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Yana Shapiro is organizing the Women's Initiative program for the ALFA International Workers' Compensation Program in March 2017 held in Austin, Texas.

GGM Announces 2016 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Gary Gremminger recently obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial held in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff was operating a dirt bike when he was involved in a collision with defendant’s motor vehicle. Plaintiff’s leg was severed above the knee.

Defense verdict in a Medical Malpractice case where Plaintiffs alleged a missed diagnosed C7 fracture after a fall down stairs resulting in paraplegia with multi-million dollar exposure.

Defense verdict in a Premises Liability case where Plaintiffs alleged a slip and fall on a foreign substance inside the store causing a knee injury and back injury resulting in both knee surgery and spinal surgery with over $800,000 in economic loss and permanent disability.

In May 2016, Mr. Lehman was named by the Legal Intelligencer as a recipient of the Lawyer on the Fast Track award. This honor, intended to recognize the next generation of great lawyers in Pennsylvania, is awarded to only 35 attorneys in Pennsylvania under the age of 40 each year. The state legal community submits nominations to the Legal Intelligencer which are then reviewed by a six-member panel composed of evaluators from all corners of the legal profession and the state who make the final selections.

Gary Hunter, Jeff Laudenbach and Chad Goebel attend the 2016 ALFA International Client Seminar. The seminar took place on March 3-6, 2016 at La Quinta Resort & Club (A Waldorf Astoria Resort) in La Quinta (Palm Springs), California.

Dean F. Murtagh Named President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates) for 2016.

Gary Hunter and Jeff Laudenbach attended the Labor & Employment seminar. Gary Hunter was an ALFA panelist for the panel discussion "Employee Selection Under Fire: Defending Employment Assessments and Medical Examinations". The seminar was held on July 22-24, 2015 at the Montage Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.

Gary Hunter was a moderator at the 14th Annunal Workers' Compensation Conference - As the Claim Turns, Part 1. The conference was held June 1-2, 2015 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, PA.

GGM Announces 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Gary Gremminger attended the ALFA International Transportation Practice Group Seminar held April 29 – May 1, 2015 in San Diego, CA. The program focused on traumatic brain injury claims and fatigued driving and also addressed current topics including surveillance evidence, social media, and use of day in-the-life videos. Break out sessions covered forensic toxicology, liens affecting settlement and crash avoidance technology.

Mr. Lehman’s article, Trial and Appeals in Consolidated Cases: Civil Practice After Kincy v. Petro was published in the spring 2015 issue of the magazine. It discusses recent developments in Pennsylvania law regarding litigating cases that are ordered consolidated by the trial court.

Kim Plouffe and Jacob Lehman were asked by the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association to contribute an article on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s landmark products liability decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex to a special issue of their magazine, Verdict. The article discusses the Tincher decision from the defense perspective and outlines strategy considerations the defense may wish to employ.

With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s November 19, 2014 opinion in Tincher v. Omega Flex Inc., the long established and long criticized law of strict products liability in Pennsylvania has undergone a profound shift. In a 139 page 7 judge majority opinion authored by Chief Justice Ronald Castille, the Court overruled its 1978 opinion in Azzarello v. Black Brothers, did away with decades of later precedent, and adopted an entirely new test for evaluating design defect claims under the Restatement (Second) Torts § 402A.