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Catastrophic Liability

NLdH proactively responds to catastrophic personal injury accidents. Our complex litigation practice investigates the occurrence with an eye towards efficient mitigation and investigation immediately after a loss with retention of specialized experts and on-site investigation, as necessary.

NLdH offers nationwide defense and has litigated cases in state and federal courts from Colorado to Alabama to Maine and virtually everywhere in between. We have litigated cases from the start and have been used to "fix" problem cases in mid-stream. Areas of significant experience include:

  • Mass tort
  • Toxic exposure
  • SUV rollovers
  • Aircraft crashes
  • Industrial machine malfunctions
  • Truck/Bus crashes
  • Fires
  • Explosions
  • Construction collapses
  • Poisonings leading to deaths
  • Brain injuries
  • Burns
  • Paralysis
  • Amputations
  • Major illnesses and injuries

NLdH has offices in Philadelphia, Cherry Hill, Newark, Columbus, New York and London. Our firm is available to provide defense in catastrophic personal injury cases throughout the United States as is demonstrated by current cases in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, California and West Virginia. Please contact John Mullen in our Philadelphia office for more information.

News & Events
  • PLRB Regional Adjusters Conference, September 14 – 15, 2010, Columbus, OH – Bill Krekstein will be a featured speaker at the PLRB Regional Adjusters Conference to be held September 14 -15, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Krekstein will present with Marc Lovrak of State Auto Insurance Companies on “Appraisal Options/Strategies with Property Claims.”
  • Insurance Consumer Affairs Exchange (ICAE), September 26 – 29, 2010, Chicago, IL - Sue Stead will moderate a session on Social Networking at the Insurance Consumer Affairs Exchange, Fall Exchange “Listening to Consumers in Today’s World”.
  • 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP), October 3 – 6, 2010, Dallas, TX – Michael Murphy will be part of a panel at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals. The panel will discuss the topic of “Additional Insureds and Certificate of Insurance Issues.”
  • Defense Research Institute Annual Meeting, November 18-19, 2010 New York, NY – Joseph F. Bermudez and Michael A. Hamilton will be presenting
  • ACI’s 21st National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, November 30 – December 1, 2010, Orlando, FL – Michael Hamilton will be a speaker at ACI’s 21st National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation. He will present “Strategies for Bad Faith Claims Where Multiple Layers of Insurance Are Involved.”
  • ACI’s 21st National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, November 30 – December 1, 2010, Orlando, FL – Michael Hamilton will co-host a Post-Conference Concurrent Bad Faith Hotbed Workshop at ACI’s 21st National Advanced Forum on December 1, 2010. The workshop will focus on recent updates to Pennsylvania case law, forum selection and handling requests for punitive damages.
  • Kim Hollaender has been named National Coordinating Counsel for an International Valve Manufacturer.
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