Practice Areas

Donnelly & Associates focuses solely on defense litigation.

We practice across five core areas of insurance defense, representing carriers and their insureds throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia.

Extra-Contractual

Bad Faith & Extra-Contractual Litigation

  • Bad faith defense
  • SIU (state and federal)
  • Insurance fraud prosecution (state and federal)
  • Intra-company arbitrations
  • Declaratory judgments
  • Subrogation recovery
  • Initial and amendatory filings with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department
Automobile

Automobile Insurance Policies

  • 3rd party liability defense
  • 1st party benefit disputes
  • Underinsured & uninsured motorist arbitrations and trials
  • Excess policy disputes: property damage
  • Coverage opinions
Homeowners

Homeowners Insurance Policies

  • 1st party property claims
  • Bad faith allegations, 42 Pa. C.S. § 8371
  • Statements under oath
  • Premises liability
  • Migratory pollution claims
Commercial

Commercial Insurance Policies

  • National retailer liability defense
  • Slip, trip & fall defense
  • Additional insured status — assertions and challenges
  • Lease indemnification allegations
  • Dram shop and hospitality liability
  • Pharmaceutical, asbestos & talc defense
Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation

  • Initial claim analysis
  • Petitions and answers
  • Hearings and appeal of decisions
  • Risk management