GENERAL LIABILITY AND CASUALTY
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP has extensive experience in representing clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters, including:
Products Liability
- We have extensive experience in handling products liability matters. We represent clients in state and federal cases involving defective products, strict liability and breach of warranty. Our attorneys also have vast experience in cases involving medical devices and surgical products. We have successfully defended clients in the pedicle bone screw litigation and breast implant litigation. Our attorneys have also handled cases involving vending machines, automobiles, seatbelts, lighters and floor tiles. We represent manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of various products in commercial and business litigation. We have successfully defended clients in complex drug litigation, including cases involving Rezulin, fen-phen, and Baycol.
Premises Liability
- We represent health care providers, businesses and homeowners in cases of general premises liability. We are also very experienced in representing clients involved in construction accidents.
Motor Vehicle Liability
- Our attorneys possess extensive experience in litigating automobile cases. This practice group handles a wide range of motor vehicle accident cases. Our extensive experience in medical claims allow us to efficiently identify and evaluate all types of injuries suffered in motor vehicle accidents. Our familiarity with medicine and causation defenses pertaining to injuries gives us a unique advantage over our opponents. Moreover, our access to, and experience with, top medical specialists provides our clients with the best possible representation.
Casualty
- We also represent major claims services companies in significant damages casualty cases. The firm is experienced in litigating issues involving insurance bad faith, workers’ compensation, unfair trade practices and insurance negligence.
Contact:
Anthony P. DeMichele
(610) 834-6235 (610) 834-1749 Fax
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O'Brien & Ryan News
Defense Verdict for Family Doctor and Practice in Montgomery County
Tracie A. Vizza obtained a defense verdict for a family doctor and his practice, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The case involved a 32 year old man who died from massive, bilateral pulmonary emboli during a visit to a local hospital. A week prior to his trip to...
Successful Defense of Real Estate Holding Company and One of its Members in Successor-In-Interest Liability, Fraudulent Conveyance, and Piercing the Corporate Veil Matter
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended a real estate holding company and one of its members in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. The case was an offshoot of an underlying lawsuit wherein the plaintiff school district filed a lawsuit against several...
Favorable Ruling from Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Certificate of Merit Matter
Paul Peel received a favorable ruling from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. In Harris v. Neuberger, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court's order that granted a plaintiff's Petition to Open Judgments of Non Pros and remanded the matter to the...
Defense Verdict for Surgeon in Montgomery County
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained a defense verdict in a Montgomery County case in which the plaintiff alleged negligence when his bladder was perforated by a surgeon performing a laparoscopic appendectomy. Plaintiff maintained that if the surgery had been done properly,...
Successful Defense of Buyers at Arbitration Involving Failed Residential Real Estate Transaction
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended the buyers in a failed residential real estate transaction. The buyers and sellers entered into a residential real estate agreement of sale. Problems arose at the closing, and as a result, the closing on the property failed...
Superior Court Remands Defense Verdict because Admission of Breach required Finding of Negligence
The Superior Court recently remanded a medical malpractice case back to the Clarion County Court of Common Pleas after ruling that the jury erroneously found a clerk’s admitted filing error was not negligent. In writing on behalf of the unanimous...
OIG Issues Favorable Opinion Regarding Payment of Per Diem Fees to Physicians in Emergency Department
On October 23, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG), issued a favorable Advisory Opinion (Opinion 12-15) regarding the payment of per diem fees by hospitals to physicians providing on-call coverage to unassigned...
Superior Court Orders New Trial after Evidence of Informed Consent was Improper in Medical Negligence Case
In an opinion issued on November 12, 2013, a three-judge panel for the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that repeated references to a patient’s consent to the surgeries at issue in a medical malpractice trial were both irrelevant and unduly prejudicial. Given...
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Holds That Medicaid Liens are Not Prohibited by Anti-Lien and Anti-Recovery Provisions of The Social Security Act
In Tristani v. Richman, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that Medicaid liens on judgments or settlements limited to medical costs are not prohibited by the anti-lien and anti-recovery provisions of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §...
“Benevolent Gesture” Bill is Signed into Law by Governor Corbett
On the morning of October 23, 2013, Senate Bill 379, also known as the “Benevolent Gesture” Bill, was signed into law by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, after unanimous approval in both the State Senate and House of Representatives. The Benevolent Gesture Law...
Female Powerbrokers Q&A With Heather Hansen
Heather Hansen was featured in a Q & A session highlighting legal Female Powerbrokers.
Full article below, published by Law360.com.
Anthony DeMichele is Panelist for HIPAA CLE
On April 8, 2014 Anthony P. DeMichele was a panelist for the CLE program “Understanding and Eliminating Implicit Bias, and Ethical Considerations for Lawyers as Business Associates under HIPAA”, presented by Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company at Pierce College.
How To Maintain Humanity In An EMR World
The push toward implementation of electronic medical records makes it very challenging for risk managers, physicians, nurses and other health professionals to prioritize relationships over efficiency. However, it is important for those who work in these fields to remember to find a balance, says Heather Hansen of O’Brien & Ryan LLP.
Full article below, published by Law360.com.
OBR Sponsors Plymouth Service Memorial
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP is a proud supporter of the Plymouth Township Service & Devotion Monument.
The monument features eight distinctive pillars honoring the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, Law Enforcement, Fire and Ambulance with a special area dedicated to fallen Plymouth Township police officer, Brad Fox.
The monument is located at the corner of Walton Road & Germantown Pike in Plymouth Meeting.
Heather Hansen is part of “Benevolent Gesture” CLE
Heather Hansen presented “What MedMal Defense Lawyers Need to Know about the New Benevolent Gesture Law…” on November 20, 2013, as part of the Pennsylvania Bar Institutes’s webinar series.
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