Practice Areas
We routinely handle the following types of civil litigation matters:
MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY
- personal injury
- wrongful death
- property damage
- personal, commercial and common carriers
- fleet vehicles
- pedestrian & bicycle accidents
- negligent entrustment
RENTAL/LEASED VEHICLES
- insurance obligations of vehicle owners
- vicarious liability for negligence of driver
- permissive/unauthorized drivers
- breach of rental agreement
PREMISES LIABILITY
- slip and fall
- premises defect
- animal/pet liability
- swimming pools and other attractive nuisances
- landlord and owner liability for acts of tenants and third-parties
- fire, explosions
- restaurant liability, including food poisoning
INSURANCE LAW
- coverage opinions and disputes
- declaratory judgments
- ordering/priority of coverage
- subrogation
- enforcement of policy exclusions
- UM and UIM coverage
- obligation to defend
- arbitration proceedings among insurers
CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
- defective workmanship
- new home construction
- latent defects
- ineffective repairs
- product/material failure
- EIFS, synthetic stucco
WORK/CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS
- dangerous work/site conditions
- ladder/scaffolding falls
- equipment failure
- structure failure
PRODUCT LIABILITY
- negligence
- strict liability
- breach of warranty
- product misuse
- defective design
- defective manufacturing
- failure to warn
- stream of commerce liability
CONTRACT DISPUTES
- service contracts
- leases
- intentional interference with a contractual relationship
INTENTIONAL TORTS
- assault/battery
- defamation (libel and slander)
- infliction of emotional distress
- fraud, negligent misrepresentation
- abuse of process
- punitive damages
VICARIOUS LIABILITY
- agency
- respondeat superior
- negligent hiring, training, supervision, retention and entrustment
- employee vs. independent contractor
- dram shop liability
- bailment
- Insurance Law
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Traffic Offenses
- Criminal Offenses
- Construction Defects
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