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Significant Representative Matters: Obtained partial summary judgment for a waste management company in a case involving the Federal Motor Vehicle Code and later resolved the case, which had a $10 million demand and involved four fatalities and one brain injured passenger in a multi-vehicle tractor trailer/car accident.; Successfully represented a commercial retail establishment in the food business arena in a products liability case involving a multi-piece wheel assembly which resulted in plaintiff unfortunately experiencing permanent disability when the multi-piece wheel assembly separated from the vehicle striking the pedestrian in the head.; Successfully defended a commercial business establishment in a subrogation action that resulted in a fire destroying a building and business, resulting in excess of $10 million in claimed property damage and business interruption losses. Obtained summary judgment and then resolved the case.; Successfully defended a product manufacturer in a case concerning a chemical explosion at a plant resulting in excess of $10 million in property damage and five fatalities.; In a dental malpractice case with a $600,000 pre-trial demand, $1 million trial demand and a request for punitive damages, presented experts in the fields of general dentistry, endodontics, and oral surgery. The jury verdict came back in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant in the amount of $2,511.; In a medical malpractice action claiming a failure to refer and perform a cardiac catheterization, through the use of medical experts, including experts in the fields of general cardiology and invasive cardiology, able to obtain a defense verdict.; In a nursing malpractice case, with the patient dying in a nursing home, the jury came back with a defense verdict.; In a physical therapy malpractice matter involving a patient who claimed to have re-torn his shoulder, the jury returned a defense verdict.; Published Works: Recent Pennsylvania Superior Court Decision Affirms Defense's Introduction of Two Medical Experts on the Standard of Care as Proper Corroborative Evidence, Defense Digest, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2019; Recent Court Decision Potentially Expands Ability of Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs to Forum Shop in Philadelphia County, Defense Digest, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 2018; Consider Retaining Multiple Experts to Opine on the Standard of Care to Increase Your Chances of Securing a Defense Verdict, Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2016; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Wrongful Birth Statute, Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2016; A Good Samaritan Is Hard to Find, Defense Digest, Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2003; Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds that Root Canal Requires Informed Consent, Defense Digest, Dec. Vol. 5, No. 6, 1999; Taking the Bite Out of Strict Liability for Dentists, Defense Digest, February 1996; Intervening and Superseding Causes Still Alive and Well (co-author with A. Berman), Counterpoint, October 1993