Tort and Commercial Litigation
Purcell & Wardrope has defended a wide variety of tort and commercial matters.
The firm's work runs the gamut from single-defendant, motor-vehicle lawsuits to multi-party and class-action litigation. The amounts in dispute in these cases have ranged from relatively small claims to multi-million dollar compensatory and punitive claims. The following list includes of some of the many areas of tort and commercial practice at Purcell & Wardrope. While it is not all-inclusive, it demonstrates the depth and breadth of services available at the firm.
- Commercial litigation including breach of contract and U.C.C. warranties.
- Construction accidents.
- Construction defects - building design, construction, and excavation - tort and breach of contract actions.
- Dramshop liability.
- Employment law - defamation, discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination and sexual molestation claims.
- Environmental/Toxic tort claims - chemical exposure, asbestos or other mass tort claims.
- Government liabilities and immunities - on behalf of school boards and municipalities.
- Health care liability - claims against nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, dentists, nursing homes, hospitals and other health care providers.
- Premises liability - accidents involving any type of alleged dangerous condition, from slip-and-falls to criminal acts of third parties.
- Products liability - strict liability, failure to warn, and breach of warranty.
- Professional liability - claims against attorneys, accountants, architects, engineers, designers of computer systems and insurance agents and brokers.
- Residential and commercial property damage - fire or flood.
- Transportation law - commercial vehicle or automobile accidents.
