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The firm’s insurance defense practice
areas include all commercial lines, professional lines, excess and
surplus lines and personal lines claims. Examples of specific areas
of our practice are identified below.
Please note that the headings below are a brief and general outline of those areas in which this
firm has experience. Should you have a question concerning whether
BOLAN JAHNSEN DACEY engages in a specific area of practice not
listed below, please do not hesitate to contact
our office. (Should
you have a plaintiff’s case, we will do that too, but only
if we like you and it does not conflict with our valued insurance
clients.) |
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We have been involved in many construction cases involving both personal
injury and property damage. This area is rife with litigators who
like to build houses out of the multiple red wells they create
during discovery. But we too have children who need to go to college
some day, so these files are welcome. Note, however, we only bill
enough for State college tuition. Other firms shoot for the Ivy
League, complete with the third-year study abroad.
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| We have defended employment discrimination
claims based on alleged sexual harassment, age, sex, gender and race
discrimination, ADA and CEPA claims; sometimes, even “I got
fired, and even though I was a lousy employee, my boss was a jerk
and I want to sue him” claims. We generally think people should
stop being so “thin skinned". |
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We have represented clients in complex environmental insurance coverage
issues. Additionally, the firm has been involved in claims concerning
soil and ground water contamination and related land use issues.
We generally drink bottled water.
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| We have defended most of the bars,
taverns, restaurants and liquor stores in the Tri State area in connection
with claims based on the Dram Shop Act and negligent security. We
have also defended PIP subrogation claims with dram shop allegations.
We do a lot of “after-hours” research regarding the effect
of alcohol consumption on human behavior. |
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| We have defended numerous claims concerning accidents on commercial
property. These claims have involved slip and falls, trip and falls,
falls because plaintiff is drunk, falls because plaintiff is a
spaz and even falls because plaintiff is getting evicted and wants
to sue the landlord. (The latter category often involves ceiling
collapses on the head as well.) |
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| We have defended many manufacturers and distributors of a myriad
of products in cases involving allegations of design defect, manufacturing
flaw, failure to warn and even, “I disabled the guard and
stuck my hand in there because the boss told me to.” |
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| "We represent architects and engineers in lawsuits claiming professional negligence in construction litigation. When Pat Dacey wears fake horn-rimmed glasses, architects and engineers often feel relieved that he is their lawyer." |
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| We have managed to grow this firm by working with the Surplus Lines markets (we are members of NAPSLO, PLUS, and the NJ SLA). This experience proves invaluable in defending Errors and Omissions claims against agents and brokers. Of course, most of these claims involve honest mistakes like “who knew I was supposed to offer EPLI coverage to the owners of Club Exotica…aren’t those dancers independent contractors? |
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| The success of automobile tort reform and the punitive effects of the Saffer decision have led to a dramatic rise in lawyers suing lawyers in New Jersey. The only pleasure we get in defending lawyers comes when we get the case dismissed because the plaintiff’s attorney failed to file an Affidavit of Merit and thereby has become the next legal malpractice defendant. |
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| The founders of our firm did this work for their prior firms but did not even try to steal any malpractice clients or carriers (there used to be only two in the state). So over the last ten years, most of our medical malpractice work has been for people who made the mistake of going to a local hospital instead of going to New York City or Philadelphia. |
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| We have prosecuted and defended subrogation claims on various issues.
Often these cases involve fires which coincidently occur at the
same time the owner of the building is in Atlantic City gambling
with his quarterly tax payment. |
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| Our attorneys have experience in defending
complex multi-party suits concerning contamination and exposure claims.
Most of us grew up in old houses and we don’t think that exposure
to mold or lead paint causes any real problems. |
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| Interstates 78, 80, 81, 95, 287, 295, US Routes
1 and 9 as wells as the LIE, BQE all criss-cross the Tri Sate area
where drivers are known more for their one-finger-wave than letting
a trucker change lanes or merge. Our expertise includes motor vehicle
accidents, loading/unloading claims, insurance coverage issues and
cargo claims.
We are members of TIDA, TLA, New Jersey Motor Truck Association
and the DRI Trucking Committee.
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| We defend claims arising from work accidents
(e.g., loss of an eye from nail gun) and occupational exposures (e.g.,
loss of lung from nail gun powder). It is hard to “win” these
cases, but we still try real hard. |
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