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General Liability

The General Liability Practice Group of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin regularly litigates in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Florida and New York, defending insureds, insurance companies and self-insured entities.
 
The general liability practice area includes such diverse types of defense litigation as:

  • Owners and contractors protective liability
  • Owners, landlords and tenants coverage
  • Bailor/bailee
  • Premises liability
  • Assault and battery
  • Security
  • Commercial liability
  • Advertising injuries
  • Defamation
  • Privacy
  • Elevator incidents
  • False arrest
  • Malicious prosecution cases
  • First-party and third-party property damage cases
  • Fire legal liability litigation

 
We understand that every client is concerned with the extent of legal fees and costs incurred. Savings are achieved in a number of ways. With offices situated within a six-state region, we are able to provide our clients with defense attorneys who are close to and very familiar with the litigation forum. Secondly, we are cognizant of the need to deliver legal services in a prompt and efficient manner, coupled with considerable emphasis on being results-oriented.
 
Each of our offices is electronically connected. Thus, regardless of the size of the office, its attorneys can access the intellectual property and broad-based experience of a very large professional staff of 450 lawyers. Our defense litigation attorneys are also members of and hold leadership positions in various state and county bar associations, thereby creating a good rapport with local courts.
 
We would welcome the opportunity to work with you in handling your general liability litigation and we are available to give presentations or conduct training seminars on general liability topics. We are also on the cutting edge of alternative fee arrangements in order to provide our clients with the highest level of services in the most cost-efficient and predictable manner possible.

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Oct 27, 2011
Attorney obtained a defense verdict before an ADR arbitrator. The attorney represented a city homeowner whose resident son had contacted a telephone services provider for the installation of a phone line. The plaintiff, who worked for a...
Oct 17, 2011
Attorney obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial. Plaintiff alleged that he was a business invitee since he was paying "rent" to a long time family friend in her home. Plaintiff was instructed to keep the family's small dogs out of his room and...
May 31, 2011
Attorney obtained a defense verdict following a three day trial . The plaintiff was the owner of a local auto center. Our client was a national residential and commercial tree landscaping company. When one of the landscaping company's bucket...
Feb 7, 2011
Attorney won a contested motion for summary judgment, in a case in which the plaintiff/son brought suit against his mother, a large insurance company's insured, on the theory that she was negligent for failing to timely take her anti-seizure...
Aug 30, 2010
Attorney obtained a defense verdict at trial. Plaintiff was 11 years old when she was struck in the back by a firework on July 4 while watching skateboarders at a park. Two eyewitnesses identified our client as the perpetrator, and he was arrested...
Jul 19, 2010
Attorney obtained a defense verdict in a binding arbitration. The plaintiff in the case had two fingers partially amputated by our clients lawnmower while he was trying to investigate why the lawn mower was not working. The plaintiff claimed that...
Jun 1, 2010
Attorney obtained an order dismissing all counts against our client home owner in case where the plaintiff was shot in the head while on our insured's property. The court ruled, in essence, that because no special relationship existed between the...
Jun 1, 2010
Attorney received a defense verdict where Plaintiff had committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of a Hospital. The jury found no cause against our client, security services provider, notwithstanding plaintiffs' allegations that the...
Apr 26, 2010
Attorney obtained summary judgment on behalf of a vehicle services company in a quadriplegia claim. The company contracted with a Township to maintain township vehicles, including a bus used to transport senior citizens to a senior center. The...
Nov 18, 2009
Attorney won a binding ADR arbitration in which the plaintiff alleged that while dog sitting the client's Rottweiler, he was suddenly attacked and bitten on his face, resulting in a surgical reconstruction of his lip.  The attorney presented family...

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Defense Digest Article December 1, 2012
  Key Points: It is becoming increasingly difficult to transfer a case from Philadelphia to another county. The Superior Court is now giving consideration to the type of witness claiming a..., Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2012
Defense Digest Article September 1, 2012
Key Points: The Supreme Court of Delaware confirms that willful and wanton common law premises liability standard applies to both trespassers and licensees. Defense practitioners must hold non-business invitee plaintiffs to this..., Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012
Law Alerts April 1, 2012
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the Delaware common law rule in premises liability cases that property owners/possessors must refrain from willful and wanton conduct toward trespassers and licensees. The plaintiff was riding his bicycle through the..., Case Law Alert - 2nd Qtr 2012
Defense Digest Article March 1, 2012
Federal – Civil Practice / E-Discovery Key Points: The computerized process of predictive coding is an appealing option in today's computer age. Due to the lack of case law discussing the subject, predictive coding may...
Defense Digest Article December 1, 2011
Florida – Civil Practice/Settlements , Key Points: There are two "clocks" or "faucets" that are critical for statutory proposals for settlement. Statutory proposals can be effective, even against the indigent plaintiff.   There are two "..., Defense Digest, Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011
Articles September 21, 2011
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell,  September 21, 2011
Defense Digest Article September 1, 2011
Pennsylvania – Civil Practice , Key Points: A social media user's indiscreet postings are pertinent to prove the truth or falsity of the claim. Any expectation of privacy with regard to Facebook and MySpace is unrealistic. The possibilities for finding..., Defense Digest, Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2011
Defense Digest Article September 1, 2011
Delaware – Discovery , Key Points: Medical records do not constitute proper expert disclosures under the Delaware Superior Court Civil Rules. A party's failure to comply with the court's scheduling order may result in monetary sanctions and,..., Defense Digest, Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2011

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Howard P. Dwoskin
Assistant Director, Casualty Department
(215) 575-2664
hpdwoskin@mdwcg.com

Co-Chair

Thomas A. Brophy
President & CEO
(215) 575-2748
tabrophy@mdwcg.com

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