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Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP attorneys represent clients who rely upon our success as advocates and our practical, results oriented advice and recognized expertise as trial and appellate lawyers across a broad spectrum of insurance, commercial and coverage matters. While we practice from our offices in New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Long Island, our clients regularly call upon us to manage risk in jurisdictions across the country. Our growth has been driven by client referrals. Results Speak for Themselves We are litigators who think practically not abstractly. We are trial lawyers who understand coverage and coverage lawyers who try cases. We are advisors who help you manage your risk. PRACTICE AREAS Our Practice Areas Retail & Hospitality Dram Shop Commercial Auto & Trucking Products Liability Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Premises Liability Insurance Coverage Fraud Investigation and Prosecution First Party Property Fine Art and Specie Employment Law Education and Not for Profit Law Construction Litigation Commercial Litigation Casualty Defense Appellate Subrogation and Recovery Sports and Recreational Liability Professional Liability Retail & Hospitality Dram Shop Commercial Auto & Trucking Products Liability Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Premises Liability Insurance Coverage Fraud Investigation and Prosecution First Party Property Fine Art and Specie Employment Law Education and Not for Profit Law Construction Litigation Commercial Litigation Casualty Defense Appellate Subrogation and Recovery Sports and Recreational Liability Professional Liability OUR VISION What sets Wade Clark Mulcahy apart Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP attorneys represent clients who rely upon our success as advocates and our practical, results oriented advice and recognized expertise as trial and appellate lawyers across a broad spectrum of insurance, commercial and coverage matters. While we practice from our offices in New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Long Island, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, our clients regularly call upon us to manage risk in jurisdictions across the country. Our growth has been driven by client referrals. ATTORNEYS Latest News WCM Ranked in Chambers USA Spotlight Guide 2027 for New York WCM Ranked in Chambers USA Spotlight Guide 2027 for Pennsylvania for the Second Consecutive Year Pennsylvania Court Grants Summary Judgment and Enforces “Loading or Unloading of Persons” Coverage Limitation New Jersey Court Grants Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Action Based on Untimely Expert Disclosures Experienced Partner Scott A. Lazar Joins Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP’s New Jersey Office First Department Affirms Major Coverage Ruling for Specie Market, Holding the “Unattended Vehicle” Exclusion Applies to Goods on Consignment New York's Highest Court Affirms WCM's Victory Regarding Tenders in Public Sidewalk Cases First Department Reaffirms Litigants’ Right to Move Without Prior Judicial Approval WCM Selected as Law Firm of the Year by Pennsylvania Defense Institute First Department Rules that Circumstances Do Matter in Evaluating AI Tenders in Public Sidewalk Cases DJ Dawson and Sarah Polacek secure a Trial Victory in Philadelphia Jason Laicha Promoted to Senior Associate Mike Bono to Present at IFASIC Conference in Budapest WCM Wins Major Coverage Ruling for Specie Market: Classic “Unattended Vehicle” Exclusion Applies to Goods on Consignment When Making a Notice of Claim, Make Sure to Include EVERY Claim the First Time LIABLE, UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: How Landlords Must Be Clear About the Transferring of Possession and Control When Leasing Property How “Serious”’ Means Serious Injury Even Though He Couldn’t See, it’s Defendant’s Fault Subcontractor’s Insurer Must Reimburse General Contractor For Defense Costs in Workplace Injury to Subcontractor’s Employee Cards Against Humanity Sues SpaceX Over Texas Trespass WCM Ranked in Chambers USA Spotlight Guide 2027 for New York WCM Ranked in Chambers USA Spotlight Guide 2027 for Pennsylvania for the Second Consecutive Year Pennsylvania Court Grants Summary Judgment and Enforces “Loading or Unloading of Persons” Coverage Limitation New Jersey Court Grants Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Action Based on Untimely Expert Disclosures Experienced Partner Scott A. Lazar Joins Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP’s New Jersey Office First Department Affirms Major Coverage Ruling for Specie Market, Holding the “Unattended Vehicle” Exclusion Applies to Goods on Consignment New York's Highest Court Affirms WCM's Victory Regarding Tenders in Public Sidewalk Cases First Department Reaffirms Litigants’ Right to Move Without Prior Judicial Approval WCM Selected as Law Firm of the Year by Pennsylvania Defense Institute First Department Rules that Circumstances Do Matter in Evaluating AI Tenders in Public Sidewalk Cases DJ Dawson and Sarah Polacek secure a Trial Victory in Philadelphia Jason Laicha Promoted to Senior Associate Mike Bono to Present at IFASIC Conference in Budapest WCM Wins Major Coverage Ruling for Specie Market: Classic “Unattended Vehicle” Exclusion Applies to Goods on Consignment When Making a Notice of Claim, Make Sure to Include EVERY Claim the First Time LIABLE, UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: How Landlords Must Be Clear About the Transferring of Possession and Control When Leasing Property How “Serious”’ Means Serious Injury Even Though He Couldn’t See, it’s Defendant’s Fault Subcontractor’s Insurer Must Reimburse General Contractor For Defense Costs in Workplace Injury to Subcontractor’s Employee Cards Against Humanity Sues SpaceX Over Texas Trespass

