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Jim is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin where he concentrates his practice on fleet transportation litigation in the Casualty Department.
In over three decades of practice, Jim has focused his practice in the representation of self-insureds and insurers in complex tort and coverage litigation involving all types of common carrier and private transportation fleets, including interstate trucking, waste haulers, taxicab, shuttle and bus operators, loading dock matters, rental vehicle fleets, and paratransit and ambulance services. These have frequently involved issues of driver qualification records, hours of service and log violations, and driver supervision and training, as well as off dispatch and independent contractor issues.
He has handled all types of personal injury, cargo, hazardous materials, indemnification, and insurance coverage issues in this area of practice. Jim has handled numerous fatality cases arising out of transportation accidents, including three defense verdicts and several wage earner brain damage cases.
In addition to having handled cases of accidents involving multiple claims of fatality/injuries, Jim has successfully coordinated policy tender in multiple claimant situations involving disaster type damages and insufficient coverage. He is frequently brought in to supervise the initial accident response in major crashes, coordinate the investigation, handle record and evidence preservation, and oversee expert activity and spoliation prevention issues.
Jim earned his B.S. degree, cum laude, from West Chester State University and his J.D. degree from Villanova University where he served on the Law Review. He speaks frequently on transportation law topics for business professionals and was a speaker at the American Bar Association's Transportation Mega Conference II . Jim is the author of a number of articles on transportation law published in Defense Digest.
Jim was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2006 in the area of Transportation.
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