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A Pennsylvania regional logistics provider, facing allegations of negligence from a 2019 motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian who sustained severe injuries, was defended by Ross DiBono at Zarwin Baum.   The Plaintiff sustained a severe compound fracture to his lower right leg while riding a bicycle on a Philadelphia Street. Plaintiff claimed the trailer struck him, causing Plaintiff’s lower leg to be drawn ...

Zarwin Baum Director, Ted Schaer, and Shareholder, Ross Di Bono, recently tried a case in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in front of Judge Michael Erdos. Faced with a non-negotiable demand of $3,500,000. Zarwin’s client is a national bus company. The Plaintiff was injured in a rear-end motor vehicle accident where his vehicle was rear-ended and pushed into the oncoming lane of traffic. This resulted in a ...

Zarwin Baum Attorneys, Ted Schaer, and Ross Di Bono, succeeded in having a case involving multiple plaintiffs with catastrophic injuries transferred out of Philadelphia County based on Pennsylvania’s forum non conveniens doctrine. Recently, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued an Order transferring six consolidated cases (Lybrand v. Greentree Logistics, Inc., et al; Farfan v. Green Tree Logistics, Inc. et al; ...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled that notes and memoranda of witness interviews conducted by a private investigator, acting at the direction of counsel, is not protected by the Attorney Work Product Privilege, and is therefore discoverable. In McIlmail v. Archdiocese of Phila., 2018 Pa. Super. LEXIS 620 (June 7, 2018), the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the decision of a trial court holding that notes ...

Bryan P. Werley, a shareholder in our Philadelphia office, recently completed the historic civil trial arising from the tragic collapse of a four story building and destruction of the adjacent Salvation Army thrift store located in downtown Philadelphia during the summer of 2013. Suit was filed by customers, employees and the estates of customers and employees injured or killed inside the store during the morning hours ...