Retail Liability Litigation Practice Group

Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin has significant experience in the defense of retail liability claims.  In addition to being associated and active with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry and the Pennsylvania Retailers Association, our firm has formed its own Retail Liability Practice Group, a dedicated litigation unit within the firm experienced in the handling of all aspects of retail liability claims and law suits. 

At each of our seventeen offices throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, and Florida there is at least one partner and one associate who are members of this practice area.  Each case referral would either be assigned directly to a partner in this group or, in lower exposure matters, to an associate whose work would be overseen by a partner belonging to the Retail Liability Practice Group.

Being part of this department within the firm allows each of its members to share information on applicable defenses; changes in and applications of the law; trial tactics and strategies; and previously researched issues of the law.  Each office has access through our state-of-the-art computer system to a bank of briefs and other research materials for the expedient and efficient handling of retail claims from inception to conclusion.

Moreover, the Retail Liability Practice Group handles a full array of retail liability issues and its types of cases, including, but not limited to:

• Premises liability and its various subtypes (sidewalk defects, ice/snow, spilled substances, employee negligence, etc.)
  
• Professional liability within the retail industry and specific to individual retailers.  Examples include pharmaceutical malpractice, automobile mechanical malpractice, service station malpractice, sales misrepresentations and the like.
  
• Retail theft and compliance with the Pennsylvania Retail Theft Act.
  
• Product liability and vendors endorsements.
  
• Lease agreement obligations for landlords and tenants and the duties of each to defend and indemnify.
  
• Fraudulent claims, which are handled in conjunction with our firm's Special Investigations unit.

The Retail Liability Practice Group also provides its clients with liability prevention techniques and specialized seminars can be conducted at the client's business location.  Members of our group have conducted a number of such seminars and have learned as much from our retail clients as we hope we conveyed to them in the active dialogue that prevails at these meetings. 

All cases entrusted to us are handled towards the most efficient and cost effective resolution in conjunction with the goals of the client.

For further information or to make case referrals, please contact the following:

Howard P. Dwoskin, Esquire
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner,
Coleman & Goggin
1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA  19103-4797
Direct Dial: (215) 575-2664
Fax: (215) 575-0856
E-Mail: hpdwoskin@mdwcg.com