Automotive Practice Group Articles

In House Defense Quarterly, Winter 2008

• Crashworthiness - Simple in Theory, Complex in Application
  By Keith D. Heinold, Esquire

Defense Digest, Volume 13, No. 4, December 2007

• A Giant Step Back For The Step-Down Provision
  By Jennifer A. Watson, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 13, No. 2, June 2007

• A Comparative Analysis Is Not Required Under AICRA Unless Aggravation Of Pre-Existing Injuries Is Pled As A Cause Of Action
  By Kevin M. McGoldrick, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 12, No. 4, December 2006

• New Jersey Lemon Law: Pending Legislative Initiatives
  By Nicholas Kierniesky, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 12, No. 1, March 2006

• The Supreme Court Takes On Car Insurance
  By Walter F. Kawalec III, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 11, No. 4, December 2005

• No New UM/UIM Forms With Policy Changes On Renewal
  By Douglas J. Kent, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 11, No. 3, September 2005

• What the New Jersey Legislature Really Meant When It Passed AICRA in 1998: No Serious Life Impact Standard Imposed On Plaintiffs
  By Brian O'Rourke, Esq.
• The Limiting of Limited Torts: LS v. Eschbach
  By Eric R. Brown, Esq.
• Free Delivery: The Enforceability of "Cars For Hire" Exclusions After Prudential v. Sartno
  By Patrick J. Mattucci, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 10, No. 4, December 2004

• To Stack or Not to Stack? This is No Longer the Question in Delaware for Personal Injury Plaintiffs
  By Ronald W. Hartnett, Jr., Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 10, No. 3, September 2004

• Posture Can Be Everything (or how to Win Cases and Save Money)
  By Timothy C. Nies, Esq. & R. David Ravine, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 10, No. 2, June 2004

• Plaintiffs Lose Their Double Recovery In Wrongful Death And Survival Actions
  By Barbara J. Davis, Esq.
• The Pennsylvania Superior Court Attempts To Simplify The Perplexing Interplay Of Stacking Waivers And Household Vehicle Exclusion Clauses
  By Michele Mintz, Esq.
• New Jersey Uninsured Drivers Are Out Of Luck
  By Michael Lombardi, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 10, No. 1, March 2004

• Ohio Supreme Court Unravels Unworkable Mystery Of Scott-Pontzer
  By J. Christopher Reece, Esq.

Defense Digest, Volume 9, No. 4, December 2003

• The Admissibility Of Vehicle Photographs And The Correlation Of Minimal Damage With Minimal Injuries
  By Kevin J. Connors, Esq.
• UM/UIM "Step Down" May Step Up to the NEW Jersey Supreme Court
  By Paul C. Johnson, Esq.
• Owners Of Registered But Uninsured Vehicles Beware Pennsylvania Superior Court Ruling Makes First Party Benefits Unrecoverable
  By Vlada Tasich, Esq.

• New Trials Granted From Defense Verdicts Where Uncontested Evidence Negligence Caused Some Injury
  By Bradley J. Goewert, Esq.

Defense Digest, Vol. 9, No. 3, September 2003

• Using Causation As A Defense To Negligence
  By G. Jay Habas, Esq.
  Look Both Ways Before Crossing The Street: The Effect Of Automobile Limited Tort Liability Insurance On You As A Pedestrian
  By Matthew J. Noble, Esq.