Jim Bosakowski is an associate in the casualty practice group. He counsels personal and corporate clients in numerous areas of tort litigation including automobile, premises liability, food-borne illness, and products liability matters. Jim has tried over 100 civil cases throughout Pennsylvania.
Before joining Marshall Dennehey, Jim was Staff Counsel for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company where he practiced tort litigation for 23 years. He handled automobile, premises liability, products liability, food-borne illness, Dram Shop, and construction site claims against Liberty Mutual policyholders.
Jim was Of Counsel to Cowdrey, Thompson and Karsten, a litigation firm in Annapolis, Maryland, from 1993 to 1995, where he handled subrogation claims on behalf of Liberty Mutual.
Significant Representative Matters
Represented a major restaurant chain in Philadelphia County in a negligence suit wherein plaintiff claimed he injured his throat as a result of ingesting glass in his food. The jury found for the restaurant, and plaintiff appealed. The verdict was ultimately affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Defense verdict in Philadelphia County in a suit claiming injury from a rear end hit by a United Parcel Service vehicle. The damage to the plaintiff's vehicle was slight, and after five days of trial, the jury decided the plaintiff was not injured. Plaintiff did not file an Appeal.
Summary judgment granted for the Defendant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in a case wherein the plaintiff claimed he was injured on a piece of exercise equipment sold by our client. Plaintiff could not identify the product specifically and offered an expert report which could not identify the machine or any specific defect. The Court rejected any claims of a "malfunction" as the machine could not be identified.
