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Zimmer Kunz Results January 30, 2024

ZK Results – Attorney John W. Zotter Obtains Dismissal of Funeral Director From Lawsuit Arising Out of Improper Burial

In a lawsuit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, it was alleged that the Plaintiff’s deceased husband was buried in the wrong burial plot and then moved to a different plot without her knowledge or consent.  The Plaintiff further alleged that the proper procedures to disinter and reinter a body […]

Zimmer Kunz Results January 12, 2024

ZK RESULTS – ATTORNEY JOHN W. ZOTTER OBTAINS NON-SUIT AT JURY TRIAL SEEKING DAMAGES FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY

Zimmer Kunz Shareholder, John W. Zotter, secured a non-suit after the Plaintiff rested his case at a jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.    The lawsuit arose from an incident outside of a veterinary hospital wherein the Plaintiff allegedly tripped and fell when he was walking from a grass covered […]

Zimmer Kunz Results October 26, 2023

ZK Results – Zimmer Kunz Successfully Defends Underinsured Motorist Claim

On October 24, 2023, after a two day trial, a jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania returned a verdict favorable to an insurance carrier in a claim for underinsured motorist benefits. Attorney Zachary G. Evans represented the insurance carrier at trial. The underlying accident occurred while the plaintiff […]

Zimmer Kunz Results January 6, 2023

ZK Results – Attorneys Ryan A. Zeli and Brian M. Lucot obtain Dismissal for Industrial Food & Beverage Manufacturer and Supplier in Ohio Lawsuit

Zimmer Kunz recently represented an Industrial Food & Beverage Manufacturer and Supplier (Supplier) that was joined to a civil litigation action in July 2022, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  The lawsuit focused on the Plaintiff’s accident and injuries in a supermarket, which occurred on August 7, 2019.  Upon being joined, on behalf of Supplier, Zimmer Kunz […]

Zimmer Kunz Results December 20, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney John W. Zotter Obtains Dismissal for Window Manufacturing Plant

In a lawsuit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, it was alleged that a window manufacturing plant in an industrial park caused excessive stormwater to flow from its property onto a neighboring property.  Among other damages, it was alleged that the stormwater runoff would cause an accumulation of stagnant water […]

Zimmer Kunz Results November 4, 2022

ZK Results – Summary Judgment Win Affirmed by West Virginia Supreme Court in Legal Malpractice Action

The West Virginia Supreme Court recently upheld the granting of summary judgment to Attorney Sharon Hall’s client in a legal malpractice action.  The Court ruled that judicial error, not the Defendant attorney’s actions, caused the Plaintiff’s damages.   Plaintiff had engaged the Defendant to represent her in a fraud action arising from a paternity dispute.  When […]

Zimmer Kunz Results November 3, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney Aaron Weiss Obtains Defense Win in Auto Accident Federal Jury Trial

(Western District, PA) (October 2022). After a three day federal civil jury trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Zimmer Kunz attorney Aaron Weiss obtained a defense result on behalf of the defendant insurance carrier in an Underinsured Motorist Case. Plaintiff (age 25) claimed she was injured after the […]

Zimmer Kunz Results May 17, 2022

ZK Results – Attorneys Joni Mangino, Aaron Weiss, and Zach Evans Obtain Dismissal of Untimely Lawsuit filed Against Dentist

(Butler County, PA) (April 2022). Zimmer Kunz attorneys Joni Mangino, Aaron Weiss, and Zach Evans recently obtained the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against a dentist by two former patients. The lawsuit was initially commenced by a Writ of Summons and claimed injuries for medical malpractice. However, once the Complaint was filed it alleged only […]

Zimmer Kunz Results May 13, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney Danielle Zietak Obtains Dismissal for Out-of-State Defendant

In a lawsuit filed in Brooke County, WV, it was alleged that Plaintiff suffered injuries to his person and property when Defendant John Doe, an employee of Defendant PennDOT, allegedly backed a vehicle into Plaintiff’s driveway and yard, which were located in West Virginia. Defendant, an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed a Motion […]

Zimmer Kunz Results May 6, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney John W. Zotter Obtains Dental Malpractice Defense Verdict

Zimmer Kunz Shareholder, John W. Zotter, secured a defense verdict in the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Pennsylvania for a dentist who was alleged to have committed professional malpractice and failed to obtain the informed consent of his patient.  The lawsuit arose out of an extended course of dental treatment that was planned […]

Zimmer Kunz Results May 6, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney John W. Zotter Obtains Dismissal for Product Manufacturer