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Vaishna N. Muralidaran Associate Pennsylvania vmuralidaran@wcmlaw.com (267) 449-0264 Professional Experience Vaishna Muralidaran is an Associate in WCM’s Pennsylvania office, representing the firm’s clients with a focus on casualty defense. Drawing on her courtroom experience, she works to protect clients and provide thoughtful and effective representation. Prior to joining WCM, Vaishna served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where she independently represented the Commonwealth in preliminary hearings and misdemeanor bench trials. In this role, she handled all phases of prosecution, including case evaluation, witness and victim interviews, legal research, motion practice, and courtroom advocacy. She also previously represented clients as a Certified Legal Intern with the Defender Association of Philadelphia, where she developed defense strategies, prepared cross-examinations, and advocated for clients in trials and preliminary hearings. Vaishna brings a well-rounded litigation perspective to her practice. Having worked on both sides of the courtroom, she understands the importance of careful preparation and effective advocacy. She enjoys tackling complex legal challenges and collaborating with colleagues and clients to develop creative solutions and effective strategies in their defense. Honors and Distinctions Outstanding Oral Advocacy Transcript Honors (2024) Conwell Scholarship Recipient (2022-2025) Professional Activities Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member News I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Download Education J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law B.S. in Biology, University of Maryland Bar Admissions Pennsylvania

Sophia M. Summerill Associate Pennsylvania ssummerill@wcmlaw.com (267) 857-9402 Professional Experience Sophia is an Associate in our Philadelphia office assisting with civil litigation for liability actions. She obtained her J.D. from Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia, PA. During law school, she worked in the Civil and Fraud Divisions at the Delaware Department of Justice, at Duane Morris in the Pro Bono Program, and as a Summer Law Clerk at WCM’s Philadelphia office. While at Drexel, Sophia served as an Executive Articles Editor on Drexel’s Volume XVIII Law Review. Sophia also worked with the SeniorLAW Center providing legal services to Pennsylvania residents sixty years and older and assisted with Drexel’s Name Change and Naturalization Preparation Clinics. Honors and Distinctions Rising Advocate Scholarship News I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Download Education J.D., Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law B.A. in History, University of Delaware, cum laude Bar Admissions Pennsylvania

Nabin Adhikari Associate Pennsylvania nadhikari@wcmlaw.com (267) 946-7495 Professional Experience Nabin is an Associate in WCM’s Pennsylvania office. Prior to joining WCM, he interned for several judges at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, where he gained experience in legal research and drafting memorandum. Nabin recently graduated from Temple University Beasley School of Law. During law school, he participated in Temple’s Name Change Project and Low Income Taxpayers Clinic and competed in the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court. He also worked as a law clerk at an insurance defense firm, where he gained exposure to deposition proceedings. Honors and Distinctions Beasley Scholar Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court News I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Download Education J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law B.S. in Criminal Justice, Pennsylvania State University, magna cum laude Bar Admissions Pennsylvania

Bianca N. Gonzales Associate Pennsylvania bgonzales@wcmlaw.com (267) 857-4038 Professional Experience Bianca Gonzales is an Associate in WCM’s Philadelphia office, where she assists in the defense of general liability litigation. While in law school, Bianca served as a certified legal intern with Villanova Law’s Health Law Clinic, where she represented low-income individuals in administrative proceedings challenging reductions or denials of Medicaid services. She also interned with the City of Philadelphia Law Department’s HIPAA & Privacy Law Unit and the Office of General Counsel at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Prior to law school, Bianca worked as a Research Specialist at UPMC’s Youth and Family Research Program, where she investigated the link between stress, discrimination, and the development of Cannabis Use Disorder. Honors and Distinctions Dean Merit’s Scholar, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law News I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Download Education J.D., Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law B.A. in Sociology and History, University of Pittsburgh, summa cum laude Bar Admissions Pennsylvania

News Shh! Police Telling A Preacher To Keep It Down Is Not A First Amendment Violation February 18, 2011 < Back Share to: In Costello v. City of Burlington, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit examined whether a police officer violated a preacher’s First Amendment Rights when the officer told the preacher to lower his voice when preaching on at a pedestrian mall. The Preacher was shouting and yelling, and disrupting other pedestrians. When the preacher refused, the officer issued a written warning for violation of Burlington’s noise control ordinance. According to the officer, the preacher could be heard over 350 away. The Second Circuit upheld Burlington’s right to limit the preacher’s volume. The Court noted that Costello’s voice dominated the area, and impinged on the use of the neighborhood by others. Significantly, the office did not tell the preacher to stop speaking, but only to lower his voice. If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact David Tavella at dtavella@wcmlaw.com . http://pdf.wcmlaw.com/pdf/costello.pdf Previous Next Contact

