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General Liability Attorney Philadelphia | Casuality Law Firm PA, NJ, OBrien and Ryan LLP

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 on behalf of Orthopaedic Surgeon

Heather Hansen and paralegal Lexi Romney recently received a defense verdict on behalf of an orthopaedic surgeon in Philadelphia County. A 65-year-old woman presented to the orthopaedic surgeon with knee pain. MRI demonstrated a non-displaced occult fracture of the...

Defense Verdict on Behalf of Pulmonologist

Tracie Vizza, Mary Kay Plyter and paralegal Lexi Romney recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a pulmonologist/critical care physician in Chester County. A 67 year old woman who had been treating with her pulmonologist for six years for a chronic and...

Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hand Surgeon

Dan Ryan, Carolyn Bohmueller and paralegal Stacy Jaeger received a defense verdict on behalf of a hand surgeon in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff-father and his 11 year old son were involved in a rollover motor vehicle accident, in which the child's...

Defense Verdict on Behalf of Internal Medicine Physician

Heather Hansen recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an internal medicine physician in Delaware County. In the case, the plaintiff presented to the emergency department of a local hospital and was admitted for treatment of a suspected urinary tract...

Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hospital

Anthony P. DeMichele and Jaime N. Johnson recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a hospital following a four-day jury trial. In July 2010, the 24-year old plaintiff presented to the defendant hospital with complaints of...

PA Supreme Court Upholds Law Barring Wrongful Birth Lawsuits

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently upheld a law that bars wrongful birth lawsuits.  In the underlying case, Sernovitz v. Dershaw, the plaintiffs filed suit against Mrs. Sernovitz’s treating physicians for failure to inform her of circumstances that...

10 Attorneys Selected to 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

Each year, on a state-by-state basis, Super Lawyers selects attorneys using peer nominations and evaluations along with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and those selected represent the top five percent of the total lawyers in each state.

7 Attorneys Selected to 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

Each year, on a state-by-state basis, Super Lawyers selects attorneys using peer nominations and evaluations along with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and those selected represent the top five percent of the total lawyers in each state.

Heather Hansen Coauthors Article for Journal of Arthroplasty

Heather Hansen, along with several doctors at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, recently coauthored Infection Following Total Joint Arthroplasty is the Main Cause of Litigation: Data from One Metropolitan Area for The Journal of Arthroplasty. The article discusses statistical findings regarding lawsuits filed over the course of six years.

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