News
August 17, 2018
Attorney Candace Edgar wins jury trial in negligence action involving sandbag in parking lot of amusement park.
On August 15, 2018, TT&H Attorney Candace Edgar won a defense verdict for a well-known amusement park following a two-day jury trial in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas in Harrisburg. The Plaintiff, a 60-year-old patron visiting the amusement park from New York, claimed that he tripped and fell over a sandbag allegedly left… read more
August 09, 2018
TT&H Attorney Joshua Bovender wins arbitration in negligence action for partial amputation of hand.
Attorney Joshua Bovender secured a defense arbitration award in Dauphin County on August 8, 2018. The plaintiff was represented by a well-known Harrisburg law firm and asserted that the defendant snow removal contractor negligently failed to remove snow and ice conditions from a gravel parking lot where Plaintiff fell. The Plaintiff’s hand was partially amputated… read more
August 06, 2018
TT&H Attorney Ben Peoples prevails in appeal of $800,000 insurance coverage case before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
On July 31, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a judgment entered in favor of an insurer represented by Ben Peoples in an insurance coverage case. The action was brought by a couple who owned a beach home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The couple failed to shut off the… read more
June 27, 2018
TT&H Attorney Jillian Denicola wins summary judgment in wrongful death case resulting from a slip and fall in store.
In connection with a wrongful death action arising from a slip and fall incident in the Defendant’s produce department, TT&H Attorney Jillian Denicola recently won summary judgment. The accident occurred when the Plaintiff’s decedent allegedly slipped and fell due to liquid or some other defect on the floor of the store. However, witness testimony at… read more
May 23, 2018
Joe Cardile and Mike Burgoyne win directed verdict in furnace fire case.
Representing the HVAC contractor, Attorneys Cardile and Burgoyne pursued an alternative theory for the origin and cause of the fire through their own experts. They also challenged the failure of Nationwide’s fire investigator to follow NFPA 1033 and NFA 921, and to preserve the scene for other investigators. Motions in limine were denied, but at… read more