On September 23, 2024 Zimmer Kunz attorneys Joni Mangino and Aaron Weiss received confirmation that the lower court’s decision was affirmed in holding that their client (who employed Claimant from 2003-2005) was not legally liable for alleged workplace exposure / injuries. See Appalachian Boiler & Fab, LLC v. Caruthers, ___ S.E.3d ___ (W.Va. 2024). The […]
ZK Result: Attorney Aaron Weiss Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit in PA Supreme Court for Defective Service
On April 25, 2024 Zimmer Kunz attorney Aaron Weiss won the dismissal of a lawsuit before tthe Pennsylvania Supreme Court based on improper and untimely service. See Ferraro v. Patterson-Erie Corp., ___ A.3d ___, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 602 (Pa. 2024). The case arose from a personal injury claim for an alleged slip and fall at […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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