Bosakowski, James A.

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Updated 2/13/2009

Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin

1845 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

Phone: work(215) 575-2708

Fax: fax(215) 575-0856

Contact Us

http://www.marshalldennehey.com

Summary
Qualifications
Articles
Office Information

Summary

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2007

Lawyer Overview

Jim Bosakowski is an associate in the casualty practice group. He counsels personal and corporate clients in numerous areas of tort litigation including automobile, premises liability, food-borne illness, and products liability matters. Jim has tried over 100 civil cases throughout Pennsylvania.

Before joining Marshall Dennehey, Jim was Staff Counsel for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company where he practiced tort litigation for 23 years. He handled automobile, premises liability, products liability, food-borne illness, Dram Shop, and construction site claims against Liberty Mutual policyholders.

Jim was Of Counsel to Cowdrey, Thompson and Karsten, a litigation firm in Annapolis, Maryland, from 1993 to 1995, where he handled subrogation claims on behalf of Liberty Mutual.

Significant Representative Matters

Represented a major restaurant chain in Philadelphia County in a negligence suit wherein plaintiff claimed he injured his throat as a result of ingesting glass in his food. The jury found for the restaurant, and plaintiff appealed. The verdict was ultimately affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Defense verdict in Philadelphia County in a suit claiming injury from a rear end hit by a United Parcel Service vehicle. The damage to the plaintiff's vehicle was slight, and after five days of trial, the jury decided the plaintiff was not injured. Plaintiff did not file an Appeal.

Summary judgment granted for the Defendant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in a case wherein the plaintiff claimed he was injured on a piece of exercise equipment sold by our client. Plaintiff could not identify the product specifically and offered an expert report which could not identify the machine or any specific defect. The Court rejected any claims of a "malfunction" as the machine could not be identified.

Areas of Practice

Premises Liability
Auto
Product Liability
Construction Site Injuries

Representative Clients

Darden Restaurants
Laidlaw Transit, Inc.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

West Practice Categories

Premises Liability -- Defense, Products Liability Law

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1978
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1979
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1984
Maryland, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

Duquesne University School of Law, Alumni Association

Honors and Awards

BV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

Classes and Seminars

Taught Continuing Legal Education (CLE) classes in civil litigation, civil procedure, and legal ethics for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Legal Department, 2001-2006, 2001 - 2006

Past Employment Positions

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 1981-1992; 1995-2007, Staff Counsel
Cowdrey, Thompson & Karsten, 1993-1995, Of Counsel

Education

Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1978
J.D.
Honors: Chairman, Trial Moot Court, 1977-1978
Duquesne University, 1973
B.A.
Major: English

Articles

Published Works

Course materials for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Legal Department, 2001-2006

Office Information

Address

1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

Phones

(215) 575-2708

Faxes

(215) 575-0856

Emails

Websites

http://www.marshalldennehey.com

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