Vlada defends companies and individuals on a variety of complex civil litigation matters throughout Pennsylvania. He handles a variety of cases including products liability, premises liability, and professional liability claims. Vlada also has experience handling pharmaceutical malpractice, transportation liability, and class action litigation. He has provided counsel in these areas to auto manufacturers, distributors and installers of durable medical goods and accessibility equipment, and pharmacies.
Vlada regularly serves as an arbitrator in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.
Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Vlada was an associate for two years at the civil litigation firm of Marks O'Neil, where he handled mostly motor vehicle cases.
Significant Representative Matters
Successfully defended dealer of an asphalt compactor in a two-week products liability trial in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff sustained a severe crush injury to the leg, and the jury returned verdicts against defendants dealer and manufacturer for over $900,000. Motion for judgment as a matter of law at the end of trial on client's cross-claim for indemnity against co-defendant manufacturer on theory of pass through liability based on absence of evidence of substantial change to the product by dealer was granted.
Represented driver of an automobile involved in a high speed collision with limited tort plaintiff. Plaintiff allegedly sustained a torn meniscus to the knee and underwent arthroscopic surgery with subsequent rehabilitative therapy. Developed evidentiary record that obtained partial summary judgment on the issue of limited tort for lack of any evidence of serious bodily impairment, which allowed for a favorable settlement to be reached.