News Criminal Penalties for "Tweeting" Jurors August 12, 2011 < Back Share to: We have reported on several occasions about how social media has been slowly changing the legal landscape, particularly in terms of instructions to be given to jurors during trial proceedings. While judges must always instruct jurors not to communicate with anyone about the pending proceedings, jurors have continuously failed to comprehend that the judge's instructions also apply to Facebook and twitter. California has decided to be proactive about such juror actions, and is amending its jury instruction to include a prohibition against "any form of electronic or wireless communication." Violators potentially face six months in jail. New York was a bit ahead of the game on this issue as it revised its jury instructions in May 2009. A "tweeting juror" in NY can be charged with criminal contempt, and very nearly was in the case of People v. Rios, 2010 WL 625221 (N.Y. Sup., 2010) during a well publicized arson trial in Bronx County. Thanks to Biran Gibbons for his contribution to this post. Previous Next Contact

News NJ Deemer statute metaphysically endorses Out-of-State Auto Policy February 11, 2011 < Back Share to: It is well established in New Jersey that unloading of a truck involves the “use” of that vehicle for purposes of omnibus auto insurance coverage. When an injury occurs during unloading then, provided that the injury arose out of the unloading operations, the auto insurance policy provisions apply to the claim. But what if the auto policy is issued out of state? Do the New Jersey omnibus insurance obligations prevail where that policy includes exclusions that would preclude such coverage? The answer boils down to whether the out-of-state policy was issued by an admitted carrier. If so, the New Jersey Deemer Statute requires the policy to be read in accordance with the State’s omnibus insurance provisions which in effect “metaphysically” endorse the out-of-state policy. To the extent that such a policy would deny coverage for an unloading injury, pertinent policy exclusions are held invalid. Significantly though, the remaining policy terms, such as policy limits, remain in effect as written. In The Burlington Insurance Company v. Northland Insurance Company, the Hon. Dickinson Debevoise, U.S.S.D.J. of the New Jersey District Court ruled that a general liability insurer was entitled to reimbursement from a commercial auto insurer for such a claim. Northland, an admitted New Jersey auto insurer, had issued a Pennsylvania insured a Pennsylvania commercial auto policy. When Northland failed to evaluate coverage for an unloading accident that occurred in New Jersey under this State’s deemer statute, a declaratory judgment action followed. The Court held that the Pennsylvania commercial auto policy indeed covered the unloading accident up to that policy’s full limits and that the liability insurer was entitled to reimbursement for defense and indemnification costs of its insured as well as costs incurred in the declaratory judgment. http://pdf.wcmlaw.com/pdf/northland.pdf For more information, contact Denise Fontana Ricci at dricci@wcmlaw.com Previous Next Contact

News Conclusory Allegations of Bad Faith Against Insurer Insufficient to Survive Motion to Dismiss (PA) January 8, 2021 < Back Share to: Recently, in Daniel Dietz v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania considered whether the factual averments in the plaintiff’s complaint were sufficient to overcome Liberty Mutual Insurance Company’s partial motion to dismiss Dietz’s bad faith claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). By way of brief background, Dietz was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a driver who was insured by Farmers’ Insurance Company. At the time of the accident, Dietz was insured under an automobile policy issued by Liberty. On behalf of Dietz, Liberty obtained a settlement; unfortunately, the settlement was insufficient to cover all of Dietz’s medical expenses from the accident. Accordingly, Dietz submitted an underinsured motorist claim (“UIM”) with Liberty, which Liberty ultimately denied. Subsequently, Liberty offered to settle the UIM claim; however, Dietz rejected the proposed settlement as he believed Liberty erroneously did not obtain an additional stacking waiver when Dietz added a fifth vehicle to his automobile policy. After Liberty denied Dietz’s request for a copy of Liberty’s underwriting file, Dietz commenced the instant action, alleging claims for a declaratory judgment, breach of contract and bad faith. In support of its motion to dismiss, Liberty argued Dietz failed to state a bad faith claim upon which relief can be granted. In consideration of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8371 through the lens of the Court’s well-established standard of review, the Court determined Dietz failed to plead a claim for bad faith as the complaint contained no factual content indicating Liberty lacked a reasonable basis for denying his claim and that Dietz failed to show it either knew or recklessly disregarded its lack of reasonable basis. In addition, the Court concluded Dietz’s complaint, as pleaded, asks the Court to infer Liberty’s motive in refusing to produce its underwriting file was to deceive Dietz. Further, the Court cited other reasons why Liberty could have refused to produce a copy of its underwriting file, such as the fact that underwriting files often contain confidential business information. As the Court held the complaint failed to make any real factual averments, the Court granted Liberty’s motion and dismissed Dietz’s claim for bad faith. Ultimately, this case is a reminder of impact motions to dismiss can have on litigation in federal courts, and the premium courts place on well-pled complaints. Thanks to Lauren Berenbaum for her contribution to this post. Please contact Heather Aquino with any questions. Previous Next Contact