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Alicia M. Caridi

Shareholder
50 Glenmaura National Boulevard
Moosic, PA 18507
(570) 496-4654
(570) 496-0567 - Fax
amcaridi@mdwcg.com

Alicia, a shareholder in the Casualty Department, handles the defense of many types of casualty matters and currently practices in the areas of automotive, premises liability, lemon law/motor vehicle breach of warranty claims and amusement, sports and entertainment. Alicia regularly represents amusement and entertainment venues including water parks, roller skating rinks and shopping malls. She is an active member of the International Amusement and Leisure Defense Association (IALDA).

She has been successful in handling and resolving over 200 casualty matters either through trial, arbitration or mediation. Her experience as a trial attorney has earned her multiple defense verdicts.

Alicia is a 1994 summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University with a B.A. in Speech Communications and a minor in German language, completed in Salzburg, Austria.

Alicia graduated from Florida State University in 1999, after completing both a J.D. in Law and a M.A. in International Affairs. She graduated with distinction from the School of Social Sciences and completed part of her legal education at Oxford University. During law school, she was employed by the Florida Senate for bill drafting and analysis on behalf of the Transportation Committee.

On behalf of the North Florida Legal Services, she previously volunteered her time on their legal hotline for post-disaster relief through the Florida Bar.

A member of the Florida Bar, Alicia was associated with the law firm of de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A. in Tampa, Florida, and practiced primarily in healthcare corporate compliance. In 2001, Alicia returned to Pennsylvania and became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar and the New Jersey Bar. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Harold A. Thomson, Jr., President Judge of the Pike County Court of Common Pleas and specially appointed as the guardian ad litem by Judge Feudal.

Significant Representative Matters

  • Obtained summary judgment through successfully arguing no liability on behalf of a security company for an animal bite within a homeowner's development.

  • Through the use of a vocational and medical expert, successfully defended a case at trial in federal court where liability was admitted and the demand was over $300,000 for wage loss and personal injury. The verdict was $7,500.

  • Resolved client's share of a multi-car accident (10 cars) within a string of 70 vehicles involved in a highway incident for $1,000 through the use of police and investigators as witnesses.

  • Through the use of medical experts for multiple injuries claimed by the plaintiff, obtained a defense verdict on causation of injuries received in a rear-impact auto accident when liability was admitted.

  • Obtained defense verdict in suit versus an elderly driver, who was unable to attend trial, through use of video footage and cross examination.

  • Obtained defense verdict at trial of claim of injury from slip and fall in client's home. Jury found no liability within ten minutes.

  • Obtained defense verdict in favor of motor vehicle operator sued for damages to a teen on a bike crossing the lane of travel.

  • Obtained dismissal on summary judgment in two cases involving wrongful identity of the motor vehicle operator.

Areas of Practice

Published Works

  • "Clean Air Act; Mobile Emissions," Florida Senate Interim Report

Representative Cases

  • Andrews v. Stefano, 71 Pa.D.&C. 4th (2005)

Classes/Seminars Taught

  • Volunteer Instructor, Florida State University, College of Law Undergraduate Program

Past Employment Positions

  • Florida State Senate, Tallahassee, Florida 

  • de la Parte & Gilbert, Tampa, Florida 

  • Pike County Court of Common Pleas, Milford, Pennsylvania 

Education

  • Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1999 J.D.

    Honors: James Harold Thompson Scholarship
    Honors: Eugene Tubbs Memorial Scholarship
    Honors: Sandra Memorial Scholarship
    Honors: Alumni Scholarship
    Honors: Moot Court Team, Intercollegiate Chair 

  • Florida State University, 1999M.A. in International Affairs

    Honors: With Distinction

  • Shippensburg University, PA, 1994B.A.

    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Highest Honors
    Major: Speech Communications
    Minor: German 

Alicia M. Caridi (Scranton, PA) presented an educational seminar titled "The Domino Effect: Managing a Crisis in the Social Media World"
October 1, 2011
Alicia M. Caridi (Scranton, PA) presented an educational seminar titled "The Domino Effect: Managing a Crisis in the Social Media World" and the World Water Park Association 31st Annual Trade Show and Symposium as a member of IALDA (The International Amusement & Leisure Defense Association).   ...

Areas of Practice

Education

  • Shippensburg University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994)
  • Florida State University (M.A., 1999)
  • Florida State University (J.D., 1999)

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1999
  • Pennsylvania, 2001
  • New Jersey, 2001

Associations & Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Section on Public Utilities, Communications and Transportation; Vice Chair of Membership/Student Liaison
  • Florida State Bar Association
  • International Amusement and Leisure Defense Association, Inc., Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pike County Bar Association
  • The Association of Women Lawyers
  • Lackawanna Bar Association

Year Joined Organization: 2002

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