and dental malpractice cases; 250 to 500 construction and premises liability cases; and 50 to 100 product liability cases. He has taken approximately 40 cases to trial, 30 of which were tried to a jury. All but three of these trials ended up in defense verdicts. The three plaintiff verdicts were in the amounts of $2,511, $30,000, and 500,000.

He has handled class actions involving motor vehicle and consumer fraud, the Paxil litigation, and EtG testing.

Jack received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Ursinus College, and he earned his Juris Doctorate from The Dickinson School of Law.

In addition to his legal career, Jack is on the Board of Directors of American Missionary Fellowship and is a teacher at Great Valley Presbyterian Church. He also serves as a Manager of Berwyn/Paoli girls' softball teams from ages 10 to 16, as well as softball tournament teams and coach of the Paoli Wildcats 11-12 boys basketball team.

Significant Representative Matters:

  • Obtained partial summary judgment for a waste management company in a case involving the Federal Motor Vehicle Code and later resolved the case, which had a $10 million demand and involved four fatalities and one brain injured passenger in a multi-vehicle tractor trailer/car accident.

  • Successfully represented a commercial retail establishment in the food business arena in a products liability case involving a multi-piece wheel assembly which resulted in plaintiff unfortunately experiencing permanent disability when the multi-piece wheel assembly separated from the vehicle striking the pedestrian in the head.

  • Successfully defended a commercial business establishment in a subrogation action that resulted in a fire destroying a building and business, resulting in excess of $10 million in claimed property damage and business interruption losses. Obtained summary judgment and then resolved the case.

  • Successfully defended a product manufacturer in a case concerning a chemical explosion at a plant resulting in excess of $10 million in property damage and five fatalities.

  • In a dental malpractice case with a $600,000 pre-trial demand, $1 million trial demand and a request for punitive damages, presented experts in the fields of general dentistry, endodontics, and oral surgery. The jury verdict came back in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant in the amount of $2,511.

  • In a medical malpractice action claiming a failure to refer and perform a cardiac catheterization, through the use of medical experts, including experts in the fields of general cardiology and invasive cardiology, able to obtain a defense verdict.

  • In a nursing malpractice case, with the patient dying in a nursing home, the jury came back with a defense verdict.

  • In a physical therapy malpractice matter involving a patient who claimed to have re-torn his shoulder, the jury returned a defense verdict.
    • Year Joined Organization:
    1995
    Areas of Practice:
    Hospital Malpractice
    Medical Malpractice
    Dental Malpractice
    Nursing Malpractice
    Physical Therapy Malpractice
    Commercial Liability
    Construction Liability
    Premises Liability
    Motor Vehicle Liability
    Products Liability
    Bar Admissions:
    Pennsylvania, 1988
    District of Columbia, 1989
    Colorado, 1990
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. Supreme Court
    Education:
    The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1988
    J.D.


    Ursinus College, 1985
    B.A.
    Honors: Cum Laude


    Published Works:
    Intervening and Superseding Causes Still Alive and Well (co-author with A. Berman), Counterpoint, October, 1993


    Taking the Bite Out of Strict Liability For Dentists, Defense Digest, February, 1996


    Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds That Root Canal Requires Informed Consent, Defense Digest, Dec. Vol. 5, No. 6, 1999


    A Good Samaritan Is Hard To Find, Defense Digest, Vol. 9, No. 2, June, 2003


    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Lectured to Philadelphia County Dental Society


    Lectured to Pennsylvania Psychology Association


    Lectured to Temple University, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery


    Seminars on Risk Management Techniques and Controls


    Seminars on Discoverability of Witness Statements


    Seminar on Litigation Management Plans


    Lectured to study group of Joseph Gian-Grasso, D.D.S. on Dental Malpractice Trends


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


    Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2009-2010)


    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    American Bar Association


    Defense Research Institute


    Philadelphia Bar Association


    Past Employment Positions:
    Margolis, Edelstein, Scherlis, Sarowitz & Kraemer, Senior Associate

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