In a lawsuit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Pennsylvania, it was alleged that the 11-year-old Plaintiff was injured as she exited a five story, one hundred twenty-foot-long outdoor tube slide at a YMCA Camp and crashed into a hard-plastic mesh net at the end of the landing platform.  The Minor-Plaintiff […]

Zimmer Kunz Results April 4, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney Anthony J.G. Hassey, Secures Defense Verdict in Allegheny County Arbitration Case

On February 22, 2022, Zimmer Kunz attorney, Anthony J.G. Hassey won at arbitration in the matter of State Farm v. Olsakovsky, after Plaintiff’s counsel declined to settle the matter for the policy limits.  In the early morning hours of March 7, 2019, Defendant’s vehicle died, due to a faulty alternator, on a dark, remote part […]

Zimmer Kunz Results February 23, 2022

ZK Results – Attorney Sharon Hall obtains summary judgment and dismissal of wrongful death suit

Attorney Sharon Hall obtained summary judgment for her clients in a wrongful death suit alleging professional negligence in the performance of home health services leading to the death of a client.   Plaintiff, the administrator of the estate of the deceased, claimed the home health agency was liable for her mother’s death when they failed to […]

Zimmer Kunz Results November 1, 2021

ZK Result – Attorneys Mark Fiorilli and Adam Auchey secure dismissal of client in high stakes litigation in West Virginia

(Brooke County, WV) (October 2021) Last month, Zimmer Kunz attorneys Mark A. Fiorilli and Adam S. Auchey obtained a significant victory at the summary judgment stage in Brooke County, West Virginia. In early 2021, our client was joined into a lawsuit originally filed in 2016, alleging a deliberate intent claim against it.  The plaintiff contends […]

Zimmer Kunz Results October 8, 2021

ZK Result – Attorney Aaron Weiss Obtains Defense Win in Auto Accident Jury Trial

(Allegheny, PA) (October 2021). After a two day civil jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Zimmer Kunz attorney Aaron Weiss obtained a defense verdict on behalf of his client in a motor vehicle accident at a three-way intersection. Both parties claimed the other was at fault, and that he/she […]

Zimmer Kunz Results June 9, 2021

ZK Result – Attorney Aaron Weiss Obtains Dismissal of Parent in Lawsuit for Injuries at Daughter’s College Apartment

(Allegheny County, PA) (March 2021). Zimmer Kunz attorney Aaron Weiss recently obtained a dismissal of a parent from a lawsuit for personal injuries arising out of his daughter’s college apartment. A college student alleged that he was injured when he fell from the roof of an apartment during a party. When the student sued the […]

Zimmer Kunz Results January 6, 2021

ZK Result – Attorney Jeffrey Ramaley Obtains Summary Judgment in Insurance Coverage Dispute

(Somerset County, PA) (November 2020). Zimmer Kunz attorney, Jeffrey Ramaley, recently obtained Summary Judgment in favor of an auto insurance carrier arising out of a Declaratory Judgment Action regarding an insurance coverage dispute. In this case, the insurer issued a policy to an individual, naming him as both the policyholder and an excluded driver. The […]

Zimmer Kunz Results January 4, 2021

ZK Result – Attorney Aaron Weiss Obtains Superior Court Affirmation of Judgment on the Pleadings

(Bedford, PA) (November 2020). In November of 2020, Zimmer Kunz attorney Aaron Weiss obtained Affirmation from the Pennsylvania Superior Court against Plaintiffs’ appeal of an award entering Judgment on the Pleadings on behalf of the Defendant for a motor vehicle accident where Plaintiffs had previously signed a release. In November of 2017, Plaintiffs signed a […]

Zimmer Kunz Results May 18, 2020

ZK Results – Attorneys Aaron Weiss, and Jeffrey Ramaley Obtain Summary Judgment in Insurance Coverage Dispute

(Armstrong County, PA) (April 2020). Zimmer Kunz attorneys Aaron Weiss and Jeffrey Ramaley recently obtained Summary Judgment in favor of an auto insurance carrier arising out of a Declaratory Judgment Action regarding a coverage dispute for liability coverage for the daughter of the insured policy holder. In this case, the insured’s daughter was involved in […]

Zimmer Kunz Results February 17, 2020

ZK Result – Attorneys Aaron Weiss and Jeffrey Ramaley Dismiss Pennsylvania Federal Court Case against Client from California for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

(Western District, PA) (January 2020). Zimmer Kunz attorneys Aaron Weiss and Jeffrey Ramaley recently obtained a Dismissal in favor of a California client for a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania over an alleged breach of a contract for goods and services for a construction project in Stockton, California. After suit was initially filed in Washington County, […]

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