May 7, 2018
Sean X. Kelly of Marks, O’Neill’s New Jersey office recently won a motion to dismiss in a New Jersey federal court action asserting FDCPA and fraud claims against a law firm brought by a defendant in a foreclosure action. Our team argued that the state law claims were barred by the litigation privilege because the defendant […]
May 4, 2018
Sean X. Kelly of Marks, O’Neill’s New Jersey office recently obtained summary judgment in a New Jersey attorney malpractice case. Our client represented a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action and obtained a substantial settlement on the client’s behalf. However, the underlying client failed to repay a worker’s compensation lien asserted against the settlement. The […]
May 2, 2018
Sean X. Kelly of Marks, O’Neill’s New Jersey office recently obtained summary judgment in an attorney malpractice case, which alleged that an attorney was negligent for failing to fully explain the terms of a settlement agreement to a client. Our team filed a motion seeking to strike plaintiff’s expert, arguing that the report and testimony […]
April 5, 2018
J. Mark Pecci, II of Marks O’Neill’s Philadelphia office was successful in having Preliminary Objections sustained in Philadelphia County. Defendant, a New Jersey bar, was sued by a Plaintiff estate for a death which occurred in Philadelphia. Preliminary Objections were filed by the bar seeking dismissal of the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The […]
March 21, 2018
Patricia Fecile-Moreland of Marks, O’Neill’s Philadelphia office was successful in obtaining summary judgment on behalf of their client in a wrongful termination case brought pursuant to the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law (PWL). The case centered around the plaintiff’s contention that her former employer fired her on the basis of her meeting with government investigators regarding her […]
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