January 13, 2014
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Howard (Est. of John C. Ravert) v. Pecora Corporation, et al, 2013 Pa. LEXIS 2199, has issued a ruling reaffirming several core principles of causation in Pennsylvania asbestos cases, avoiding the creation of bad law that would allow plaintiffs to defeat summary judgment with underdeveloped and unreliable evidence. Jennifer […]
October 7, 2013
After a five day jury trial in the United States District Court of Connecticut, on August 29, 2013, a jury returned a full defense verdict finding for defendant, a manufacturer of corrugated stainless steel, on all counts and against plaintiff, as subrogee of the homeowners. Dawn Courtney Doherty, Esquire of Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & […]
August 8, 2013
Mark Merlini successfully argued a Motion for Summary Judgment on behalf of a hospital before the Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff, a 40 year old male, claimed that he was negligently discharged from the Emergency Room after sustaining a tibial plateau fracture and that he developed a serious […]
July 17, 2013
On June 10, 2013, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by citizens of the Town of Dewey Beach, Delaware seeking to overturn the settlement of an earlier lawsuit brought against the Town by a property owner seeking to redevelop a parcel of land within the Town. The […]
May 17, 2013
Congratulations to Kevin O’Brien and Joe O’Neill for being selected as Pennsylvania SuperLawyers 2013. And, congratulations to Daniel Bentz for being included as Pennsylvania Rising Stars 2013. The Rising Star designation is for attorneys under the age of 40.
MARKS, O’NEILL, O’BRIEN, DOHERTY & KELLY has been at the forefront of defense litigation for over a quarter of a century representing the interests of corporations, carriers and individual clients.
