Michael A. Karaffa

Michael joined Marshall Dennehey in 2002, and practices in the firm's Casualty Department. Michael represents clients in a wide variety of matters, including trucking and transportation liability, product liability, fire loss, motor vehicle liability, general litigation, and appeals. Over the course of his career, he has handled dozens of trucking accident cases, hundreds of asbestos claims, and multiple fire loss cases. He recently litigated and reached a successful settlement in a $10 million property fire loss claim allegedly caused by a defective product.

Michael's experience with multi-party litigation includes the handling of several class action matters, including one case involving the constitutionality of the creation of the Rails to Trails Linear Park, and one case involving the legality of a large corporation changing medical and health benefits for its retirees. He has also handled multiple- party litigation arising from trucking loss claims, including a 42­-vehicle accident, a 22-vehicle accident, and a 70-vehicle accident.

Michael is a 1978 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and economics. He attended Duquesne University School of Law where he served as a member of the Moot Court Board and received his juris doctor in 1981.