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Practices

GENERAL LIABILITY

Litchfield Cavo attorneys’ quest for excellence has earned our reputation as a premier litigation defense firm among insurers, self-insured entities and the legal community. Our attorneys are powerful advocates for those (“individuals and businesses” is restated in the next sentence) facing personal injury, property damage, contractual liability as well as negligence claims. Due to their substantial experience of handling complex matters, our attorneys have a solid reputation of efficiently, and successfully litigating complex matters on behalf of insurance carriers, corporations and regional businesses, financial institutions, municipalities and government entities, and individuals. Representative matters, include:

Thorough, Persistent Defense

Litchfield Cavo attorneys have a solid reputation of efficiently, yet successfully litigating complex matters on behalf of insurance carriers, corporations, financial institutions, regional businesses, municipalities and government entities, and individuals due to their substantial experience of complex matters, including:

  • Business defense | Insured businesses rely on our attorneys to reach successful, cost-effective resolutions as they face many types of lawsuits, including allegations of negligent or insufficient training, compliance, supervision or hiring practice claims.
  • Personal injury defense | Litchfield Cavo attorneys defend negligence and strict liability actions on behalf of our clients including catastrophic injury and death. This includes successfully defend lawsuits against general contractors and subcontractors in construction accidents, owners and operators of personal and commercial vehicles, and owners and managers of residential and commercial property.
  • Personal torts | Litchfield Cavo attorneys defend businesses and individuals accused of wrongful conduct, including defamation (libel or slander), invasion of privacy, statute violations of debt collection, computer use or misuse of confidential data. Such accusations are frequently unfounded and our attorneys vigorously defend clients based on facts, the law and the United States Constitution.
  • Property damage defense | Our attorneys vigorously defend property damage claims that can cost millions of dollars and disrupt business. Our attorneys represent clients against claims arising from construction operations, as well as personal claims against  commercial and residential property managers and owners.

Our General Liability Record

  • Successfully defended an assisted living community client against plaintiff’s claim that she fell and broke her hip due to insufficient assistance while leaving her apartment during a mandated overnight fire drill.
  • Successfully defended towing company client in a catastrophic fire loss alleged by plaza owner and tenant with combined compensatory damages claimed totaling $3.5 million in property damage and business interruption. After a five-day trial our attorneys obtained a favorable jury verdict for our client of only $2,655.
  • Successfully defended a gas and oil field production automation client in a property damage subrogation case in which the alleged damages exceeded $11 million, against a claim that onsite work had interfered with the emergency shutdown system at a gas compression facility.
  • Obtained favorable summary judgment for property management company client and grocery store in a slip and fall personal injury action wherein the court held the plaintiff’s fall was caused by a natural accumulation of ice and defendants owed her no duty.
  • Jury verdict in favor of defendant, a prime contractor client, on a municipal construction project wherein the plaintiff sought more than $3.5 million for spinal injuries he suffered when he fell into an unguarded excavation.
  • Achieved a defense verdict in a mass flooding case in favor of two water supply companies that operate three dams controlling over 12 billion gallons of water.
Andrew K. Aaronian
Associate
CA – Los Angeles area
T: 626.683.5071
Christopher T. Bobak
Associate
MO – St. Louis
T: 314.396.8609
Carol Lee Chevalier
Associate
NY – New York
T: 212.365.5404
Andrew S. Connell, Sr.
Andrew S. Connell, Sr.
Of Counsel (Retired)
FL – Fort Lauderdale
T: 954.689.3012
Erika A. Dalton
Erika A. Dalton
Associate
FL – Fort Lauderdale
T: 954.689.3031
Giselle M. Defalla
Associate
FL – Fort Lauderdale
T: 954.689.3040
Claudia B. Diaz
Partner
IL – Chicago
T: 312.781.6677
Dennis M. Dolan
Dennis M. Dolan
Partner
IL – Chicago | IN – Highland
T: 312.781.6641
Jonathan J. Feldbruegge
Jonathan J. Feldbruegge
Associate
WI – Milwaukee
T: 414.488.1834
Trisha A. Gill
Trisha A. Gill
Local Office Managing Partner - Pittsburgh
PA – Pittsburgh | WV – Barboursville
T: 412.291.8242
Daniel Gomez
Daniel Gomez
Partner
FL – Fort Lauderdale
T: 954.689.3026
Neil J. Harrington, III
Neil J. Harrington, III
Of Counsel and Local Office Managing Partner
IN – Highland
T: 219.301.2136
Katy Houchin
Katy Houchin
Associate
MO – Kansas City
T: 816.648.1405
Cyndi D. Lalanne
Cyndi D. Lalanne
Associate
NY – New York
T: 212.792.9777
Michael T. Lynch
Michael T. Lynch
Associate
CT – Hartford area
T: 860.413.2708
Jennifer L. Marino
Jennifer L. Marino
Local Office Managing Partner
FL – Tampa
T: 813.579.9779
Dontez M. Mars
Associate
GA – Atlanta
T: 770.628.7114
Matthew T. McLain
Matthew T. McLain
Local Office Managing Partner
TX – Dallas-Fort Worth
T: 817.945.8038
Jamie O. Norman
Jamie O. Norman
Local Office Managing Partner
CA – Los Angeles area
T: 626.683.5092
Nicole Gardner Palamara
Associate
FL – Fort Lauderdale
T: 954.628.3531
Elangie Lozada Patterson
Elangie Lozada Patterson
Associate
IL – Chicago
T: 312.781.6620
Amy K. Pohl
Amy K. Pohl
Counsel
PA – Pittsburgh | WV – Barboursville
T: 412.291.8269
Timothy A. Pullin
Timothy A. Pullin
Associate
MO – Kansas City
T: 816.648.1408
Katharine E. Reisbig
Katharine E. Reisbig
Associate
CT – Hartford area
T: 860.413.2717
Robert L. Sanzo
Robert L. Sanzo
Partner
PA – Philadelphia | NJ – Cherry Hill
T: 215.999.5774
Caryn R. Schiffman
Associate
NV – Las Vegas
T: 702.949.9304
James W. Sexton
James W. Sexton
Local Office Managing Partner
MA – Boston area
T: 781.309.1513
Dawn M. Sigyarto
Dawn M. Sigyarto
Local Office Managing Partner - Philadelphia
PA – Philadelphia | NJ – Cherry Hill
T: 215.999.5777
Harpreet Singh
Associate
CA – Los Angeles area
T: 626.683.5089
Christopher Sommer
Christopher Sommer
Partner
NY – New York
T: 212.792.9767
Jeanne W. Sopher
Jeanne W. Sopher
Partner
PA – Pittsburgh | WV – Barboursville
T: 412.291.8270
Trevor Spade
Associate
IL – Chicago
T: 312.781.6667
Patrick T. Steinbauer
Patrick T. Steinbauer
Associate
NY – New York
T: 212.792.9763
Javiera B. Sundar
Associate
FL – Fort Lauderdale
T: 954.689.3035
Stephanie Wing Tipton
Partner
IL – Chicago
T: 312.781.6636
Ian J. Toth
Ian J. Toth
Associate
NY – New York
T: 212.792.9770
John G. Underhill
John G. Underhill
Associate
NY – New York
T: 212.365.5408
Kevin J. Webb
Kevin J. Webb
Local Office Managing Partner
LA – New Orleans area
T: 985.869.8701
Yi Ming Zeng
Associate
NY – New York
T: 212.792.9778