Benjamin A. Nicolosi Jr.

Benjamin practice covers a wide area of civil litigation, including motor vehicle, product liability, premises liability, dram shop/liquor liability, UIM defense, contract, bad faith and legal malpractice. During the course of his career, Ben has handled several hundred automobile actions and tried cases in several federal and state court jurisdictions in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the Court of the Appeals for the Third Circuit.

With respect to recent litigation successes, Ben has resolved several underinsured motorist claims for substantially less than the expected payout. He successfully tried a product liability claim where the demand was $650,000 by prevailing on plaintiff's negligence claim. He successfully tried a motor vehicle case involving a claim for punitive damages for driving while intoxicated where the jury awarded no punitive damages. He obtained a defense verdict in a fear of AIDS case stemming from an infected epi-pen/needle. He has consistently resolved bad faith cases for less than the expected payout. Ben's clients include several national retail chains in premises liability, automobile liability and product liability matters.

Ben received a Master of Arts degree in history and a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the University of Scranton in 1990. He received his juris doctor in 1993 from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.

Following graduation, Ben practiced law as a general practitioner. He later focused on personal injury litigation with a small plaintiff firm. In 1997, he joined the Casualty Department at Marshall Dennehey.

Ben is a member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.